A fascinating story about thievery but so very long and so difficult to read due...

callahad · on Dec 29, 2009

Check out http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/

This is the first article that I've actually used Readability on, and it worked wonderfully.

harry · on Dec 29, 2009

Wow, you just saved me the headache of just stripping out the offending White on Black css using a devtool.

Thanks much!

anguslong · on Dec 29, 2009

Article was interesting. Finding Readability... fantastic. Thanks, callahad.

NathanKP · on Dec 30, 2009

I have a Mac so I just hit Control + Option + Command + 8 to invert screen colors. It makes reading light text on a dark background bearable.

ekanes · on Dec 30, 2009

This trick is also useful...

* for working on airplanes - easier on the eyes in the low light and your batteries last longer.

* for messing with anyone with a Mac. Just walk over and invert their colors. :)

NathanKP · on Dec 30, 2009

for messing with anyone with a Mac. Just walk over and invert their colors. :)

If you do it fast enough and they are newb enough they'll spend a couple minutes trying to figure out how to undo it. ;)

ghshephard · on Dec 30, 2009

Re: Color/Styling - Tell me about it, I just came back to the HN screen, and after staring at black for so long, everything looks _very_ washed out. Here's hoping my eyeballs recover...

[Edit: No, seriously - My MacBook Pro's screen (10 minutes later) _still_ looks all washed out. Adjusting the brightness doesn't seem to work. This is after taking a two minute break. Something about reading long fiction for 30 minutes on that black screen really caused an impact]

e40 · on Dec 29, 2009

Agreed! It was a pleasure to read in the original issue of the New Yorker.