Readability

I picked up on this bookmarklet via a post on Matt Haughey's blog. I read a lot of webpages daily and this tool transforms that experience into something almost pleasant. It was created by arc90 and strips out the text of whatever page you are viewing and formats it so it's easier to read. Being able to get rid of all the clutter to get to the content I actually want to see makes me very happy. The image below compares a page from Wired.com against the Readibility version so you can see what I mean:

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You can tweak the style to suit yourself when you create the bookmarklet. Perfect! Reminds me of the layout suck.com used back in the days of low resolution displays. Also, if you use Safari and sync your bookmarks with your iPhone you can use it on that device too:

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'Readability' in Safari on an iPhone

Go treat yourself right now. Arc90 assures us it works in most modern browsers.