Many articles today are difficult to read, cluttered with ads, pop-ups, and distracting layouts that make focused reading exhausting. I built a super simple Chrome extension that turns articles into text-only reading views using Mozilla's Readability.js 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+Y or Command+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.
Shortcut key: Alt+Shift+Y or Command+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.
Github (Feel free to contribute! ) : https://github.com/uscne/Yumi-Reader