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I didn't really want to flag a specific e-reader. And was hinting at something more general. As you say I'm sure you could bolt something together, like I hav
by cobweb 11y ago
I didn't really want to flag a specific e-reader. And was hinting at something more general. As you say I'm sure you could bolt something together, like I have been meaning to.
At the moment it's as boring as a readability bookmarklet. That then sends the parsed html to a free kindle address. Readability will accept urls to process in emails. But this doesn't work for me. I forget why. Also readability sometimes borks and I never get the page. And sometimes readability can't read something. It just comes out blank. Probably a JS heavy page or something. Managing readability archives and searching through them isn't that great. I'm not really a fan of the readability web browser interface. I haven't tried the apps. But it does the job for free so I mustn't grumble.
I'd rather email/bookmark links, to process later, to then read at my leisure. And also text index them. Something to improve searching. Also the ability to rate or summarise what I've read.
I get articles that upon reading, I don't like. So chaff does get through. I could do with applying feedback. Flagging bad (as in I don't like) sites, bad authors etc. One problem is that I can't do the feedback there and then from my e-reader when I'm in the moment. But actually it might be a good re-enforcment tactic to come back and evaluate later. It would be nice to then share good reads.
An email address for reads is good, as you can always ask others to send you stuff. Or perhaps forward an email containing a link to your reading address.
I have cognitive difficulty reading from a browser, but am fine with e-ink. Plus it doesn't require an internet connection. It's comfortable. I do tend to neglect my book reading though, which is a bit of a shame. Oh and I have a mountain of articles to read, currently about 1200.
With what comes through with readability, sometimes the author is missing. Probably meta data missing. And not having dates and other meta data available can be annoying. Having a datestamp of when I bookmarked it for reading might be nice.
- cobweb 11y agoOh, there is Calibre, that I have been meaning to try and use. But it's nice to be able to just turn on the kindle (as I'm in the shower or something), and have it download latest reads before I leave the house. Rather than fussing about connecting the machine to another machine etc.
- falcolas 11y agoIf you can leave Calibre running, it will process RSS subscriptions in the background on a schedule.