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I find it really difficult and annoying -- and thereby slow -- to read with these "fixation" points as that's just not how I feel eyes work... I want my eyes to scan across the text rather than ratcheting from one word to the next word, which is both slow and exhausting. The words and "fixation" is thereby just a massive distraction. Hell: if I really really need to read quickly I try to do this thing where I scan my…
Literata font with a peach background color to optimize reading speed and no selective bolding:
javascript:void function(){javascript:(function(){var a=Math.floor,b=document.querySelectorAll("p, title, a, ul"),c=[],e="",f="",g="",h=0,k=0,l="",m="",n=window.open("","_blank");for(var d in b){var i=b[d].textContent;i%26%26(c=c+"\n"+i)}for(f=c,e=f.replace(/\n/g,"
"),g=e.split(" "),h=0;h"+g[h].substring(0,k)+""+g[h].substring(k,g[h].length)+" ","."==g[h].substring(g[h].length-1,g[h].length)%26%26(l+=" "),m+=l;n.document.write(""+m+"
Selective bolding with a peach background for those who find a benefit:
javascript:void function(){javascript:(function(){var a=Math.floor,b=document.querySelectorAll("p, title, a, ul"),c=[],e="",f="",g="",h=0,k=0,l="",m="",n=window.open("","_blank");for(var d in b){var i=b[d].textContent;i%26%26(c=c+"\n"+i)}for(f=c,e=f.replace(/\n/g,"
"),g=e.split(" "),h=0;h"+g[h].substring(0,k)+""+g[h].substring(k,g[h].length)+" ","."==g[h].substring(g[h].length-1,g[h].length)%26%26(l+=" * "),m+=l;n.document.write(""+m+"
Linked at the end of the article is the short (15 minutes maybe) self-test: https://speed.readwise.io/ . Curious what results people here got. I got 23% faster with BR but I couldn't tell if I was just trying harder.
Linked at the end of the article is the short (15 minutes maybe) self-test: https://speed.readwise.io/ . Curious what results people here got. I got 23% faster with BR but I couldn't tell if I was just trying harder.
Edit: 2% faster with BR.
Here are some bookmarklets I developed to cut out the extra formatting, bolding, and other content on websites that makes them difficult to read. I would appreciate any feedback or modifications for improvement. Literata font with a peach background color to optimize reading speed and no selective bolding: javascript:void function(){javascript:(function(){var a=Math.floor,b=document.querySelectorAll("p, title, a, ul"…
I find it really difficult and annoying -- and thereby slow -- to read with these "fixation" points as that's just not how I feel eyes work... I want my eyes to scan across the text rather than ratcheting from one word to the next word, which is both slow and exhausting. The words and "fixation" is thereby just a massive distraction. Hell: if I really really need to read quickly I try to do this thing where I scan my…
Note that my natural reading speed is ~950 wpm, so I tend to ignore these fads. I read fast enough already. The main barrier to reading faster is that it gets exhausting having my brain constantly trying to catch up to my eyes.
>you should notice a funny pattern: almost every person's fastest font was the font they received on the first article. Is it possible that people "calibrate" their brains towards a specific reading style, and that first style induces the calibration? Similar to how you can calibrate to quickly pick out a picture of a specific object, from a gallery of pictures, after you've prepared yourself to see that picture.
>This is likely because the first article was less challenging to read
Linked at the end of the article is the short (15 minutes maybe) self-test: https://speed.readwise.io/ . Curious what results people here got. I got 23% faster with BR but I couldn't tell if I was just trying harder.
(my results were 2% faster with BR)