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subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@focusedone if you see the code link here https://github.com/subranag/declutter/blob/main/src/page.ts there are some specific techniques recommended to simulate normal browsing behaviour, but it does not work 100% percent of the times, but works on most of the sites

for example * simulate scrolling after page loads * simulate plugins * simulate location etc

once all of this is done hopefully the HTML content becomes readable

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@burkaman why would you think this would completely untrustworthy, I Can include some sort of content matching heuristic to make sure that there is some level of match.

why is everyone against emojis :) I personally feel they are fun!

I Am dyslexic so I have a bunch of ideas and I have a hard time laying that out in coherent text, so I gave the basic idea to the LLM and it wrote the README in the structure I want.

but feedback taken I will try to write it myself, thanks for taking time out to provide feedback!

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

this looks great @open-paren will check it out, for some reason the webapp take a while to load I can take it for a spin locally though

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@focusedone I tried reader mode in several browsers it was such a hit or miss, it just did not work for me, and honestly I wanted to convert to markdown not just plain text

I tried several reader modes, there were several issues including * several potions of the main content was missing * the navigation bits get caught when in reader mode * the comments and other un-related sections come in play

I really tried these before invesitng time in this

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@roywiggins I have a hard time writing a wall of text, I am dyslexic so I have a bunch of ideas and I give the rough outline and the LLM generates the doc that looks fairly polished so I use it where ever I can

I will take your feedback and see if I can restructure it better! thanks for taking time out to structure your comment properly, gives me a good insight on how to write good READMEs

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@Zak_2 I tried the reader mode in several browsers but it just did not work! there were several issues and sometimes the majority of the content was removed, it was such a hit or miss

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

what about it would you change, specific feedback is welcome * remove emoji ? * layout much better

I am dyslexic so have a hard time arranging things, so I gave the basic idea and the AI generated the README

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

@PosedProto I did use AI to generate the README it serves the purpose, do you feel writing it myself would have made a difference, I am not good with words so I Took help where I could

I will try to write it myself and update it, thanks for feedback!

subbu_devhubon Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

  The modern web is broken. Before you can read anything, you hit a wall: popups,
  ads, paywalls, tracking scripts, and navigation clutter designed to keep you clicking
  instead of reading.

  Declutter strips all of it away using AI. But here's the thing, you don't need
  frontier models. Even small, cheap models like Gemini Flash or Claude Haiku do an
  excellent job extracting pure content. That means you can archive whatever you want
  to read for pennies per month.

  Just point it at a URL, and out comes beautifully formatted Markdown, HTML, or PDF.
  Offline. Local. Clean.

  I built this because I was tired of the fight. The web doesn't have to be this way.
  I just want to read. Please let me read without distractions.