Distill and display only the important content to enjoy a more focused reading experience

Latest Version

Version

1.9

Update

September 16, 2024

Size

77.12KiB

Developer

DOM Distiller Reading Mode Extension

Have you ever visited a website where the text is so ugly you get a headache trying to read or where the content is hard to find because of unimportant sidebars and share buttons? This extension will fix that for you.

This extension figures out what is important on a page and shows only that in the same consistent way every time.

Uses the code that powers the mobile-friendly view on phones.

Planned features:

* Font scaling support

* Multi-page article concatenation

Update notes:

1.9:
* Added option for custom CSS

1.8:
* Worked around issue with text direction not being retained properly
* Added instructions for how to change keyboard shortcut to options

1.7:
* Fixed options not loading
* Fixed transition to theme colors when viewer loads
* Updated DOM Distiller resources to the latest versions

1.6:
* Added feedback form when uninstalling

1.5:
* Fixed some sites appearing on top of viewer
* Updated to the latest DOM Distiller version

1.4:
* Fixed page scrollbar overlaying the scrollbar of the viewer

1.3:
* Fixed distilled content never getting shown

1.2:
* Fixed original page jumping to top when hiding distilled version
* Fixed loading indicator not being shown
* Added swedish translation

1.1:
* Performance enhancements and bug fixes

Extension icons were derived from the following icons:
* github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/c6fc87c71001975022f979a2f6b031620e9c7ff1/action/svg/production/ic_chrome_reader_mode_48px.svg
* github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/c6fc87c71001975022f979a2f6b031620e9c7ff1/editor/svg/production/ic_bubble_chart_48px.svg

Both of the icons derived from are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Source Manifest.json

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User reviews

xxx xxx (ID: 0000003469f04363) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/27/2023 Had stopped worknig for about a couple of months. Can't extract text anymore, just shows you a loading wheel.

Danny Ben Shitrit (ID: 000000cb00eadb8a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/05/2022 This is perfect. Simple easy and fast, and a great replacement for the native Chrome reader that tends to appear and disappear every version.

Pat MySecret (ID: 0000000f565a0b8a) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 12/03/2021 Nice in a simplistic way.. few options. Good for someone who needs something simple. Doesn't work with my Auto Copy extension.

Owen Smith (ID: 00000071b4fbfdce) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/28/2021 Great extension, nice theming options! Unlike the chrome reading mode, the page doesn't need to reload and the altered page is generated hella fast!

Alexander Barrett (ID: 0000007896c691c6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/13/2021 Does exactly what I want it to. Thank you. It's great.

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DOM Distiller Reading Mode