Chrome Extension of the Week: ...Fit to Print

Posted 05/04/2010 at 8:30am | by David Murphy

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I'm not old, but I often find that the print versions of certain websites--literally, the button you click on that would otherwise format and send said articles directly to your hardware printer--are a lot easier on the eyes than their link-filled, advertising-drenched, "normal" counterparts. 

But to get to this most sacred and pleasant of pages for any given article, you physically have to click the "print" button for everything you're trying to read.  And when you're done, you have to back out an extra step in your browser--once to take you back to the "normal" version of the page, and once more to return to where you were previously.  That's a lot of work just to treat yourself to a more eye-friendly format for Web text.

Of course, I wouldn't mention a problem if I didn't have a solution.  In this case, the Chrome Extension "...Fit to Print" is not only an excellent, automatic solution for jumping to any site's "print" version, but it's also a clever play on a common journalistic phrase.  That's bonus points right there.

Anyway, this extension is super-simple to use.  Install it, and... that's it.  Whenever you surf over to an article that has a corresponding "print" version instead of the normal Web view, the extension will automatically take you the former instead of the latter.  If you get sick of this treatment, one click of your mouse button will toggle the extension on and off via a little button next to Chrome's address bar.  Your eyes will thank you for this, trust me.

Maximum PC picks one new Chrome extension as its favorite of the week each... week. Have a nifty extension that you can't live without? Twitter David Murphy @acererak with your latest suggestions.