TidyRead: Firefox plug-in makes Web pages more e-booklike—for easier reading
“TidyRead turns your web reading into a fast, smooth, no-fringe experience again. TidyRead renders web pages as an easy-to-read manner, similar to eBooks, by accurately extracting the content text and removing the cluttered materials.” – Firefox add-on page.
Read more at Lifehacker. “Very nice,” says Joseph Gray. “The only drawback with this type of plugin is that you need javascript turned on for the web site you are visiting for this plugin to work. I use NoScript and only enable javascript for selected sites.”
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May 16th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Thanks David.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Looks nice—but on the other hand, I use Chrome instead of Firefox these days, and Readability can be used with any browser.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Chirs, TidyRead has bookmarklet too. For bookmarklet, you have to click to get the cleaned page. For add-on, TidyRead works in a smart mode, when it is confident that a page is an article, it will open. TidyRead also has a version for iPhone/iPod touch. Give bookmarklet a try.
May 17th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I didn’t know about the bookmarklet. I liked the FF plugin, but having to enable javascript to make it work is a pain. I tried the bookmarklet, but NoScript prevents it from working, despite having “forbid bookmarklets” unchecked. Googling didn’t turn up any fix.