So when Readability shut down in September, it seemed like clean and clear web reading could only be achieved with Safari's Reader View or inside of Pocket. But fortunately the folks at Postlight showed up and took over the Chrome Extension and relaunched it using their underlying Mercury technology — and relaunched Readability as Mercury Reader.
No Chrome browser is complete without this!
Update: it was pointed out to me that I failed to mention Instapaper. My bad!
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@chrismessina Not so great reviews on Chrome Web Store though. Hope they fix the bugs soon.
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@chrismessina@readability I would agree if Instapaper had the same functionality. I still need to go to their website to access the cleaned up article - Mercury wins handily in this regard
API does not work so good as logic on Mercury-reader Chrome extension. Some articles don't have content. It looks like API is limited. Why ?
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Now...mobile?
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I like the concept of this product and reminds me of something Evernote used to have. I think it was called Clearly. However, there are some items that concern me.
1. I can't figure out why certain images embedded into the article are removed. I see one.
2. Instead of the WordPress post title, you've substituted the title tag.
3. Some critical review schema data was removed and just the list items show without the ratings score
Bottom line is I don't mind my ads getting stripped, but it does bother me that critical info is removed for the user. I'm happy to send you more details and snapshots.
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