Reviews & Comments of Text Mode chrome extension

problem, extension causes chroma problem aka kills chroma in chrome browser for most of 2022. had to turn them off one at a time to pinpoint the violating extension. i'm logging this to help coders figure out why and fix in an update. changed the "Allow this extension to read and change all your data on websites you visit" setting from 'all sites' default to 'on click' to fix the problem, but now have to ask how i get your ext to do it's thing.

Thank you Omarrrr! My man! Now I don't have to figure out where the "x" button is on an annoying ad and am not distracted with those attention whoring ads. Plus, it is so easy to read text now! Amazing!

Currently using Version 104.0.5112.102 (Official Build) (64-bit) and this did not work at all. Made photos black and white, but they were still there.

This is a joke right? according to dev tools, data transferred over network is higher when applying this extension or the difference is tiny, I tried it on several pages including Facebook and tested in incognito mode and repeated the test several times with each mode, for saving bandwidth this tool is waste of bandwidth.

Any keyboard shortcut to switch between modes? Is it possible to define a list of websites as extensions? Also, it blocks Mendeley Extension!

Lol the image replacement was an illusion (MY EYES!!!!!!!). Try looking at it for a minute or two.

Lets me study on SparkNotes without having to run into annoying distractions. Thank you!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Now Works within Tabs! Let's Hope that Browser Manufactures do not get too consumed by their $treams and take it away! As you may know, many changes are coming to your phones and browsers!

I really like that it maintains the page formatting. However, I'd like the ability to display blocked items on demand.

Works like a charm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have it turn on/off per tab and it will be perfect. Usually I browse pretty light but want to toggle images off in a specifically hectic site, while I still want to see the images in the other one.

PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!!! I USE IT WEEKLY AND WHEN I DO ITS 8+ HOUR SESSIONS ... HELPS REMOVE DISTRACTIONS AND FOCUS ON TEXT/ARTICLES!! IV NEEDED THIS IN MY LIFE!!! THANK YOU!!!

Would be nice to be able to whitelist certain sites

Does not work in 2017

doesn't work

Great extension. I use it for a more relaxed reading experience. In the future, I would love to see more customization options, like font color, image transparency.

This works really well-- there are some sites that dont work, but by in large it does a great job. Some feature enhancements needed: * Selectively go into text mode by tab * Ability to hover or click on blocked image to see what image is being shown if you are curious * Remove image placeholders entirely (though this might leave page rendering difficult) Overall just what I needed!

Devs...this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for making this addon available. Keep up the great work.

This is a misnomer. It doesn't actually do what the name suggests. Note: Chrome needs an alternative to Textise!

Just did not work in Chrome 61. Images and videos still present.

good way

Works Properly. Only use it to save bandwidth. But does it really stop flash etc from downloading or is media just hidden?

Just tried it, doesn't stop videos. My use case is something that will prevent random videos from starting talking whenever I open a new web page. This is not it :-(

very good

great

This doesn't show up in my toolbar. I use Google on a Win 10 pc. What's up?

It helps me to improve my productivity. Thank you, Omarrr.

Block all images on social websites and forums. Good work.

Perfect. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

This plugin also blocks the loading of favicon, which messes up my bookmarks. Please fix this and allow favicon to load.

Perfect just what i was looking for

Complete and utter crap. Change the setting once to "OFF" and it permanently disabled itself. This app isn't worth the web-hosting space needed to host it.

Love, love, love. You can block pictures of politicians. AND toggle it on before you open your web based email (Gmail) to prevent image embedded read receipts and trackers.

A great extension for when on a limited data plan. Feature request: ability to click to load a specific image. Perhaps you could add a context menu item on a per-image basis that would allow one to load an image on demand; if needed.

exactly what i want thank you so much . developer

super useful

Simple and elegant.

Great option for converting web pages to clean black and white text.

Best for downloading porn.

Works Great. I found a workaround to enable the text only mode for specific Window. I use two google accounts one window i use the account that has TextOnly mode extension and enable it there. If I want to see images for the same website then i will launch the same site in the other window. (Swich Person option Chrome is the way to go!)

Excellent.

It is ok but It will be great if the "Text Mode" worked for just a tab. If you enabled it, affects all tabs. Spotify bye bye :'(

Does not perform as advertised. Catches some of the garbage - 50 - 70%. Sorry, only been using it for a few minutes

Works well but no shortcut key? One star demerit for that.

Save internet data

Please add a toggle for per tab. It would be perfect.

This add-in did not work. Tried another text-only add-in on Chrome Web Store which worked straight away. I am using Chrome on a Mac, not sure if that makes a difference.

It loads the webpages fast. Nice to look at and it is also consumes data.

Pretty helpful extensions for taking away all ads around. Is it possible to make it in the text mode for just some of the tab? The images are not need just for some of the pages and I have to switch from the modes.

It needs a per-domain option. Otherwise thank you :)

Hides chaos and gives webpages a clean, minimalist appearance. I would prefer chaotic, colorful, high-bandwidth elements to never be loaded to begin with, but that would be too much to ask for.

great Extension. Best for keep you in focus. 5 start all around. great work.

c00l man!

Very nice

WTF why doesn't it work on google search. I had the same problem as Lisa Wong where I needed to look up trypophobia and now I wish I was dead.

do you guys know how to get text+ on a chrombook

great!!!

As I just installed this it's soon to rate so gave middling 3 stars as a default Just wanted to point out that as of 03/19/2015 some criticism and requests seem to have been addressed. It can be applied on a per tab basis and there are options for image replacement patterns.

Should remove FAVICON too. Should have a per tab basis o all tabs basis.. a switch to do that.

Good extension.

For years the only reason why I kept Firefox installed was because it had a superior image block extension, and nothing worked quite as well in Chrome. That is no longer the case. This Text Mode extension takes image blocking to a whole new level by not only taking away images, but gives you a few options for *what* to replace images with (instead of causing all sorts of layout problems on most pages by simply deleting images on the page). As an added bonus, there's even an option to desaturate colors on the page to ensure text is readable for pages where the text contrast is based on an image that would be behind it. To the developer: THANK YOU for such an awesome extension. Please keep up the great work. Text Mode is an absolute life-saver.

Thank, black & white image please.

Love it!

it works wonderful! so 5 stars for sure!! only that is it possible to add a option to only desaturate pictures, instead of completely replace them with placeholder? because you know, once in a while, we want certain webpage to show a few pictures.

Awesome - works really well on non-flash stuff if you want no distractions while you browse

Brilliant tool! Been waiting for an extension to do this properly. I have some suggestions / requests: - Being able to choose wether to replace image or not (i love the desaturated colors look, but sometimes I need to see the images) - Being able to replace the image with a transparent block instead of the placeholders we have in the options Great work!

Wanted this to reduce data usage as now have limited tethering. It is perfect and massively reduces data usage....

This extension does what it says. It may not be Lynx but it isn't far off.

Very nice, this helps me browse at work semi-incogneato, very nice work. I have tried using CLI text browsers in Linux, like lynx, but they're just too much of a pain to use. This is the next best thing so far. Improvement: Like others have suggested, please update this extension so it can be toggled on/off on a per-tab basis. If this could be used on a per-tab basis I would give it 5 stars.

Great extension. Would love a whitelist feature.

Exactly what ! wanted!

Suggestion: a way to selectively load images (once I click them). I hope it gets compatibility with Imagus. Also, instead of text-mode happening on all tabs of all windows, have the toggle affect the current tab only, and a white-list for automatically going into text-mode, based on the URL (we type in the options which websites automatically go to text-mode).

No more sensory overload! thanks!

Simple handy

Thanks!

didn't work with google search. I was hoping to use this to get information on trypophobia. unfortunately any search on trypophobia brings up photos that trypophobics can't look at without feeling ill. Any google search in Text Mode still displays photos and youtube thumbnails.

great extension! all the unnecessary ads and clutters magically disappear & the page loads at a superb speed !

Great extensions but sadly it also modifies other apps. For example when I have TweetDeck opened the avatars and thumbnails in my Timeline simply disappear. Would it be possible for the extension only on one tabulation at a time? Other than that great work ;)

Awesome! I tried many different grayscale extentions for chrome and none of them functioned properly but this one did the job perfectly. No more burning eyes!

Very nice idea but the image-holder graphic hurts eyes especially if the image is big. Give some options to replace it with a color or our own graphic.

Started getting weird pop-up ads when I hovered my mouse over certain words on websites. Wondering if its Text Mode's fault, will edit review to reflect my findings.

Gets rid of the images well, and I like how it keeps the formatting. But they chose the dumbest possible placeholders: jarring, 'vibrating' black and white lines that make you feel like you're nauseous and/or about to be hypnotised. Half the time they're more distracting then the original images for cryin' out loud. Nothing wrong with using diagonal lines to clearly show what's been hidden. But how about something like #cccccc and #dddddd instead of such a jarring combination? Also, I don't see the point of removing all colour from text. I'd say that that forces an extra feature that no one really asked for.

Slow response and needs to reload the webpage to hide the pictures. Prefer to use Readbility or Instapaper if I want to read text only. Or simply just disable loading of graphics on webpages for text mode browsing.

Some configuration option should be added. P.S. the image-holder graphic really hurts my eyes.

works fine... however... - the stripes are overwhelming - white-listing sites would be great - a right-click to load on page itself would be again good to have!!! (Do at your own risk - the irritating stripes can be changed to whichever color by changing "bg_blank_1px.png" file at this location --> USER\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\adelhekhakakocomdfejiipdnaadiiib\0.4.1_0\imgs)

It's a very useful plugin for productivity. But image-holder should use simpler colors the current one effects my eyes and it doesn't allow me to change it to something else. Other than that it's a good plugin.

Take out the stripes on the images placeholders and I will give 5 stars!

I have to click it again after I open next page，if it become more intelligent it will become cooler

i'm really getting FAINT to the shaded patterned pictures. could you change to no pattern but grey only pictures?

It's a nice idea but the image-holder graphic hurts my eyes (especially during scrolling), making it worse than using an image-heavy site. A simple grey block would be a thousand times better.

Overall this does a great job at conversing bandwidth while keeping a page readable and usable. My Feature Wish-List: * Ability to toggle black & white mode. * Ability to right-click an image and force-load it. * A less contrast-heavy stub image as it can appear behind text and make reading difficult.

I gave 4 stars because them stripes are very annoying and make the page not looking easy to read. Please give options to chose between stripes and plain as for the moment the idea is great but ... omg them stripes.

It just works, and it's a fantastic idea. Thanks!

i hate it it wont let me do anything!!!

I agree with the need of some configuration options. I would also like the extension to be tab-sensitive in stead of working globally. Thanks for your great job!

I like this idea. Can we get some options please? Choose image replacement background, toggle colour or black and white text? Even better for me would be to replace images with a block of predefined colour overwritten with the image dimensions Image-holder style. That would be soooo useful.

Great idea, bit the stripes do my eye sight no good, rather the pictures to be honest. Any chance of a option to change preferred block out?

too many stripes make me distracted. let me have an option to have like blank or gray filed.

Great. nice work. Can you add some options like white list.

100% Awesome. I have been looking for this since IE 0.0. Thanks!

minimal beauty!