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Chrome Extensions for Heavy Readers

16 points by Charlesmigli 14y ago

Charlesmigli 14y ago
List of extensions: Clearly, tldr.io, Pocket, RSS Subscription, TooManyTabsOpen, Buffer, High Contrast.
- pzeups 14y ago
  Clearly come from Evernote
pzeups 14y ago
That's an awesome improvements of Chrome ! (without Google by the way)
JacobiX 14y ago
I use mostly iReader, It removes the ads/clutters and displays the article in an easy to read view.
- huskyr 14y ago
  Seconding iReader. A really nice tool, exactly right for the job. Works on virtually all sites for me.
pzeups 14y ago
TLDR.io of course http://tldr.io/tldrs/51112ad2de23f15658000035/read-smarter-not-harder-in-chrome-without-google http://tldr.io/tldrs/51112ad2de23f15658000035/read-smarter-n...
CodeMage 14y ago
Why Pocket instead of Instapaper? I'm not sniping, I'm genuinely curious.
- czzarr 14y ago
  as a long-time paying user of Instapaper who recently switched to Pocket, here are my reasons: - a desktop mac app is available - I really like the 2 View options (article view and text view) as I read a lot of technical articles that include code snippets and these are rendered terribly on Instapaper - the iOS apps are snappier and crash way less often - search is baked in the apps the fact it was free didn't enter into consideration at all
rdwallis 14y ago
Your submission history suggests that you are involved in the development of at least 2 of the 7 extensions. (buffer and tldr.io) Are any of the other extensions your work? It's disingenuous to pretend to impartially recommend products that you work on.
- pzeups 14y ago
  no link with me, working opensource only. http://lightjs.org http://lightjs.org
- CodeMage 14y ago
  I fail to see where he pretended to impartially review anything.
  - rm999 14y ago
    I actually assumed it was an impartial list. I don't believe he's trying to be misleading, but a disclosure would be nice.
- Charlesmigli 14y ago
  I'm indeed a cofounder of tldr.io but that's not a mystery, Googling my alias will give you my Twitter profile with my bio as the first result.
bsg75 14y ago
Presented as a slide deck - one of the less efficient ways to publish information (to an audience not in an auditorium).
- Charlesmigli 14y ago
  Thx for the feedback I'll make a blog post out of it.
johnwatson11218 14y ago
Does anyone know of a better, more modern version of zapreader? I use that several times a week for getting through long articles from sites like the Atlantic and the Economist. I can't believe that nobody has picked up that idea and made something really polished.
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16 points by Charlesmigli 14y ago

Charlesmigli 14y ago

List of extensions: Clearly, tldr.io, Pocket, RSS Subscription, TooManyTabsOpen, Buffer, High Contrast.

pzeups 14y ago
Clearly come from Evernote

pzeups 14y ago

That's an awesome improvements of Chrome ! (without Google by the way)

JacobiX 14y ago

I use mostly iReader, It removes the ads/clutters and displays the article in an easy to read view.

huskyr 14y ago
Seconding iReader. A really nice tool, exactly right for the job. Works on virtually all sites for me.

pzeups 14y ago

TLDR.io of course http://tldr.io/tldrs/51112ad2de23f15658000035/read-smarter-not-harder-in-chrome-without-google http://tldr.io/tldrs/51112ad2de23f15658000035/read-smarter-n...

CodeMage 14y ago

Why Pocket instead of Instapaper? I'm not sniping, I'm genuinely curious.

czzarr 14y ago
as a long-time paying user of Instapaper who recently switched to Pocket, here are my reasons: - a desktop mac app is available - I really like the 2 View options (article view and text view) as I read a lot of technical articles that include code snippets and these are rendered terribly on Instapaper - the iOS apps are snappier and crash way less often - search is baked in the apps the fact it was free didn't enter into consideration at all

rdwallis 14y ago

Your submission history suggests that you are involved in the development of at least 2 of the 7 extensions. (buffer and tldr.io) Are any of the other extensions your work? It's disingenuous to pretend to impartially recommend products that you work on.

pzeups 14y ago
no link with me, working opensource only. http://lightjs.org http://lightjs.org
CodeMage 14y ago
I fail to see where he pretended to impartially review anything.
- rm999 14y ago
  I actually assumed it was an impartial list. I don't believe he's trying to be misleading, but a disclosure would be nice.
Charlesmigli 14y ago
I'm indeed a cofounder of tldr.io but that's not a mystery, Googling my alias will give you my Twitter profile with my bio as the first result.

bsg75 14y ago

Presented as a slide deck - one of the less efficient ways to publish information (to an audience not in an auditorium).

Charlesmigli 14y ago
Thx for the feedback I'll make a blog post out of it.

johnwatson11218 14y ago

Does anyone know of a better, more modern version of zapreader? I use that several times a week for getting through long articles from sites like the Atlantic and the Economist. I can't believe that nobody has picked up that idea and made something really polished.

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