Comments on: 8 tools to improve reading online and mobile

By: Quix – multi-functional and customizable bookmarklet | Rarst.net

Quix – multi-functional and customizable bookmarklet | Rarst.net — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:01:59 +0000

[...] rarely generate a lot of buzz (only exception I know is Readability). So I know it takes some real effort and value provided for bookmarklet to hit tech [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0000

@DataRat

I totally love Opera screen magnifying but it does break some poorly coded pages to hell. And sadly there are still way too many of such around.

User mode is also awesome but way too troublesome to setup for lazy people like me. :) Only site I actually use it on is Google Reader and I was pretty much forced on it when Newsgator Online died.

By: The DataRat

The DataRat — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:44:52 +0000

Maybe Bro. Rat is missing something here, but he’s able to
accomplish the same text clarification using the very granular
screen magnification available in the Opera browser.

Sure, even IE in v. 8 has more convenient window magnification
now. But it doesn’t compare to Opera’s by-percent incremental
adjustment !

And don’t forget Opera’s Author Mode / User Mode control for
web pages with bad text-to-background contrast. ( Got to love
web sites with black text over a dark blue background, or light
color text over what’s basically a camouflage background ! )

Yeah, Chrome ~is~ faster than Opera. A lot faster. But it
hardly has any features ! I’ll give up some speed for useful
features any day. And, Opera is STILL FASTER than IE 8.

The DataRat

By: Edit Opera context menu for cool tricks with links | Rarst.net

Edit Opera context menu for cool tricks with links | Rarst.net — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:04:18 +0000

[...] of interesting services that take links as input and do useful things with them. Good example are services for improving readability of [...]

By: Use Colour Contrast Analyzer to ensure text is readable | Rarst.net

Use Colour Contrast Analyzer to ensure text is readable | Rarst.net — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:01:29 +0000

[...] preferences about color schemes comfortable for reading. However they rarely use options (like read-enhancing bookmarklets) to actively change colors. If you are making site, presentation, document or whatever else that [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:29:30 +0000

@Tidy Read

Will do, thanks for update. :)

@Gabriel Coarna

Most certainly will try it. Sorry for not reporting right away, I am usually happy to but having quite hectic week. :)

Thanks for notifying me, I will re-check both services and update article accordingly in day or two.

By: Gabriel Coarna

Gabriel Coarna — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:10:35 +0000

Hello.

I’m Readable App’s developer.
You should try Readable App again. V2 was just launched a couple of days ago and it’s a huge improvement — besides the fact that it offers a lot more options for users to tweak according to their preference, it also works much better and on many many more pages.

I’m sorry you didn’t report the problem with Readable when you encountered it — anyway, it’s fixed now (it was a small conflict with the mootools JS library).

By: TidyRead

TidyRead — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:43:18 +0000

Hi, TidyRead has been improved a lot and you can customize page by page. We recommend you to give it another try and sure you will like it.