I don't want the picture...just the 1000 words.

March 22, 2022 6:13 AM

I use the Mercury Reader extension for Chrome, and it does a great job of removing the formatting from webpages so they're easier to read. It does almost exactly what I want...but it leaves all of the images intact. Can you help me find something even MORE minimalist? Ideally, I'd like to find a way to do exactly what Mercury Reader does AND remove all of the images from the article. It turns out that there are lots of extensions that will remove images, and lots of others that will reformat pages, but none that will do BOTH of those things. For what it's worth, I'd even be happy if I could find two separate extensions that would work together to accomplish the task, but none of the ones that I've tried so far seem to play well together.
posted by richmondparker to Technology (3 answers total)

Can you cofigure Chrome to not load images?
I think that setting is hidden under the "Site Settings" and you can block images from being loaded. No extension needed.
posted by Arthur Dent at 7:13 AM on March 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Chrome's Reader View extension appears to do this. It strips images from sites and adjusts the font to make them more readable.
posted by Roger Pittman at 7:21 AM on March 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks Roger!!! Reader View does exactly what I've been looking for!
posted by richmondparker at 7:38 AM on March 22, 2022