Unclutter
Productivity
reader mode extension
SHOW HN2022
212points
118comments
#262of 2,570 in 2022
Top 11%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 16 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful UI compared to regular reader mode
From 2 comments
Digging this UI. It's actually really beautiful compared to regular ol' reader mode. The UI is nice, and it's a cool touch to see social comments. Nice work! I love that you also…
catchmeifyoucan on HNThis is really well done. The 'reader mode' is very clean. I really like the 'Table of Contents' that show up on the left as well as whether the article has been scrolled to the…
thunderbong on HN
Open source
From 2 comments
Digging this UI. It's actually really beautiful compared to regular ol' reader mode. The UI is nice, and it's a cool touch to see social comments. Nice work! I love that you also…
catchmeifyoucan on HNThis is really well done. The 'reader mode' is very clean. I really like the 'Table of Contents' that show up on the left as well as whether the article has been scrolled to the…
thunderbong on HN
Library and highlights features are useful
From 1 comment
This is really well done. The 'reader mode' is very clean. I really like the 'Table of Contents' that show up on the left as well as whether the article has been scrolled to the…
thunderbong on HN
Objections
Monetisation is hard; users unlikely to pay much
From 2 comments
I use this category of tool all the time, and I've tried at least a dozen of them. Based on about an hour of usage, Unclutter is my favorite -- nudging out my current…
untangle on HN> Monetisation has proven to be hard and for freemium there would need to be much higher numbers anyways. Do you think I should keep working on the project? The chances of you…
langsoul-com on HN
Requests all-sites permission, privacy concern
From 1 comment
Naturally this required the "Access your data for all web sites" permission -- most powerful/useful extensions need this permission. But I've been pretty conservative in adding…
morsch on HN
Too many UI features feel like clutter
From 1 comment
I like it. Ought to be a built-in browser feature, in addition to generic reader mode. But then so should uBO-level ad blocking...so you may have many years. Have you considered…
mlinksva on HN
Requests
Mobile support (Firefox Android, Safari iOS)
From 4 comments
I know mobile Firefox extensions are a big pain for a small userbase but that'd be my #1 feature request.
iudqnolq on HNDigging this UI. It's actually really beautiful compared to regular ol' reader mode. The UI is nice, and it's a cool touch to see social comments. Nice work! I love that you also…
catchmeifyoucan on HNThis seems great! Any chance we could get a version for Firefox for Android?
f0e4c2f7 on HNThis looks very neat, I know it's an edge case (And it's not great to build Safari extensions, been there) but do you have any plans for Safari support?
dewey on HN
Customizable colors for dark mode
From 1 comment
Works great. Only thing I'd include is customizable text and background colors. I use an OLED monitor and I'd like to make the background pure black rather than simply grey like…
satvikpendem on HN
Auto-activate on pages
From 1 comment
Digging this UI. It's actually really beautiful compared to regular ol' reader mode. The UI is nice, and it's a cool touch to see social comments. Nice work! I love that you also…
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Summaries with GPT-3
From 1 comment
I would pay to have something like this that could also summarise articles with GPT-3.
clnq on HN
Questions
Why not Firefox Reader mode
From 1 comment
Playing the devil's advocate: Why is Firefox Reader mode not good enough? And also please note that Mozilla has their algorithm in the open here:…
_nalply on HN
How the user count is known
From 1 comment
> The extension has about 400 active weekly users right now, How do you know that? It sounds a bit scary that you are able to know this number.
enriquto on HN
Alternatives named
Firefox Reader View
From 1 comment
Playing the devil's advocate: Why is Firefox Reader mode not good enough? And also please note that Mozilla has their algorithm in the open here:…
_nalply on HN
Tranquility Reader
From 1 comment
I use this category of tool all the time, and I've tried at least a dozen of them. Based on about an hour of usage, Unclutter is my favorite -- nudging out my current…
untangle on HN
Pocket
From 2 comments
Seeing many parts of the UI as unnecessary seems to be a common reaction, particularly for people who find it by searching "reader mode" in the Chrome store. What do you think…
phgn on HNYep, Pocket has an API for this.
phgn on HN
Memex
From 1 comment
Tested this on pg essays, the social comments is a pretty cool feature, I initially thought you would also surface the footnotes, similar to gwern site (one site I doubt I'd ever…
Whiteshadow12 on HN