Many articles today are difficult to read, cluttered with ads, pop-ups, and distracting layouts that make focused reading exhausting. This browser extension helps by turning articles into text-only reading views using Mozilla's Readability library with custom CSS informed by accessibility and readability research. It follows four design choices based on W3C WCAG 2.2 standards: a sepia background to reduce eye strain, 1.5× line spacing for better readability, 50–75 character line length to reduce eye fatigue, and sans-serif fonts that work well on screens.
- Shortcut key:
Alt+Shift+YorCommand+Shift+Y - Limitations: it's designed for reading plain text articles. Because it hides images, tables, and formulas, some pages may lose important context or meaning.
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