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Chrome reader mode

(14 reviews)
2,000 users
Updated May 18, 2025
productivity/workflowchromeVersion 2.6.9
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Description

Use Chrome Reader Mode to simplify your browsing! This Chrome reader extension offers distraction-free, clean and focused reading

Extension Rankings

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Ranking Summary

#20,345

Overall Rank

#16,733

Extension Rank

#184

"Reader" Keyword

#157

"Journey" Keyword

#194

"Environment" Keyword

#42

"Comfort" Keyword

Growth Metrics

Weekly Changes

Users:
2,000100.00%
Rating:
4.90%
Reviews:
140%
No daily change data available

Review Summary

Users appreciate Chrome Reader Mode for its ability to clean up web pages by removing ads and distractions, offering multiple reading modes to enhance comfort, and its ease of use. It's praised for improving readability and integrating well with translation tools. However, some users find the 'Play' and 'Fast Forward' buttons confusing due to unclear functionality that affects text clarity. Additionally, a feature to save content as web pages is desired to increase usefulness.

Pros

  • Cleans up text content by removing ads, pop-ups, and unnecessary elements, making reading cleaner and more focused.
  • Provides multiple reading modes such as light mode, dark mode, and Kindle-like tone to enhance reading comfort.
  • Simple and easy to use, with only necessary features included, ensuring a user-friendly experience.
  • Improves readability by eliminating distractions and clutter from web pages, enhancing the overall reading experience.
  • Works well in combination with translation plugins, improving the quality of translated pages.

Cons

  • The functions of the “Play” and “Fast Forward” buttons are unclear and cause the text display to become blurry or inconsistent, confusing some users.
  • Lacks a feature to save the cleaned content as a web page, which was suggested by users for better usability.

Permissions

This extension can:

  • activeTab
  • storage
  • scripting

Additional Information

Version

2.6.9

Updated

May 18, 2025

Size

0.33 MB

Languages

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Developer Information

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