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Side project idea, chrome or firefox extension that takes text and pictures from popular news sites and removes all the distracting bells and whistles. Now that

Side project idea, chrome or firefox extension that takes text and pictures from popular news sites and removes all the distracting bells and whistles. Now that I think about it, something like that probably already exists.

ProCynic 12y ago
I do this manually sometimes, with chrome dev tools. The whole issue actually has a pretty profound effect on which sites I read. For example, I won't follow a link to usa today unless it's something really interesting, whereas I'll read almost anything from the la times, just because I enjoy their bullshit free layout.
DanBC 12y ago
Readability? https://www.readability.com/ https://www.readability.com/
- JetSpiegel 12y ago
  I would rather have something local, not send a list of everything I read to some server somewhere.
  - jholman 12y ago
    Ah, then you want Readable. http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ http://readable.tastefulwords.com/
    - JetSpiegel 12y ago
      Evernote has acquired Readable! Hmmm, let's check Firebug's Net tab http://readable.tastefulwords.com/log.js?rand=0.8736547357568928&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Finformation-technology%2F2014%2F10%2Fborked-belkin-routers-leave-many-unable-to-get-online%2F&options=%5B%5B%3Dtf%3A%20quote(Palatino%20Linotype)%2C%20Palatino%2C%20quote(Book%20Antigua)%2C%20Georgia%2C%20serif%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtfm%3A%20quote(Courier%20New)%2C%20Courier%2C%20monospace%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtfh%3A%20quote(Times%20New%20Roman)%2C%20Times%2C%20serif%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dts%3A%2018px%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtlh%3A%201.5%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dbw%3A%2030em%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dcb%3A%20%23F5F5F5%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dct%3A%20%23282828%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dcl%3A%20%230000FF%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dta%3A%20normal%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Db%3A%20blueprint%5D%5D&customCSS=&_=1412717055539 I'll stick to Color Toggle [1] then. 1: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/color-toggle/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/color-toggle/...
      - TrainedMonkey 12y ago
        Good stuff on firebug research. I am however, not sure how switching between color modes helps with messy layout.
        JetSpiegel 12y ago
        It doesn't, but if you uncheck "Let pages override this settings", all the backgrounds will be the same and the effect is quite similar.
  - akx 12y ago
    Readability Redux (https://github.com/MHordecki/readability-redux https://github.com/MHordecki/readability-redux) is local. It uses the old Readability library that Readability used before it turend into an online service.
dublinben 12y ago
You can achieve something very close to that by just disabling javascript and CSS. It's amazing how much better the web is without that modern cruft.
Fuzzwah 12y ago
I use http://evernote.com/clearly/ http://evernote.com/clearly/

ProCynic 12y ago

I do this manually sometimes, with chrome dev tools. The whole issue actually has a pretty profound effect on which sites I read. For example, I won't follow a link to usa today unless it's something really interesting, whereas I'll read almost anything from the la times, just because I enjoy their bullshit free layout.

DanBC 12y ago

Readability? https://www.readability.com/ https://www.readability.com/

JetSpiegel 12y ago
I would rather have something local, not send a list of everything I read to some server somewhere.
- jholman 12y ago
  Ah, then you want Readable. http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ http://readable.tastefulwords.com/
  - JetSpiegel 12y ago
    Evernote has acquired Readable! Hmmm, let's check Firebug's Net tab http://readable.tastefulwords.com/log.js?rand=0.8736547357568928&url=http%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Finformation-technology%2F2014%2F10%2Fborked-belkin-routers-leave-many-unable-to-get-online%2F&options=%5B%5B%3Dtf%3A%20quote(Palatino%20Linotype)%2C%20Palatino%2C%20quote(Book%20Antigua)%2C%20Georgia%2C%20serif%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtfm%3A%20quote(Courier%20New)%2C%20Courier%2C%20monospace%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtfh%3A%20quote(Times%20New%20Roman)%2C%20Times%2C%20serif%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dts%3A%2018px%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dtlh%3A%201.5%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dbw%3A%2030em%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dcb%3A%20%23F5F5F5%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dct%3A%20%23282828%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dcl%3A%20%230000FF%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Dta%3A%20normal%5D%5D%5B%5B%3Db%3A%20blueprint%5D%5D&customCSS=&_=1412717055539 I'll stick to Color Toggle [1] then. 1: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/color-toggle/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/color-toggle/...
    - TrainedMonkey 12y ago
      Good stuff on firebug research. I am however, not sure how switching between color modes helps with messy layout.
      - JetSpiegel 12y ago
        It doesn't, but if you uncheck "Let pages override this settings", all the backgrounds will be the same and the effect is quite similar.
- akx 12y ago
  Readability Redux (https://github.com/MHordecki/readability-redux https://github.com/MHordecki/readability-redux) is local. It uses the old Readability library that Readability used before it turend into an online service.

dublinben 12y ago

You can achieve something very close to that by just disabling javascript and CSS. It's amazing how much better the web is without that modern cruft.

Fuzzwah 12y ago

I use http://evernote.com/clearly/ http://evernote.com/clearly/