{"id":9651,"date":"2026-03-28T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:19:34","slug":"this-free-web-tool-makes-everything-way-easier-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=9651","title":{"rendered":"This free web tool makes everything way easier to read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>It sure is nice to have the web look the way <em>you<\/em> want\u2014without all the usual awkward font choices and other assorted distractions\u2014isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>Over the past few weeks, we\u2019ve explored a slew of interesting tools for taking total control of <em>whatever <\/em>you\u2019re reading online:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, right here in these <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintelligence.com\/cool-tools-fc\"><em>Cool Tools<\/em> headquarters<\/a> last week, my compadre and fellow <em>Fast Company <\/em>contributor Jared Newman showed you a series of simple sites for <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintelligence.com\/41918\/simpler-sports-news-weather\/\">\u200bseeing minimalist, plain-text versions of sports, news, and weather\u200b<\/a> online.<\/li>\n<li>Then, in my <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintelligence.com\/android-fc\/\"><em>Android Intelligence<\/em> newsletter<\/a> soon after, I surfaced an awesome, out-of-sight feature in <em>that<\/em> arena for<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4120176\/the-best-android-feature-you-probably-arent-using.html\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong> cleaning up and customizing the look of <em>any<\/em> text you\u2019re ingesting\u200b<\/a> via a simple system-level button press.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Today, I want to round out that collection of personal power-washers with one more worthwhile tool that can turn any website you\u2019re looking at into a clutter-free, simply formatted plain-text <em>document<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It transforms any article, menu, or other type of information into something delightfully easy to read, save, share, you name it\u2014without any ads, images, or funky formatting of any sort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>It\u2019s an incredibly handy resource to keep around, to say the least. And once you\u2019ve got it in front of you, it couldn\u2019t be much easier to use.<\/p>\n<p><em>This tip originally appeared in the free <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintelligence.com\/cool-tools-fc\"><strong>Cool Tools <em>newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> from <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/theintelligence.com\/\"><em>The Intelligence<\/em><\/a><em>. Get the next issue <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintelligence.com\/cool-tools-fc\"><em>in your inbox<\/em><\/a><em> and get ready to discover all sorts of awesome tech treasures!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-seconds-to-plain-text\">10 seconds to plain text<\/h2>\n<p>The next time you find yourself facing a web page with way too much going on, remember a tool called <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.textise.net\/\"><strong>Textise\u200b<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91496414\/plain-text-textise-reader-view-alternatives\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sure is nice to have the web look the way you want\u2014without all the usual awkward font choices and other assorted distractions\u2014isn\u2019t it? 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