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Comment by abrowne | Hacker News Reader

One thing that makes me prefer Readability (or in my case the Readability Redux Chrome extension[1]) is that it's able to stitch together multiple-page articles into one page. It makes reading articles on sites like The Register and Ars Technica much more bearable. I'd love it if Readable gained this feature. (Safari Reader mode also does this, using code from the old Readability.)

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jggheggpdocamneaac...

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Quoted from an email, where I answered the same exact question:

  Most likely, Readable will never have multi-page support.
  The reason for this is Readable's philosophy, and not any technical difficulties that feature may imply.

  It is Readable's intention to take whatever is in your browser window right now, and make it better.
  But it is not Readable's purview to go beyond that.

  Readable tries to act like a browser, in this respect.
  Think about it like this: Readable getting subsequent pages in the background would be pretty much equal to web-browsers doing the same thing for all paging, on all websites.
  Just because it is technically possible, does not mean it should be done.

Fair enough. I like that you have a strong sense of Readable's goal(s) and know what features would be overextension. As for sites that publish articles spread across multiple pages, I should really vote with my feet (eyes?). Looking forward to hanging quotes!

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