Use readability technology to fetch news

xXxXxXxXxXx · 04-10-2011, 10:05 AM

J'd like to ask you why you don't incorporate readability technology to fetch news ?
because is:
free (opensource) also used in safari reader
works great.

you can find out more on https://www.readability.com/
also you can install safari to check it out
http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/06/saf...ifies-the-web/

This technology is very powerful and will a lot better extract news...

here is source code :

http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/

kovidgoyal · 04-10-2011, 10:19 AM

I don't really see the point. calibre's news system is extremely successful with ~ 900 news sources. Automated content extraction is never going to be as good/flexible as a well made recipe.

Readability would make it easier to create default recipes (with no customization) that look good, and as such, it's something worth doing, but I have much higher priorities. Patches welcome

xXxXxXxXxXx · 04-10-2011, 10:28 AM

That is my point readability will be good for default recipes. Also save you much time because is developed by other users...

by the way, thank you for your app is really great, J hope sooner or later you consider incorporate readability

04-10-2011, 10:05 AM	#1
xXxXxXxXxXx Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	Use readability technology to fetch news J'd like to ask you why you don't incorporate readability technology to fetch news ? because is: free (opensource) also used in safari reader works great. you can find out more on https://www.readability.com/ also you can install safari to check it out http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/06/saf...ifies-the-web/ This technology is very powerful and will a lot better extract news... here is source code : http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/ Last edited by xXxXxXxXxXx; 04-10-2011 at 10:10 AM.

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04-10-2011, 10:19 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,351 Karma: 23661992 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I don't really see the point. calibre's news system is extremely successful with ~ 900 news sources. Automated content extraction is never going to be as good/flexible as a well made recipe. Readability would make it easier to create default recipes (with no customization) that look good, and as such, it's something worth doing, but I have much higher priorities. Patches welcome

04-10-2011, 10:28 AM	#3
xXxXxXxXxXx Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	That is my point readability will be good for default recipes. Also save you much time because is developed by other users... by the way, thank you for your app is really great, J hope sooner or later you consider incorporate readability

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