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Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#101

Post by vdaniuk » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

sravfeyn wrote: post #99

Why the fuck are there so many Readability apps coming out now. Why everything on internet is exploding without giving the problem much thought. It's becoming more and more of copycheetahs. Game of 2048 goes multiplier, speed-reading articles are more than 4 suddenly. Please be of more thoughtful in your creative endeavors. If you are able to produce something like this, you might as well be capable of creating bette…

Evolution of ideas doesnt follow your notion of "thoughtfulness". And remixing content, apps and ideas is great way to add value with relative small investment of time/money.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#102

Post by jpdlla » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

This is awesome and it works great on iOS's Safari!

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#103

Post by doughj3 » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:49 PM UTC

sravfeyn wrote: post #99

Why the fuck are there so many Readability apps coming out now. Why everything on internet is exploding without giving the problem much thought. It's becoming more and more of copycheetahs. Game of 2048 goes multiplier, speed-reading articles are more than 4 suddenly. Please be of more thoughtful in your creative endeavors. If you are able to produce something like this, you might as well be capable of creating bette…

How often is it repeated on HN that ideas are great and important, but implementation is the key? Why is it a problem if there is more than one version of the same concept? What if some people just aren't creative but are great when it comes to execution?

More important, who are you to complain about what other people are making?

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#104

Post by nashequilibrium » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:55 PM UTC

HN always likes the faster is better, I am a genius absorbing this much information quicker than you. Its been proven over and over that comprehension is way more important than speed of consumption. You guys fool yourselves into believing you can comprehend while reading at breakneck speeds, its way more fun & time saving to be able to imagine, driftaway in thought and understand what you are reading.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#105

Post by higherpurpose » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

Please make it work with Google Docs (maybe make one of those recently announced Docs add-ons?). I want to read PDFs like that, that I upload to Docs.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#106

Post by shittyanalogy » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 7:00 PM UTC

nashequilibrium wrote: post #104

HN always likes the faster is better, I am a genius absorbing this much information quicker than you. Its been proven over and over that comprehension is way more important than speed of consumption. You guys fool yourselves into believing you can comprehend while reading at breakneck speeds, its way more fun & time saving to be able to imagine, driftaway in thought and understand what you are reading.

Not to mention that 1 word at a time makes it hard to:

    Repeat that word
    Scan back a few words
    Quickly see your position in the article
    Look at any sidenotes, footnotes, or relevant pictures
    Read with flow and not drum like rhythm
    Skip large sections of non-relevant material
    Back reference

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#107

Post by pkghost » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 7:08 PM UTC

Zarkonnen wrote: post #25

This is lovely, but how do I adjust the default WPM? I want to use more than 400, and having to adjust it each time is very annoying.

This feature is coming! Glad you're using it :)

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#108

Post by zachlatta » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 7:08 PM UTC

There's also Jetzt, which is a fully-fledged open-source Chrome plugin. It has much better text-selection support and I've found it a better experience to use than both OpenSpritz and Squirt. https://github.com/ds300/jetzt

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#109

Post by tdiggity » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 7:16 PM UTC

sravfeyn wrote: post #99

Why the fuck are there so many Readability apps coming out now. Why everything on internet is exploding without giving the problem much thought. It's becoming more and more of copycheetahs. Game of 2048 goes multiplier, speed-reading articles are more than 4 suddenly. Please be of more thoughtful in your creative endeavors. If you are able to produce something like this, you might as well be capable of creating bette…

Maybe a new easy text scraper came out that makes these a lot easier to do now. lols.

Re: Squirt.io – Readability Meets Spritz Speed Reading

#110

Post by sitkack » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 7:17 PM UTC

Mizza wrote: post #82

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

U should change your name. You are giving free advertising to something that doesn't need it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_serial_visual_presentatio...