Postlight Reader

Extension does what it says it does, and it does it (mostly) well. Sometimes it has hiccups as someone mentioned, such as it glitching out between being in reader mode but in fact I'm looking at the regular webpage, or vice versa. With that in mind, I like having hotkeys to switch between modes and this could be the root cause of this glitch, at least in my case. The color scheme for the reader mode itself though, is wonderfully easy on the eyes, the formatting used in this mode is also, in ... Show more

I would love to give this extension a full five stars, because *when* it works, it does work really well. It's a godsent for me and my ADHD, because sometimes the clutter and especially animated or sliding banners and ads can make it impossible for me to read texts unless I block them out in some way. Mercury really tidies up the articles nicely, and the choices for formatting (font size, serif/sans, light/dark theme) cover all my needs. I haven't tested it yet, but I really appreciate the... Show more

It's not perfect and not without faults. When a page has too many scripted elements, it often fails and instead of loading the main body text and images, it only shows either the first page or just the last page as if there was nothing else to show. When it works, it's great. But when it fails, it's just a head scratcher leaving us wondering why it didn't work. When it fails, I do a more hands-on approach with my ad blocker extension to block out the annoying elements, then use Chrome's own... Show more