Read news articles with minimal distraction and scrolling.

Latest Version

Version
0.2
Update
January 10, 2013
Size
6.78MiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
3.91304 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
ContextMenus
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Purify Extension

Whenever you find an interesting news article, try using Purify to convert it into a minimalistic view that

- Only displays the content of the article & hides all the distractions, and

- Utilizes all the available screen space to minimize scrolling.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url":"http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Purify", "description": "Read news articles with minimal distraction and scrolling.", "version": "0.2", "manifest_version": 2, "background": { "scripts": [ "js/background.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "js": [ "js/jquery.js", "js/Util.js", "js/ArticleParser.js", "js/ArticleView.js", "js/content_script.js" ] } ], "web_accessible_resources" : [ "css/style.css", "img/*.png" ], "permissions": [ "contextMenus" ], "icons": { "16": "img/icon16.png", "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "icon_128.png" }, "browser_action" : { "default_title" : "Purify", "default_icon" : { "19" : "img/icon19.png" } }}
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User reviews

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Pat MySecret (ID: 0000000f565a0b8a) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/29/2023 Good clean simple view that uniquely goes left to right vs scrolling down. Good mom and pop extension. Full screen and font adjustment options only. Last update 2013.

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Peter Amir (ID: 00000036583b4ac8) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 05/11/2023 make links a text

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Jeff Kang (ID: 0000002a09eafe8b) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/02/2023 Finally a reading extension that doesn't waste as much white space. The other extensions clear the left and right sides, but they don't make use of it like Purify does. A couple option ideas: 1) Option for two columns instead of three. Two columns keeps the viewing angle more centered. 2) Right arrow moves you two columns instead of just one. This would work well with the two column option above. In the current state, if you're someone who reads all three visible columns, you might want a right arrow next button to show you three new columns.

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Антон Лесовой (ID: 0000008a6f1c6f7a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/13/2022 Давно искал читалку, как в последнем IE. Для широких мониторов самое то!

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Maddox McNew (ID: 0000004f4cfbabfc) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/25/2020 After the use of this text started cutting off making it ruin the purpose of whats its supposed to do. Even attempts of uninstalling and installing this and reloading sites this did not help.