This extension lets you limit the width of any web page, for better readability on big screens.

Latest Version

Version
1.8
Update
May 15, 2020
Size
17.63KiB
Developer
Category
Users
296
Rating
4.38462 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Storage
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Skinny Extension

When a web page has lines of text that run the full width of the page, it can become hard to read on high resolution monitors. If you find yourself making your browser window smaller just so you can read Wikipedia comfortably, this is the extension for you!

Just click the Skinny icon to instantly make the page narrower. (The extensions doesn't change any pages until you click the button.)

Two vertical bars are added to the page, visible only on hover, that you can drag to change the width.

It will keep track of pages that you have set to be 'skinny', except any pages you visit in incognito mode.

If there's a site that's not behaving well with this extension let me know and I'll check it out.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Skinny", "description": "This extension lets you limit the width of any web page, for better readability on big screens.", "version": "1.8", "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage" ], "background": { "scripts": ["extensionEvents.js"], "persistent": false }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["tab.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "icons": { "16": "icon_16_off.png", "48": "icon_48_on.png", "128": "icon_128_on.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_title": "Make this site skinny", "default_icon": "icon_16_off.png" }}
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User reviews

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Ruchir Rakesh (ID: 000000d26224ad74) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/15/2023 great extension, i hope it's updated more in the present. this will blow up if any community finds about it. I have one request for the extension to adjust the page if the page zoom is change, it causes the page to aligh left side in some scenarios. thank you to the dev! i genuinly am gratefull

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tyler relyt (ID: 000000ef407f10d0) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/27/2023 By far my favorite extension of its kind. It's a shame this doesn't have more users. Also, it hasn't been updated in nearly 3 years, but still works perfectly, so I guess there's no real reason to update it. Highly recommend this extension for anyone who happens to come across this hidden gem.

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Victoria Besarab (ID: 000000128c32837d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/23/2022 unfortunatelly, this EXT doent work as expected. first there is no any bar visible on hover, but there is a constant visiable bar next to general scroll one. next, it doest fit the page properly, you need to zoom down the page to approx 40% to see the result of so called centering. not reccomended,

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Michal Neoral (ID: 000000649267af7c) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 03/28/2021 Finally, something what is working on the whole domain, even with reloading pages. I tried so many of similiar extensions and nothing worked (except this one). Only thing what is missing for me is possibility of set the width of the page.

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Christian King (ID: 000000afdbd5555b) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/21/2019 Finally overcomes the abysmal readability of sites like Wikipedia. Now I can rest happy, know that other out there can continue fighting over their subpar reading experience.