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http://www.filterjoe.com/2011/04/11/web-page-reformatting-se...
Hightlights:
The new Readability takes 6-12 seconds to reformat a page, vs. less than 2 seconds for both the new readable and the old Readability.
New Readability has more features, including Instapaper-like sharing for those who pay.
It is possible to use the old Readability, for those who prefer it.
So the source is licensed CC-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, but there's no public repository or support? That's a curious approach.
Comparison of the new versions of Readable and Readability, here: http://www.filterjoe.com/2011/04/11/web-page-reformatting-se... Hightlights: The new Readability takes 6-12 seconds to reformat a page, vs. less than 2 seconds for both the new readable and the old Readability. New Readability has more features, including Instapaper-like sharing for those who pay. It is possible to use the old Readability, for those wh…
"Legally, Readable's source is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license." Erm... Why? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Creative Commons wasn't made for code. There are plenty (even too many) open source licenses to choose from. Why not one of those? EDIT: Yup, using cc for source code is not recommended: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Com...
It's been quite a small bit of time, now, but IIRC I had some direct correspondence with the author/creator of Readable, and he was a quite agreeable chap. I realize this doesn't speak to the technical merits, but the exchange left me feeling more comfortable about using his product. (Leaving aside the role of advertising and the need to support sites, a separate but not insignificant concern.) Here's the old URL/sit…
Don't worry: Readable won't ever have advertising -- the most I'm looking for is something like a very small "Sponsored By XXX" banner, at the bottom -- if any cool company will ever be interested that is.
The new site will be redesigned -- and it will be a lot better when JavaScript is turned off. But I really don't recommend you use the old site any more, as that still runs the old version of the application -- which is way worse, in terms of performance.
I hope you're still using Readable, and that it's still helping you read the web more comfortably.
It's nice that you can customize it because the default - serif - font isn't that readable, atleast not on win7+opera. Also, I think they need to update the default font families because calibri and other post Vista fonts are as commonly used as Arial & co.
I hope this doesn't track what I'm reading unlike the new readability.
URLs are tracked, though -- they would be tracked in my server logs, even if I didn't do anything specific to track them.
But they are intentionally tracked -- and a percentage of them are run through an automated Readable test, every day, so that I can see, on average, how often Readable gets things wrong.
(Justification and hyphenation were the two features I always wanted Readability to have, and it always seemed odd to me that something branded "readability" lacked them...)
In the FAQ you answer to whether Readable is open-source: "no" in the sense that the source isn't on display somewhere. Not to split hairs here, but that sentence is incredibly confusing; what does having your code "on display" have to do with being open-source?
If anyone has any suggestions for improvements, or even feature requests, I'm all ears.
I'm not promising I'll implement them; but I'll definitely listen and consider them carefully.
P.S. jbm, thanks a lot for posting this -- I've tried posting Readable to HC myself (twice), but it didn't stick.
A great improvement over Readability! It's bookmarklet has been replaced, at least on my bookmark bar: it's faster, has increased customization options and justification, and is open-source... Add hyphenation to that mix and you've got a solid ten out of ten service. (Justification and hyphenation were the two features I always wanted Readability to have, and it always seemed odd to me that something branded "readabi…
So hang tight: more cool stuff is coming -- I just have to find more hours in the day.