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Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by darrelld » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:33 PM UTC

I found that while I could read and gather individual meaning from sentences that I couldn't grasp the meaning of an entire article from this. They all seemed disjoined somehow. My mind wasn't able to pause to digest what a sentence meant and how it linked back to the paragraph I was reading and the article as a whole. By seeing the entire article my mind starts to make connections between paragraphs and then to the entire article. With seeing a single word at a time this was lost.

Also I found it hard to follow sentences between brackets for some reason.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by Mizza » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:43 PM UTC

I'll also shamelessly plug my open source implementation, OpenSpritz, which now has a healthy and vibrant community!

https://github.com/Miserlou/OpenSpritz

as well as the Android / Google Glass companion:

https://github.com/OnlyInAmerica/OpenSpritz-Android

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#83

Post by d1plo1d » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:44 PM UTC

yukichan wrote: post #77

yuchi wrote: post #5

This is very well executed. But it doesn’t work on HTTPS :\

Yes, this (Chrome not allowing the script to be run) is a good thing. The bookmarklet javascript needs to be served over HTTPS and any communication it makes also need to be over SSL. Seriously if you aren't defaulting to HTTPS for your website and or service in 2014 you're doing it wrong. Plain text HTTP needs to go the way of telnet.

er.. sorry what? Squirt is using plain text HTTP. This is definitely a bad thing.

From Chrome Dev Tools:

"..was loaded over HTTPS, but ran insecure content from 'http://www.squirt.io/bm/squirt.js': this content should also be loaded over HTTPS."

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by chrisballinger » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

ljf wrote: post #41

Love it, I can't wait for an ePub reader though, got so many books I'd love to fly through, though novels for pleasure I think I'd read normally as I enjoy stopping and rereading passages.

This one has basic ePub support https://github.com/OnlyInAmerica/OpenSpritz-Android

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#85

Post by chedigitz » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:50 PM UTC

Looks pretty cool. Personally prefer the Read [1] chrome extension approach, as it has a minimal UI and sits on top of the page. Also, think the red color is slightly distracting, when north of 700 WPM.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read/aiijjeoekhpdp...

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by yukichan » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

d1plo1d wrote: post #83

yukichan wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this (Chrome not allowing the script to be run) is a good thing. The bookmarklet javascript needs to be served over HTTPS and any communication it makes also need to be over SSL. Seriously if you aren't defaulting to HTTPS for your website and or service in 2014 you're doing it wrong. Plain text HTTP needs to go the way of telnet.

er.. sorry what? Squirt is using plain text HTTP. This is definitely a bad thing. From Chrome Dev Tools: "..was loaded over HTTPS, but ran insecure content from ' http://www.squirt.io/bm/squirt.js' : this content should also be loaded over HTTPS."

I would have thought that if you read my entire post that I meant that Chrome blocking it is a good thing. I will edit the comment to make that more clear.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by grittathh » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:00 PM UTC

lots of neat (and hopefully useful) things that can be added! i guess that's what OSS is for hehe.

-blink detection (using a webcam or forward facing camera?) to pause while your eyes are closed?

-hold-to-pause or hold-to-spritz button, and show context (+- a few lines) when not spritz-ing?

-point of focus slides slowly across the screen, to exercise those extraocular muscles

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#88

Post by iandanforth » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:01 PM UTC

Using a "let me google that for you" link on the problem with software patents seems unnecessary. Why imply your users are lazy? At first I thought the contrast between "whose patents are pending" and that link was a great bit of commentary, but that link was an unexpected slap. I was expecting an EFF link.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

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Post by hert » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:02 PM UTC

I've been using the Spreed Chrome extension (http://goo.gl/ki49wl) for about a week. They've recently added an orange focal letter (much like Spritz's red one) in that time.

Squirt has a cool UI and works across browsers, but I like Spreed's ability to see progress as I read and the keyboard shortcuts. Looking forward to seeing this tech pop up more and more and evolve!

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#90

Post by reustle » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:02 PM UTC

felipeerias wrote: post #43

Touche wrote: post #24

Really like it. The only downside is that you have no idea how far along in the article you are. Would be nice if there was a % complete shown somewhere.

You would have to move your eyes to check it.

Maybe a progress bar along the bottom. Easy to pick up with your peripheral