Readability
Dec. 30th, 2009 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoHe's a little obsessed about a certain phone that 97% of cell phone shoppers and 87% of "smartphone" shoppers don't buy... But the New York Times' David Pogue, in his end-of-the-year roundup of tech calls our attention to something that's kind of nifty: "Readability", a... well, it's not a plug-in, it's not an add-on, it's more of a redirector.
The easiest way to explain is by illustration, thus this picture. On the left is a sample page from About.com, a site known for loading the page with visual junk. On the right is what happens to the page after Readability takes its swing at it -- much cleaner, much more readable, even (dare one say it) useful.
Definitely worth taking a look at.
The easiest way to explain is by illustration, thus this picture. On the left is a sample page from About.com, a site known for loading the page with visual junk. On the right is what happens to the page after Readability takes its swing at it -- much cleaner, much more readable, even (dare one say it) useful.
Definitely worth taking a look at.
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