Reviews for BeeLine Reader
BeeLine Reader by BeeLine Reader
Review by tech_ds
Rated 5 out of 5
by tech_ds, 5 years agoI work in tech. It's amazing for breaking up long technical documentation and for people with ADHD. I really adore this extension
28 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by 远离中共邪教快退出党团队, 8 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by corestarlight, 19 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18811500, a month agoGot it to help with my ADHD when trying to read large amounts of text. Instead the extention became yet another distraction I had to deal with. Frequent pop-ups notifying me of things which don't apply to me, like that it now works on iOS, or asking me to sign up for a free-trial or pay them money for something I've not even started to use. It is, for me at least, completely useless.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Bishop, 2 months agoUsed to be good, I will not be paying for the simple feature of changing the text colours. simple colour changes should have remained free as forcing users to pay makes what used to be an accessibility tool inaccessible to most people.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18410841, 10 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Bekohanfula, a year agov2.16 Was active but had no effect on sites, even after attempting to apply. Looking at features, i don't see significant benefit anyways. Use the built in reader mode and the Stylus extension to get more benefit and flexibility.
- Rated 5 out of 5by nomochrome, 2 years agoHave been using this for a long time, and it sure makes walls of text easier to read! Just wish I could get it on my mobile Firefox too. It would also be nice if there were more night modes available (just two for now).
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17423579, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Andresert, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by scmstr, 3 years ago4/10 recolorizer. why does this require a paid subscription? not good.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17300956, 3 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Jem, 3 years agoit gets a couple of stars for actually working and making it a heck of a lot easier to read.
but.
for a start, it doesn't tell you it's paid until AFTER you download it, rather than in the description - the description straight up says it's supported by grants and investment, nothing about the user having to pay.
and accessibility should be free for all. why should we have to pay extra just to be able to read at the same level as everyone else? especially as people who this would help, those with conditions such as ADHD and dyslexia, tend to be lower income by virtue of a lot of jobs not being suitable for us. so yet another paywall is just insult to injury.
I get that it needs money to keep it supported, but it literally says in the description that it gets 'supported by grants(...)and by investment'
if it becomes free, instant five stars, but I can't justify giving it more than two with the paywall in place... - Rated 2 out of 5by Axolotl, 4 years agoDoes it help? Yes. Does it look good while doing it? also Yes. That's where the positives stop.
You get 5 free uses a day. A Day. So if you plan on studying with this forget it, or pay up the monthly subscription to what's basically a text re-colourer. Could have been very good, but the paywall is sharp and unforgiving and pretty much preys on those with visual or attention disabilities - Rated 5 out of 5by Plangg, 4 years agoGreat add-on! Really improves my reading speed and comprehension of Wikipedia articles.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lisa Stone, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mo, 5 years agoI love beeline! I have ADD and the colors help me track lines so I am able to get really into reading and studying. It's been a huge help for about a year now! :)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15696470, 5 years agoThis is an excellent extension, and has greatly helped me be able to read the longer passages in my online school. I have ADHD and sometimes have a hard time differentiating words- this extension completely eliminates that by differentiating each line and word with color. You can also change the color scheme, between greys for a more subtle look, blues and purples for a softer look, and the classic red and blue shown in the screenshots. Overall it's a very high-quality extension and I highly recommend it to anyone who has trouble reading blocks of text.
- Rated 4 out of 5by zillyjay, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Bao, 5 years agoI wish this product was more transparent in terms of privacy. Since it can read what is on my screen maybe it's best to clarify whether it logs what I read. Statement like "We do not gather any personal information when you use our Firefox addon. If you become a subscriber, we will use your email address as a way to manage your account, but do not ever sell or rent your information." wouldn't suffice.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi, as we state in our privacy policy, we do gather any personal information (except your email, which is used for account management purposes). We do log usage information anonymously so we know what sites it is being used on so we can ensure that it works well there, but this information is NEVER linked to a user. I'm sorry you didn't think our privacy policy was explicit enough, but a one-star review is a harsh punishment! We prefer to use straightforward language rather than obscuring the truth with mountains of legalese, but if you prefer the latter there are plenty of companies out there that will happily provide it to you. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15255266, 5 years agoI got this for school because my school uses a weird font and my eyes skip around the walls of text that make up my classes, so I thought it would help. The problem? It doesn't work with my classes! It activates before the page is finished loading, and it loads the text last, so the text does not get "beelined."
It works great for other things, but school is about the only thing I do online on my computer. It is also ridiculous that an accessibility addon should cost money (And be subscription-based, are you serious?), as I'm sure there are plenty of organizations that would LOVE to fund the continuation of this addon so that it can be free to the public, and to see it expand to other platforms, since it helps people with dyslexia, ADD, and others so much.Developer response
posted 5 years agoSorry that this doesn't work on your class websites. Please send us (contact@beelinereader.com) links so we can investigate and patch things up. I'm sorry that you think this shouldn't cost anything, as ongoing development is very time-consuming, and we've yet to find any organizations that will fund it for free! Please send them our way, if you find them! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13771992, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by TheAdrianoo, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14041316, 7 years agoTerrible! Slows some of the pages don't even load properly with this extension, it works on Chrome but not Firefox
Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease let us know where you are having problems, so we can make it compatible with more websites. Note that you can put problematic sites onto a blacklist so it won't try to run there. You can report any problems to support@beelinereader.com.