A running list of simple ways to use your browser more effectively on web and mobile.
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Listen to any article or blog post
- On iOS, go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content and turn on Speak Selection & Speak Screen. Now you can highlight any text to be read aloud or simply swipe down with two fingers to hear everything on a given screen.
- Google also recently released a new feature for their app on iOS, the Google app, which lets you do the same thing. It also allows you to create a queue of content: https://twitter.com/Google/status/1306269254203867136?s=20.
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Bypass Medium paywalls
- Go here and follow the instructions to download a browser extension that lets you read unlimited Medium articles, for free.
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Bypass (almost) all paywalls
- Go here to download an extension that lets you read paywalled articles from most news outlets, for free.
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Toggle speed on any video
- Go here to download an extension that lets you speed up or slow down videos without control settings.
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Use the keyboard
- You've probably spent, and will spend, thousands of hours using a computer. If not already, it's worth investing 10 minutes to learn the keyboard shortcuts for common commands in Chrome, Gmail, or other things you use daily. Use The Keyboard is a great resource for this -- Mac and PC users alike.