Tranquility Reader improves the readability of web articles by removing unnecessary elements

Latest Version

Version

3.0.21

Update

September 1, 2020

Size

159KiB

Developer

Tranquility Reader Extension

Tranquility Reader improves the readability of web articles by removing unnecessary elements like ads, images, social share widgets, and more.

Functionality

* Click the navigation-bar icon to transform the page on Desktop

Features

* Compatible with NoScript

* Save content offline for reading later (the tranquility view is saved locally on your computer)

* Ability to export/import the offline content.

* Ability to customize default font, font-size, font color, background color, and width of the reading area (you can use https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp to pick a suitable color code—thanks to user JA for feedback on this!)

* Create and manage your own preset configuration of the various options/preferences

* Add/edit notes/annotations to portions of the offline content; collate annotations with context for a summary of all your notes and annotations.

* Unobtrusive menu at the bottom of the screen (displayed by clicking the (+) symbol on the bottom right corner of the screen) provides additional features

* Additional links are available through a \"More Links\" button in the menu at the bottom of the screen

* Left-clicking a link in Tranquility View will open the link in Tranquility View in the current tab

* Transform only a portion of the web page by highlighting the text and then running Tranquility (right-click context menu option - \"Tranquilize Selection\")

License & Copyright:
Tranquility is provided under GPLv3 license.
Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Arun Kunchithapatham

Privacy Policy:
This extension does not collect or transmit any information to an external website. All processing and data storage is local to your browser.

Feedback:
Please send any feedback, bug reports, enhancement requests to the listed support website or leave a review with details in the comment section of this page.

Release Notes are available via the support website listed

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "__MSG_extensionName__", "version": "3.0.21", "description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__", "homepage_url": "https://tranquility.ushnisha.com/", "icons": { "128": "icons/tranquility-128.png" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage", "alarms", "contextMenus" ], "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icons/tranquility-128.png", "default_title": "__MSG_extensionBrowserActionTitle__" }, "web_accessible_resources": [ "background/tranquility.html", "css/tranquility.css", "icons/*.png" ], "options_ui": { "page": "options/tranquility_options.html", "open_in_tab": false }, "background": { "scripts": ["background/tranquility_bg_db_interface.js", "background/tranquility_bg_message_manager.js", "background/tranquility_presets.js", "background/tranquility_bg_common_functions.js", "background/tranquility_bg_context_menu.js"] }, "commands": { "run-tranquility": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+T" }, "description": "__MSG_extensionCommandRunDescription__" }, "show-tranquility-preferences": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+J" }, "description": "__MSG_extensionCommandShowPreferencesDescription__" }, "show-tranquility-offline-pages": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+K" }, "description": "__MSG_extensionCommandShowOfflinePagesDescription__" } }, "default_locale": "en" }

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User reviews

Evan D. (ID: 000000ac9061bbc4) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 08/16/2022 Does not work well on chrome. Works great on firefox 5 stars and use it daily

Pat MySecret (ID: 0000000f565a0b8a) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 04/24/2022 This reader is best suited to someone at least somewhat computer savvy with patience. While Tranquility Reader doesn't offer options that I believe should be standard, such as image on/off, it has an attractive typically unfound option. Uniquely, it lets you define, name, and save Presets, that can even be named to favorite sites. Presets offered by default, don't seem well-coordinated to the average computer user, and that's why I don't recommend it to beginners. It does a less than average job of getting past paywalls, and almost seems to mockingly remind you that the site isn't free. Nobody wants to go through life blindly click-baited and mocked. The icon in the Context Menu is a tease because it doesn't open links in Reader View. I keep the extension name in a list in case I want to reinstall if I ever have a particular need for very specialized presets. The extension is appreciated, but likely not the best for the average user.

Ossie Best (ID: 0000005206a2a979) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/21/2022 Just tried a bunch and this is the first one to work (maybe my other extensions were blocking the others). Very nice/fast thank you.

lämp (ID: 0000005f8a15a4b5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/22/2021 Exactly what I needed. An indispensable tool for my work.

Janai Christo Kharkongor (ID: 0000001d68d50018) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/11/2021 Look it works. All I need is to be able to read it and sometimes copy it. And it serves that purpose. But guys, pay for it if you can. If you only need one article, then you might as well use it. But if you are a regular user, try to pay for it.

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Tranquility Reader