Reading View in Insider Channels

Microsoft Edge’s reading view experience is designed to let you read web content without any extraneous information or anything jarring that strain your eyes. Reading is one of the primary activit...

tomscharbach

Bronze Contributor

Jun 16, 2019

Elliot Kirk I use reading view a lot, mostly on technical/legal websites were articles are long. Your post mentions customization tools coming in future iterations.

A customization tool that I would like to see is a tool giving users the option to (1) set the background color to either beige or white, (2) set the typeface to serif or sans-serif, and (3) adjust font size. This isn't just a whim on my part. I'm in my 70's, and and for those of us with aging eyes, these customization options would increase usability.

Compare/contrast the two screens below:

aditya10

Microsoft

Jun 26, 2019

Hi tomscharbach

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad reading view is helping you read more effectively. This has always been a motivation while designing the feature. We hear you and will definitely work on the things that you've mentioned. :)

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