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Every so often, an idea is born on the web that is elicits an instant “A-ha!” as soon as you use it. Delicious was one, an online taggable and shareable bookmark repository for the things you find interesting. I followed a link to Readability and I had another one of those lightbulb moments. I won’t try to explain what it does when screengrabs speak louder than words.

An article in the Guardian, before.

The same article in the Guardian, with Readability.

Film School Rejects, before.

Film School Rejects, with Readability.

PC World, before.

PC World, with Readability.

eWeek, before.

eWeek, after.

It only works on articles not main web pages, but when it works it makes reading on the web a pleasure again. Go get the bookmarklet, drag it onto your toolbar and whenever you see a flash-heavy page, cut out the fat.

Update: Can you use Readability on the iPhone? Yes you can!