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iReader for Firefox will be back soon

MhdHejazi — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:10:06 +0000

We have pulled iReader extension for Firefox temporarily, and will upload it again after fixing some issues.

Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks to all of you who contacted us.

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Update (Apr 8):
It’s online now.

Say hello to iReader for Firefox!

MhdHejazi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:15:52 +0000

Today, I’m excited to tell you that iReader is now also available for Firefox users!

You can now enjoy the same experience of iReader for Chrome on Firefox!

It’s still in beta stage, and needs some time before it can be released. So, if you find any issues, please let us know by filing a bug at our issue tracker.

Known Issues

Firefox only prints the first page of articles (working on a solution for it).
If you find that the animations are slow, you have the option to turn them off (Options > Enable Animations).

iReader 1.3 is out!

MhdHejazi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:59 +0000

iReader 1.3 is now available from official Chrome extension gallery.

What’s new?

• Multi-page articles are now supported (issue#7).
iReader will detect if the article is broken up into multiple pages, and then retrieve and display them automatically while you’re reading the first page.

• Added “Enable/Disable Images” control button (issue#28).

• Added “Article Info” section to the end of the printout (issue#36).

Website name and favicon.
Link of the article.
Short link of the article.
QR code.

• Displays page numbers in printout (for multi-page articles) (issue#12).

• Added new options

Enable/Disable hotkey.
New 3 fonts: Cambria, Segoe UI, and Book Antiqua.

• Improvements in the detection and cleaning algorithms.

• Fixed a bunch of bugs.

You can try the new version by installing iReader again, or you can wait until Chrome auto-updates its extensions.

Thanks to all the testers, and bug reporters (special thanks to evgenyig and G.Glaurung).

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at our issue tracker.

iReader 1.2 is out!

MhdHejazi — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:27:42 +0000

iReader 1.2 is now available from official Chrome extension gallery.

What’s new?

Added new options
- Change hotkey.
- Change background opacity.
- Mail articles from Gmail.
- Change article width.
- Change article margins.
Added a preview panel in the Options window.
Fixed a bunch of bugs (Special thanks to G.Glaurung for his great feedback).

Try it now?

If you can’t wait until Chrome auto-updates iReader, you can install the new version now.

iReader 1.1 is out!

MhdHejazi — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:55:02 +0000

iReader 1.1 is now available from official Chrome extension gallery.

What’s new?

Added control box with 8 functions:
- Zoom in/out, Mail/Print, Share on Twitter/Facebook, Options and Exit.
Added Options window
- Enable/disable smooth scroll.
- Change display font.
- Enable/disable text justifying.
Remember scroll position.

Try it now?

If you can’t wait until Chrome auto-updates iReader, you can install the new version now.

Say hello to iReader!

MhdHejazi — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:51:14 +0000

Today we have a new extension for Google Chrome inspired by Apple Safari Reader and Readability.

It’s iReader!

iReader is an extension for Google Chrome allows users to view news stories and other articles in a single clutter-free page.

It strips out the ads and extraneous layout and displays the article in a very easy to read, scrollable display.

Visit this page for more info about how to use it, or download it from official Chrome extension gallery.

Hope you like it!