Reading news pages, made easier
Posted by Damian Damjanovski | Filed under Uncategorized
One of my pet peeves is trying to read articles from news sites such as news.com.au or smh.com.au using their site.
Most of the news I read on a daily basis, is delivered to me through RSS feeds that I keep on top of using the wonderful Mac application NetNewsWire. It syncs with Google Reader, and makes it really easy to flag articles, post them to my delicious, and in general keep on top of everything.
But sometimes, I do have to read SMH or News.com.au – and it really frustrates me to have to attempt to read a thousand word article (including all it’s errors) when it’s been jammed in-between hundreds of links, photo galleries, ads, ads, and more ads.
A few days ago, I discovered Readability, which I have to say is quite possibly one of my favourite tools at the moment.
The premise is simple, you drag the bookmarklet to your toolbar, you go to an article, click the bookmarklet, and suddenly, everything but the relevant text is gone. Couldn’t be easier.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
