Co-worker and fellow informational transmogrifer Trevor Rosen told me about a Firefox plugin called Read It Later a while back. For some reason, I didn’t really start using it for a while. After having watched the demo video for the latest version out for Firefox 3, I have to say this is one awesome plugin!
Here’s the scenario. You are on a laptop at work, and come across an article you want to read at some point, but don’t have time at that moment. You don’t want to bookmark it (it’s not that important), just somehow stuff it away for later. Emailing yourself the link is a little too much effort as well. The better solution: Read It Later. As shown in the video, you can:
- mark one page for later reading via a menu
- switch modes and click on any links on the current page you wish to mark for later reading
- save all your current tabs for later reading
- mark a page in your list as read
- sync your list to any number of machines
- search and tag your list, as well as order by name and date
- download your list for off-line reading
- send a list item to a wide range of social bookmarking services
This is simply perfect for me, as I might come across a number of things each day that I want to read at some point, whether it be on my work laptop, my home PC, my second home PC, or my home laptop.
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