{"id":28842,"date":"2017-01-04T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T10:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28842"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:15:38","slug":"mercury-reader-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mercury-reader-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Transform Chrome Articles into Readable Text with Mercury Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reader modes that <strong>remove various distractions from a website to give you a simple and clean reading experience<\/strong> can be found on browsers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/customize-reader-view-theme-firefox\/\">Mozilla\u2019s Firefox<\/a> and Apple\u2019s Safari.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/customize-reader-view-theme-firefox\/\">How to Customize Firefox Reader View for Better Readability<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Curiously enough, while Chrome for Android <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/enable-the-new-hidden-reader-mode-in-chrome-for-andro-1666469700\" rel=\"noopener\">does have a built-in reader mode<\/a> of its own, Chrome for desktop does not have that feature. <strong>Fortunately for desktop Chrome users,<\/strong> <strong>an extension called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/postlight-reader\/oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi\/related\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury Reader<\/a> can give you a reader mode like feature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Once the extension is installed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A<strong> \"rocket\"<\/strong> icon can be found next to the address bar. <\/li>\n<li>When an article is opened, <strong>clicking on the rocket icon will cause Mercury Reader to display that specific article<\/strong> as a blogpost. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reader Mode<\/h2>\n<p>In reader mode, <strong>only the article, headlines, links and pictures will be displayed<\/strong>. Everything else is removed, giving the reader a <strong>clean and neat reading experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some other cool features of the Reader Mode include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>\"gear\"<\/strong> icon located at the upper right hand corner of the article can be used to <strong>adjust the text size, font and theme of reader mode<\/strong>.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mercury-reader-chrome\/01-customize-reader.jpg\" width=\"1203\" height=\"827\" alt=\"customize reader\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll also be able to <strong>share articles to social media or via email<\/strong> as the reader mode houses Facebook, Twitter and Email button at the bottom of the article.<\/li>\n<li> Clicking on either of the buttons will open up a window that <strong>allows you to manually share the article on the spot. <\/strong>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mercury-reader-chrome\/02-share-article.jpg\" width=\"1041\" height=\"627\" alt=\"share options\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader modes that remove various distractions from a website to give you a simple and clean reading experience can be found on browsers like Mozilla\u2019s Firefox and Apple\u2019s Safari. Curiously enough, while Chrome for Android does have a built-in reader mode of its own, Chrome for desktop does not have that feature. 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