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Make website more readable with readability

July 8th, 2009 Author: Categories: Tips
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Have you ever gone to a website that had some information you would love to read but can’t due to some design oversight? Whether it is dark font on dark background, small fonts, bad spacing, narrow margins, cluttered screen, or anything else that distracts you from the article you are reading; this little tool I found will help you clear out the mess.

http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/

All you need to do is move the white ‘readability’ button to your browser’s toolbar so it can be readily available where ever you go on the web. If you don’t have a toolbar for links enabled you can also drag it to your ‘favorites’ in IE or ‘bookmarks’ in FF.

Now whenever you go to a site that is hard to read, just click on the ‘readability’ on your toolbar or in your bookmarks and the page will be transformed into a white page with black, easy to read, font.

An alternative to this method is to simply highlight the text and paste it into your favorite text editor or word processor. The only drawback is you may accidentally paste some web element too. What ever method you choose, just make it easier on your eyes will ensure you have a long more enjoyable web experience without wanting to jab your eye out with a dull knife after read a site with dancing green leprechauns tiled in the background on a size 6 script font.

  1. Lizette Middlebrooks
    December 17th, 2010 at 17:22 | #1
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    April 28th, 2011 at 22:06 | #2
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    There’s always the option of simply turning CSS off, but that doesn’t always look so good. Another option is to try the Readability bookmarklet, which tries to remove everything but the main content of the page you are viewing.

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    May 1st, 2011 at 23:25 | #3
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    I have some instructions for my site ‘readability’ and I’d like for the user to see this only once or maybe they can choose to not see them again? (maybe a checkbox?)I was thinking something like “welcome” screen–>instructions–>main site any thoughts? thank you in advance.

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    February 21st, 2012 at 01:28 | #4
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    March 30th, 2012 at 21:45 | #5
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    I just bought a brand new laptop (Windows XP SP2). When I got on the web for the first time, the websites looked funny in IE6. They looked long and skinny. There’s a lot of blank space to the right and left.

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    March 30th, 2012 at 21:46 | #6
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    Does anyone have a link to a website that has julius caesar by shakespeare in a more easily readable way. ( Normal words ) links please 10 points for best link.

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    April 17th, 2012 at 23:18 | #7
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    That’s an excellent idea, Bob. Fortunately (sort of), my diabetes slows me down and makes me very cognizant of serving sizes.

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