Temporary text highlighting for faster reading

Latest Version

Version

0.0.5

Update

August 20, 2018

Size

57.81KiB

Developer

Hover Highlighter Extension

Read with ease using HOVER HIGHLIGHTER!

A simple chrome extension that adds a highlighting effect to the text you hover over. This reading aide is great for digesting any story, instruction, comment, or post you come across. Simply click on the extension icon, press the big ON button and watch your text come to life as you follow along with your mouse.

Need some extra focus when studying for that exam? Hover Highlighter's live highlighting will allow your eyes to more easily track the text on your screen so you can get through those tough passages. Come to an end of your studying and just want to relax? press the green ON button to turn off Hover Highlighter until you need it next.

COMING SOON
-Want to customize your highlight? It's on its way!

UPDATE 0.0.5
-Hover Highlighter only highlights when moving mouse from left to right
-Fixed ON - OFF bugs

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Hover Highlighter", "version": "0.0.5", "description": "Temporary text highlighting for faster reading", "permissions": ["storage"], "browser_action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": "images/Icon16.png" }, "icons": { "16": "images/Icon16.png", "32": "images/Icon32.png", "48": "images/Icon48.png", "128": "images/Icon128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "css": ["contentScript.css"], "js": ["lib/jquery-3.3.1.min.js","lib/jquery.blast.min.js", "contentScript.js"], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "background": { "scripts": ["lib/jquery-3.3.1.min.js","lib/jquery.blast.min.js", "background.js"], "persistent": false }, "manifest_version": 2}

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User reviews

Amber CY Tsai (ID: 000000922d5d8b4b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/12/2020 Please fix it, it doesn't work

Mitali Shah (ID: 000000d1232c229c) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 07/26/2020 This doesn't seem to be working on any tabs (I had accepted all permissions). This extension sounds like a wonderful idea and I hope the devs. look into this and fix the bugs!

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Hover Highlighter