EasyReader
EasyReader can customize and improve the readability of long web articles
As of May 2026, EasyReader has 30,000 users and a 4.56/5 rating from 453 reviews in the Accessibility category.
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453 reviews
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Version
0.163
Manifest V3
History
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 30.0K | 4.56 | 453 | 0.163 |
| Now | 30.0K | 4.56 | 453 | 0.163 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabscriptingstorage
- Host access
- *://*/*
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About
Make any article or part of a website more readable!
Usage:
1. Click extension button.
2. Select content on the page to read.
3. Enjoy.
Features:
★ Table of contents for headings are provided to the left.
★ Color, size, fonts and more are fully customizable.
★ Print, will print selected content only.
★ Code highlighting for code segments without other style.
Tips:
☞ Drag right edge of content to change width.
☞ Background can be customized using images, not only colors. Example for background color use: url("http://antonj.se/resources/css/images/paper-texture-warm.gif")
☞ Hovering lables in option page will give you the actual CSS property that is used.
Updates:
1.63 - Maintenance update to upgrade to chrome manifest version 3, since that was required. Keyboard shortcut moved from options to standard extension shortcuts
1.62 - Removed tabs permissions, since it was not needed
1.61 - Minor bug fixes (no scrolling in original page)
1.60 - Minor bug fixes
1.50 – Keyboard shortcut to activate/deactivate EasyReader (set in extension options)
1.46-7 – Bugfix: Print width always 100 %
1.45 – Printing with EasyReader activated will only print selected content.
1.44 – Bugfix: Flash content temporary hidden, when ER is activated. Since Chrome7 Flash would otherwise always be above ER content.
1.43 – Bugfix: Google Dictionary (by Google) extension popup will be on top of EasyReader content.
1.40 – Syntax highlight for code segments of articles, using http://code.google.com/p/google-code-prettify/Technical
- Version
- 0.163
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 41.45KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- boamfheepdiallipiieadpmnklbhadhc
- Developer ID
- ub91c64477758317b71a60092d134c556
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Aug 26, 2010
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jun 3, 2024
- Last Scraped
- May 22, 2026
- Website
- http://antonj.se/
- Support URL
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- Privacy Policy
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