{"id":262388,"date":"2010-02-01T22:31:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T03:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/readability-is-important\/"},"modified":"2010-02-01T22:31:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T03:31:44","slug":"readability-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/262388","title":{"rendered":"Readability is important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class='posterous_autopost'>NOTE: If you are super-sensitive about spoilers about Lost, feel free to browse away from this entry now. \u00a0The screenshots I have below include the beginning of an interview article with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and may or may not have very minor spoilers about the show. \u00a0You have been warned!<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>p<\/div>\n<div>o<\/div>\n<div>s<\/div>\n<div>s<\/div>\n<div>i<\/div>\n<div>b<\/div>\n<div>l<\/div>\n<div>e<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>s<\/div>\n<div>p<\/div>\n<div>o<\/div>\n<div>i<\/div>\n<div> l<\/div>\n<div>e<\/div>\n<div>r<\/div>\n<div>s<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>b<\/div>\n<div>e<\/div>\n<div>l<\/div>\n<div>o<\/div>\n<div>w<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>Okay. \u00a0Now that&#39;s out of the way, I will continue. \u00a0I was linked to the interview article with Damon and Carlton on TV Guide&#39;s website, but felt that their page was so cluttered, so I busted out the secret weapon I added to my browser arsenal: the <a href=\"http:\/\/lab.arc90.com\/experiments\/readability\/\">Readability bookmarklet<\/a>. \u00a0See the magic that it works:<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><i>Before&#8230;<\/i><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20100202-x3bpm85bqgu95y5cc5fkabxrxy.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/img.skitch.com\/20100202-x3bpm85bqgu95y5cc5fkabxrxy.jpg\" height=\"262\" alt=\"20100202-x3bpm85bqgu95y5cc5fkabxrxy.jpg\" width=\"420\" \/> <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><i>After&#8230;<\/i><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20100202-egbmfcsgd4c2ja8wkcdnp675nc.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/img.skitch.com\/20100202-egbmfcsgd4c2ja8wkcdnp675nc.jpg\" height=\"273\" alt=\"20100202-egbmfcsgd4c2ja8wkcdnp675nc.jpg\" width=\"420\" \/><br \/> <\/i><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>Aaaaaah&#8230; \u00a0So much better! \u00a0When you go to Readability&#39;s site, you can actually configure different settings for style, font size, and margin width. \u00a0An example blurb of text below the settings shows you what the text will look like. \u00a0Once you&#39;ve got it set the way you want, you can drag the bookmarklet to your browser bar to install it, easy peasy.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>I know there are browser extensions to block ads and stuff, but this goes beyond that to strip out the text and relevant images so you can focus on the article. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapaper.com\/\">Instapaper<\/a> does a similar thing, but that&#39;s meant for reading later, while the Readability bookmarklet is for reading immediately. \u00a0<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>Enjoy!<\/div>\n<p><!-- No posting client link spam, please. --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/jezlyn.wordpress.com\/1007\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=jezlyn.wordpress.com&#038;blog=113624&#038;post=1007&#038;subd=jezlyn&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: If you are super-sensitive about spoilers about Lost, feel free to browse away from this entry now. \u00a0The screenshots I have below include the beginning of an interview article with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and may or may not have very minor spoilers about the show. \u00a0You have been warned! . . . 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