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CNET Editors' review
This Firefox extension should appeal to anybody trying to minimize bookmark and open tab clutter. Read It Later gives you a one-click option for saving the links and keeping track of which ones have been read. It also now sports deep integration with Google Reader.
When you first start the extension, it will prompt you to install the two Toolbar buttons that are used to control the extension and manage your reading list. Users can also control adding bookmarks to their reading list via the context menu, the Bookmarks menu itself, or with hot keys, making access to your daily detritus fast and painless. The toolbar button "Read This Page Later" is great for adding loaded URLs, while the "R" plus left-click hot key was easiest for saving links.
The second Toolbar button manages your "Read something later" list. Click to open a saved page, or hit the drop-down list for more choices. Saved pages can be opened in a new tab or the current one, you can open the entire reading list into new tabs simultaneously, and you can also set the button to open pages randomly or in order. You can also set the bookmark folder that pages are saved to, and users who really want to explore the extension's abilities can play around with the less-stable Offline reading option.
Read It Later ran smoothly and glitch-free, and it is exceptionally useful at simultaneously killing Firefox tab clutter and skyrocketing RAM use while improving your reading habits.
Publisher's Description
From Nate Weiner:
This Firefox extension allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest.
What's new in this version: Version 2.1.4 has fixed the Firefox location bar which was being sized incorrectly in Firefox 9.
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"Better than Instapaper"
Version: Read It Later 2.1.1
Pros
Has many more options than Instapaper does.
Cons
Still doesn't allow the option to "print all articles" you have saved. I don't like to read articles on a computer screen. Its not good for your eyes. Right now, you have to go into each individual article & print.
Summary
I wrote up some good tips for the best ways to make use of Read It Later here: http://alltothegood.com/how-to-make-the-best-use-of-read-it-later
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"Not compatible with my latest Firefox!!"
Version: Read It Later 0.992
Pros
Couldn't use it.
Cons
Not compatible with my latest Firefox!!
Summary
Not compatible with my latest Firefox!!
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"Nifty product!"
Version: Read It Later 0.80
Pros
Simple, accurate, does what it says
Cons
none
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"Usefulish"
Version: Read It Later 0.80
Pros
It enables me to go to any article i need and hit one button to ensure a bookmark for future reading. Also has one button to read a past article
Cons
The extension should have a button that you can hit when you have finished reading it.
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"Does What It Says: Not Sure How Useful It Is"
Version: Read It Later 0.80
Pros
Does what it claims to do. Creates an archive of pages that you want to read later. Puts a "Read It Later" folder in my bookmarks. You can save pages with a right-click.
Cons
I don't like the look of the buttons and removed them from my toolbar. Had to take an extra step to install. Doesn't save pages offline, it just basically bookmarks them. You might as well create your own 'read it now' folder in your bookmarks and just save stuff to that. I'll probably uninstall.
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"At Least Link Back to the Creator"
Version: Read It Later 0.80
Pros
It's Nate (the guy who made Read It Later).
I'm happy to let you offer the Read It Later extension on your site, but at the very least can't you provide a little love with a link back to my site?
The Read It Later project page:
www[dot]ideashower[dot]com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/
Thanks
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"Works for me!"
Version: Read It Later 0.80
Pros
Two times out, it has recalled pages with no trouble.
Installation was problem free, as has always been the case for me with Firefox ad-on's (extensions).
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"Downloads but will not execute."
Version: Read It Later 0.80
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