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Tranquility Reader by arunk

Tranquility Reader improves the readability of web articles by removing unnecessary elements like ads, images, social sharing widgets, and other distracting fluff.

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About this extension
Tranquility Reader

Tranquility Reader improves the readability of web articles by removing unnecessary elements like ads, images, social share widgets, and more.

Functionality
  • Click the navigation-bar icon to transform the page on Desktop
  • Select the "Tranquility!" option from the toolbar menu on Android

Features
  • Compatible with NoScript
  • Save content offline for reading later (the tranquility view is saved locally on your computer)
  • Ability to export/import the offline content.
  • Ability to customize default font, font-size, font color, background color, and width of the reading area (you can use this website to pick a suitable color code—thanks to user JA for feedback on this!)
  • Create and manage your own preset configuration of the various options/preferences
  • Add/edit notes/annotations to portions of the offline content; collate annotations with context for a summary of all your notes and annotations.
  • Unobtrusive menu at the bottom of the screen (displayed by clicking the (+) symbol on the bottom right corner of the screen) provides additional features
  • Additional links are available through a "More Links" button in the menu at the bottom of the screen
  • Left-clicking a link in Tranquility View will open the link in Tranquility View in the current tab
  • Firefox for AndroidOS is supported from version 3.0.5 — please check the release notes for this version for limitations on AndroidOS.
  • Transform only a portion of the web page by highlighting the text and then running Tranquility (right-click context menu option - "Tranquilize Selection")

User Guide:
Refer to this wiki page for a detailed tour of the Tranquility Reader extension, its various features and how to make the most of the extension.

License & Copyright:
Tranquility Reader is provided under GPLv3 license.
Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Arun Kunchithapatham

Privacy Policy:
This addon does not collect or transmit any information to an external website. All processing and data storage is local to your browser. A detailed explanation is available here

Feedback:
You can file bug reports, enhancement requests by opening an issue here, or leave a review for the extension with your feedback/issues.

Release Notes are available here
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Version
3.0.26
Size
93.27 KB
Last updated
a year ago (Jun 9, 2024)
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License
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Release notes for 3.0.26
## Version 3.0.26:

* Restored extension to Manifest v2 due to regression issues

* Typo in variable name fixed (bug found during testing)
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