Reader View for Pale Moon
Posted: 2017-12-05, 02:13
When I migrated from Firefox to Pale Moon, the Reader View feature was one of the things I missed most, and I wasn't really sold on any of the existing options for making a site more readable. So I made my own: an implementation of Firefox Reader View for use as an add-on in the Pale Moon web browser.
This extension adds a button with the Reader Mode icon to the Pale Moon interface. When the add-on detects that a page is compatible with Reader View, the button will enable and the icon will turn blue. Clicking the button will enable Reader View for that page, and the icon will turn purple. Clicking the button again will exit Reader View, and the page will return to normal.
Reader View may also be activated by selecting "Enter Reader View" from the View menu, or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + R.
Many features in Reader View are identical between Mozilla Firefox and this add-on, such as:
* Parse and render a page cleanly and clutter-free
* Activate with the simple click of a button
* Increase or decrease the line spacing between text
* Increase or decrease the font size
* Choose from light, dark, or sepia color schemes
This add-on comes with a few differences, such as:
* Reading times are based on English only.
* Text to speech/narration is not available.
* Pocket integration is not available.
* Telemetry is not included.
This add-on is available from the Pale Moon add-ons site: https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/readerview/
The source code is available here: https://github.com/ascrod/readerview
Happy reading!
This extension adds a button with the Reader Mode icon to the Pale Moon interface. When the add-on detects that a page is compatible with Reader View, the button will enable and the icon will turn blue. Clicking the button will enable Reader View for that page, and the icon will turn purple. Clicking the button again will exit Reader View, and the page will return to normal.
Reader View may also be activated by selecting "Enter Reader View" from the View menu, or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + R.
Many features in Reader View are identical between Mozilla Firefox and this add-on, such as:
* Parse and render a page cleanly and clutter-free
* Activate with the simple click of a button
* Increase or decrease the line spacing between text
* Increase or decrease the font size
* Choose from light, dark, or sepia color schemes
This add-on comes with a few differences, such as:
* Reading times are based on English only.
* Text to speech/narration is not available.
* Pocket integration is not available.
* Telemetry is not included.
This add-on is available from the Pale Moon add-ons site: https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/readerview/
The source code is available here: https://github.com/ascrod/readerview
Happy reading!