McReadability
Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading. McReadability (“Multi-column Readability”) is a new stylesheet for Readability that formats the text in constant-height columns arranged side-by-side. It works best with lengthy texts.
For more screenshots and information, view these previous posts.
Create a New McReadability Bookmarklet
Choose a typeface, font size, and column width:
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(See screenshots above for width comparison.) |
Drag the following link to your web browser’s bookmark bar. To use McReadability, just view an article and click the bookmarklet.
McReadability
Alternatively, mobile browser users may find this process easier: copy the following bookmarklet code, bookmark this page, and replace the bookmark address with the pasted code.
Limitations and Acknowledgements
The McReadability stylesheet is not intended for printing, nor has it been thoroughly tested in many browsers (although it seems to work fine in current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari). There’s some funkiness with different column widths, which is why I only provide three options above. The original Readability is ©2009 Arc90 Inc and is licensed under the open source Apache License, Version 2.0. I think that means it’s OK for me to make these changes and share them with you.
Posted on Monday, June 14th, 2010. Tags: code, css, javascript, readability.