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http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/r_walker/

9 comments

Interesting. I'm definitely able to scan the example text far faster using this mention.

This tool would help me understand some of the over complicated text that's in my school books. I think it would have the opposite effect on any book with a less complicated writing style.

Estragon16 anni fa

Seems like a format you would want to be able toggle to when you get bogged down.

thenduks16 anni fa

I feel like (after looking at examples and so on) this actually makes it harder to read quickly. Maybe a 9th grader can concentrate easier on this stuff but I skim text a lot and this just seems annoying. And don't even get me started on the wasted space, I can't imagine a web app with any amount of copy on it using a style like this.

DanielStraight16 anni fa

For samples, see: http://liveink.com/.

I find it somewhat disingenuous that they use a more readable font in a larger text box to show off their supposedly more readable format.

tbgvi16 anni fa

Some things probably don't need to be dumbed down. I've been reading the old fashioned way as long as I can remember and it seems to be working just fine :)

jauco16 anni fa

I bet that's what the monks said to the guy that invented the space.

louislouis16 anni fa

Very nice. Now where's the free web app to cut paste and convert into this format?

pbhjpbhj16 anni fa

It would be best as a bookmarklet a la readability.

RyanMcGreal16 anni fa

Looks vaguely Pythonic. :)

kentosi16 anni fa

This has vast potential in the language-learning space for people wanting to break into foreign literature.

I'm currently learning a language, and at times I get bogged down in long-winded sentences until someone (kindly) lays out the sentence structure in this type of a format. Then it all makes sense (and is a great aid in learning). No English required.

joblessjunkie16 anni fa

I believe this web site itself should be presented in VSTF.

cisforcody16 anni fa

This is a typographic nightmare. Not only does it make for a choppy comprehension of the reading, but it also turns the text block into an awkward, unappealing shape.