Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by mpgarate » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 4:52 PM UTC

Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read
justread.mpgarate.com

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by mpgarate » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 4:54 PM UTC

Useful for articles that have sluggish javascript behavior, span multiple pages, or are otherwise hard to read.

Example use with a TechCrunch article: http://justread.mpgarate.com/read?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunc...

Also works well as a bookmarklet:

javascript:window.location.replace("http://justread.mpgarate.com/read?url=" + escape(document.URL))

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by cdbattags » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 6:11 PM UTC

package it with http://squirt.io/ and suddenly we can read everything

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 6:14 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by notastartup » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 6:29 PM UTC

cdbattags wrote: post #3

package it with http://squirt.io/ and suddenly we can read everything

oh my god. that is an amazing tool. really hard to say but I don't think I caught everything or remember everything I read but do feel like I can understand what I am reading. I keep trying to sound out the words and give up and begin look at the words only like pictures. its a surreal experience.

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by topherjaynes » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 6:43 PM UTC

To show of the functionality for first time page landers you should pre-populate with a popular article url. I had to open a new tab and find an article to test. I almost didn't come back. Almost, but glad I did!

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by bpierre » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 6:55 PM UTC

Example with “The Rise And Fall Of The Dreamcast” (multiple pages): http://justread.mpgarate.com/read?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamas...

Original: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132517/the_rise_and_fa...

Awesome tool!

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by vidyesh » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 7:09 PM UTC

cdbattags wrote: post #3

package it with http://squirt.io/ and suddenly we can read everything

Not sure if this practically possible to read a whole article this way or not but this is an awesome tool.

How come I never stumbled upon this!?

Thank you very much.

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by wehadfun » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 7:18 PM UTC

this is great would like it even more if it remove all images and displayed text in a boring font.

Re: Show HN: Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read

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Post by jonalmeida » Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 7:19 PM UTC

vidyesh wrote: post #8

cdbattags wrote: post #3

package it with http://squirt.io/ and suddenly we can read everything

Not sure if this practically possible to read a whole article this way or not but this is an awesome tool. How come I never stumbled upon this!? Thank you very much.

It's been on HN a while back, but while using it in practical cases like WSJ, it seemed to pick up HTML code, whitespace characters and/or text from a sidebar.

I ditched it at the time, but I may try to start using it again if I can get it work with ebooks.