Best Reader View

Name: Best Reader View
Rating: 4.631578947368421 (57 reviews)
Author: Tyanya Software LLC.

Tired of cluttered web pages full of commericals? Best Reader View cleans all up and renders the only main article of the page!

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Best Reader View is a powerful Chrome extension designed to transform cluttered web pages into clean, beautifully rendered articles, enhancing your reading experience. Inspired by Firefox's open-source Readability module and modeled after Safari's reader view, it surpasses other reader modes by combining the best features of both browsers.

Key features include customizable fonts, sizes, and themes, automatic activation, note-taking and highlighting, a focus mode to view content in its original context, and convenient options to save pages as PDFs or print. Your privacy is ensured as all processing is done locally without sending data over the network. Additionally, it offers easy sharing to Twitter and Facebook directly from highlighted text blocks. Enjoy distraction-free reading tailored to your preferences with Best Reader View.

Extension Productivity Privacy & Security Utilities Accessibility Communication

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Version:

1.2.7 Last updated: 2021-05-13

Creation date:

2020-05-24

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
chrome://favicon/
contextMenus

Size:

102.00KB

Email:

re*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-06

Ranking

# 13,986 ▲ 80

Other rankings

#3535 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 7 #10 in best keyword 55 ▼ 2 #48 in reader keyword 69 ▼ 12 #57 in firefox keyword 27 ▼ 4 #263 in software keyword 40 ▼ 17

Other platforms

Best Reader View (v1.2.6)

3,259 4.20

(15)

User reviews

Pros

Simple and easy to use
Works well and is effective
Provides a better reading experience compared to Chrome's built-in reader mode
Ability to add domains for auto-load
Similar to Safari Reader Mode, which is praised by users

Cons

Closes when clicking outside the content area
Limited settings for customization (font, background color)
Some features are requested but not available (e.g., automatic mode)
Issues with copying and pasting text
Not all websites are supported

Recent reviews

It shuts off if you click outside of the center column. That's extraordinarily stupid. Fix that garbage.

To*****, 2025-02-03

Gerçekten muhteşem bir eklenti. Okuyucuların mutlaka yüklemesi gerektiğine inanıyorum. Geliştiricilere de teşekkür ederi.

Ha*****, 2024-11-27

Работает чудесно! Настройки несложные и денег не требует!

Ге*****, 2024-09-19

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Best Reader View requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Best Reader View has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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