The Read Something Great extension

There’s a better way to read

2 min read

You came here to read. Somewhere on this page is an essay that someone spent weeks on, and you wanted to give it your full attention. Instead you got a cookie banner, a video that started on its own, and a box asking for your email before you had finished the first line. The words were there, but you had to dig for them.

The Read Something Great extension for Chrome gives you back the page. One click on the icon in your toolbar, and the ads, pop-ups and sidebars fall away. What’s left is just the words, set in calm, clear type, with room to breathe.

It works on almost any article, on any site. Nothing is lost along the way. Click the icon again, and the page comes back exactly as it was.

Read the way you like. Choose a light page for the day and a dark one for the night. Make the type bigger or smaller, and pick the letters that suit your eyes. It remembers, so the next article you open looks just the same.

When a line stops you, highlight it. Write a note beside it, the way you would in the margin of a book. Sign in, and they’ll be kept in your corner on Read Something Great, ready whenever you want them again.

It’s free, and you don’t need an account to read. It looks only at the page you ask it to, and it keeps no record of what you read.

There is so much good writing on the internet. It deserves a better page, and so do you.