Readability based Reader View
strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability. Note: This extension uses the standalone version of Mozilla's Readability library.
Readability based Reader View is a unique Firefox add-on that enhances your online reading experiences. It achieves this by stripping away unnecessary elements like buttons and background images, optimizing text size, changing the layout, and adjusting contrast. Additionally, the extension supports text-to-speech functionality, and it allows you to personalize the reader view to suit your reading preferences. Other features include full-screen mode, advertisement removal, saving content in HTML format, document printing, and live HTML content editing.
Manifest V2
Weekly download count: 50
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- storage
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- notifications
Size: 776.69K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons
Updated: 15 hours ago
User reviews
Pros
- Improves upon Firefox's own reader view
- Customizable options for better accessibility
- Reliable in fetching full articles
- Allows conversion of articles into printable documents or PDFs
- Beautiful and calming default layout
Cons
- Auto switching to reader view is buggy
- Text-to-speech functionality is broken
- Recent updates have caused issues with UI and functionality
- Doesn't work well with certain specific sites like Reddit and Sufficient Velocity
- Not fully optimized for Firefox Nightly on Android
Most mentioned
- Customization and visual options
- Issues with text-to-speech
- Problems with auto-switching
- Functionality problems with specific websites
- Recent updates causing usability issues
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User reviews
by wooseok, 2025-02-04
by Kerry Fisher, 2025-01-07
by Vellmar, 2024-12-29
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Readability based Reader View requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
Readability based Reader View has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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