Multicolumned Webpage Viewer -- Broadsheet
— Last update Nov 10, 2009 — Installed 90 times.|
Script Summary:
Any webpage is converted into a screen sized multicolumn wide-layout on hitting control-c. Column height is kept within window size. Pagesize defaults to the current window size. Works on all webpages but use on those with lots of text, blogs, newpapers, etc. |
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Broadsheet--a multicolumn webpage viewer
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Hotkey "control-c" -- or another letter, if customized-- invokes multi-columnizing of the webpage that you are currently looking at, so long as you have not selected any text on the page (in which case ctrl-c does what it usually does, copies the text). After installing this script from the userscripts website you need to open a new page or reload an existing page before the hotkey is in effect on that page.
To increase the amount of text included in one collimized pagefull hit ctrl-c again, this will increment the number of letters per page by 20%. To decrease hit the alt-key and the control key together with the letter "c", this reduced the pagesize by 20%. Do so until you reach the approriately sized page for your screen or fullscreen. When approriate size has been found the "page down" key will move one reading-page forward, whilst the text appears in three page-sized columns and in widescreen (where possible). To override automatic page sizing you can set number of characters allowed to page in user options under the "user script commands" menu option of the Grease Monkey icon on the status bar.
Enable writing to status bar by setting dom.disable_window_status_change=false in about:config so the script can inform you about its progress without using pop-up windows. Or view script messages via the javascript console message interface.
