How to Keep Your Place When Reading Long Articles Online

You're halfway through a 20-minute article when your browser crashes. Or you accidentally hit the back button. Or you close the tab by mistake. When you reopen the article, you're back at the top with no way to quickly find where you left off.

The problem is that web browsers treat every page visit as starting from scratch. There's no built-in bookmark for your reading position.

Reading Progress Bar solves this with a persistent visual indicator showing your scroll progress. The progress bar fills as you read, giving you a constant reference point. If you need to leave and come back, you can quickly scroll to approximately where you were by watching the progress bar reach the same percentage.

Combined with the visual confidence of knowing how much is left, the progress bar transforms long-form reading from an uncertain commitment into a trackable activity. You can see exactly how far you've gotten and how much remains.

It's a small tool with an outsized impact on reading habits. People who can see their progress are significantly more likely to finish what they started reading.