6/8/2023 0 Comments Readability vs instapaper![]() While you can mark article as favorites and archive them, you can't access your favorites or archives using Readtime. And at any point when you are reading an article, you can swipe left to archive the article and go to the next piece that Readtime has queued up. A timer icon button sits in the lower-right corner, following you as you scroll down an article - swipe left on it to return to Readtime's timer. Your sharing options are e-mail and Twitter, or you can open the article in Safari or copy the link to your clipboard. When you get to the bottom of an article, you'll see two buttons: share and favorites. Before tapping the button, you can toggle between short articles or all articles below the timer, but no matter which option you choose, Readtime will scan your reading list to queue up articles whose length match the amount of time you tell it you have. Tap the center button and Readtime will deliver an article from your Readability reading list. Swipe on the dial to set the amount of time you have (from 1 to 30 minutes). After you sign up or log in to your account, you will see Readtime's timer. After skipping through a brief tutorial, Readtime asks you to sign in to Readability. Readtime is a universal app that costs $1.99 and syncs with your Readability account. Sure, you could clear a level while you wait in line to order lunch, but with Readtime, you can knock out an article or two from your reading list on Readability. Find that phrase in my bookmarklet and replace it with the token found in the bookmarklet Readability generates for you (look for readabilityToken%3D%27YOUR_TOKEN%27%3B).Step away from the Angry Birds. I’ve replaced my token with YOUR_TOKEN (without quotes). Note that the bookmarklet requires a token that’s specific to your account. To use the bookmarklet, simply drag (javascript:window.baseUrl=' ' window.readabilityToken='YOUR_TOKEN' var%20s=document.createElement('script') s.setAttribute('type','text/javascript') s.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8') s.setAttribute('src',baseUrl+'/bookmarklet/save.js') (s) setTimeout('closeTab()',%202000) function%20closeTab()) to your bookmarks bar. When you click on my modified bookmarklet (or invoke it via a keyboard shortcut), the link is saved to your Readability queue and the tab is closed. I solved the problem in Instapaper, and, after much tinkering, have come up with a similar solution for Readability. ![]() Huh? The whole point of the service is to save for later things you can’t read now what purpose is served by having a site open in two places? However, the tab you just saved to Instapaper remains open. When you click the bookmarklet a small pop-up tells you whether the link has been saved to your account, and then closes (and this all occurs very quickly, which is why Instapaper just works for me). He crux of the Instapaper workflow is the bookmarklet that drops your current tab into your Instapaper account. I had the same issue with Instapaper’s bookmarklet and described why it bothered me: Readability offers both a bookmarklet and a browser extension for saving articles to your queue, but neither of them closes the respective tab/window after you’ve saved the article. Reader (iPad) and Tweetbot (iPhone/iPad)–already support the service, switching was painless (though I will miss sorely Instapaper’s folders). Given that the apps I live in–Reeder (Mac/iPhone), Mr. In the last few days I’ve made the switch from Instapaper to Readability, mainly because their just-released iOS app is stunning, and comes with some great typefaces.
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