Readability
Friday • November 20 • 12:35 AM • Filed under: Extras
Getting your news and information on the internet usually means a free site that's trying to pay their bills by selling ads - sometimes a LOT of ads. Can't really fault the sites, somebody has to foot the bill, but it certainly doesn't make for a great reading experience. When you read as much internet content as I do, having a TIVO like option for avoiding the clutter sure would be nice. Well . . . I may have found some help.
Readability provides the option of viewing a page without all the visual distractions and it works surprisingly well in most cases. Here is an example of what it does.
I find it much more enjoyable reading the latter. Readability does get confused by site layout sometimes and doesn't allow direct navigation for articles that are more than a single page, but for most content it lives up to its name and makes content much more readable. You can even pick the background color and the font size it displays. It's also nice, in that it doesn't install anything on your computer and you only use it when you want - it's all done via a browser bookmark.
If you'd like to give Readability a try just click here to visit their site. Follow the instructions, happy reading.
Take care.