Comments on: Readability: An uncluttered view of the web

By: Readability Updated With Some Handy Tools | Arc90 Blog

Readability Updated With Some Handy Tools | Arc90 Blog — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:08 +0000

[...] our already-bloated ego’s are kept in check as the praise for Readability continues to roll in. Many of us here at Arc90 use it all the time and we’re glad it’s made reading on the [...]

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:30:49 +0000

I prefer CleanPage. Got it from:

http://www.ieaddons.com/en/sea.....=cleanpage

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:24:32 +0000

Since the screenshot you gave was taken on a mac, I highly suggest you try out the new Safari 4 Beta. As with previous versions, you can toggle the Bookmarks Bar with cmd-shift-b and the bottom bar with cmd-/, but the real treat is the merging of the tab bar and the title bar. Tabs are now above the address bar giving the browser a much sleeker look. I used to swear by my bookmarks bar, but now I use Top Sites (cmd-shift-1) to the same effect.

By: Scott Reeves

Scott Reeves — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:54:23 +0000

Just wanted to take a moment and thank you for sharing this. I’ve been using it steadily for the past couple of weeks.

This lovely tool has caused me to actually go through and read a lot of articles I had saved, years ago.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:08:04 +0000

@Tim Carlson — I didn’t take it as criticism. No worries. It’s just something we’re trying. But seriously, I would LOVE it if people just sent us large cash donations That would rock my world. Ha!

By: Tim Carlson

Tim Carlson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be a critic. I just thought it was an opportunity to point out the irony that sometimes clutter is a necessary evil!

I wish you luck during the downturn and I hope you fill the page with talking ads before cutting back on your great content.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:01:11 +0000

@Tim Carlson — Yeah, the ads in the left column are new (since Monday). They’ll probably be there through the remainder of the recession. As an alternative, though, you could send us large cash donations. I’ll agree to remove the ad for a month if you agree to pay our health insurance for a month. That would be a good deal. Or, you could foot the bill for our server. Or, you could pay the writers’ and programmers’ salaries for us. I’m totally game if you are!

By: Tim Carlson

Tim Carlson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:25:58 +0000

@Erin – “Just three banner ads. And they’re all the way over there in in the far-right hand column.”

Now Unclutterer has an ad at the top of articles and a text ad before the comments. It’s starting to get a bit cluttered if you ask me.

By: gypsy packer

gypsy packer — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:20:54 +0000

Ads fund blogs and websites. Yes, I will block a popup and mute a sound ad, but I leave the others as an income generator for the folks who are good enough to publish “free”.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:22:37 +0000

Really, really great toy. Excellent tip!

By: Suchin Rai

Suchin Rai — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:50:04 +0000

I just tried out and installed Tidy Read. Awesome. I love your blog.

By: Suchin Rai

Suchin Rai — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:48:54 +0000

I tried Tidy Read. Awesome! Love your blog also.

By: Patrick Kelso

Patrick Kelso — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:55:14 +0000

I prefer http://www.tidyread.com/. A simple bookmarklet, it doesn’t get rid of pictures and you can decide on the text format. It uses the “print friendly’ version that most sites have to generate it’s own stylesheet.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:07:09 +0000

Funny how there are separate applications/extensions for what Opera just does all by itself. Right-click somewhere on the page (not on the ad) > Block content and choose what you don’t want to be displayed. Still the best browser around.

By: Anca

Anca — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:07:16 +0000

This is awesome.

By: Jean-Christophe

Jean-Christophe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:59:37 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Wonderful discovery. I love your blog, the inspiration it provides… and now this unbelievably useful link! Thank you!

By: J

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:31:35 +0000

for the ultimate in uncluttering your web reading try the Reasy extension for firefox. RSVP reading style to speed read your sites. very effective, very fast.

By: jess

jess — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:37:41 +0000

As someone who makes web banners for a living (I was duped!), I totally agree with solutions like this. I hate looking at them, I hate making them and the less people that want to see them the sooner we can do away with them and concentrate on making decent websites that are a pleasure to visit!

By: Ryan Glitaro

Ryan Glitaro — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:35:22 +0000

I’d like to throw in another vote for Firefox + AdBlock Plus plugin. My web browsing is so much cleaner with it, I have actually grown to loathe IE simply because I associate it with an ugly, cluttered in-your-face version of the web, with popups covering everything. Of course, thats just because it doesn’t support the wonderful AdBlock plugin.

Also, use RSS readers for sites you use frequently. I use Google Reader, as it’s accessible from anywhere, including my mobile phone. It knows what is read and unread, just like Gmail, but for websites. Good stuff.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:23:39 +0000

I’ll have to try this when reading certain sites, like msnbc, that embed pop-up ads in seemingly innocuous words scattered through the stories. I often accidentally mouse-over one of these words and suddenly have an ad in my way.

Have they even studied whether or not these ads actually work? I can’t remember a single one and close them as soon as they open. They annoy me, so if I did pay attention to them I may be disinclined to purchase whatever it is that they are advertising.