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Some feedback on a side project? Quiet Reader for Mac

Hi!

My name is Navid. I was previously the founder at Placeit but took some time off to recharge.

As a way of getting my feet wet again, I worked with some friends on a little mac app to help you read in peace on your Mac.

It's called Quiet Reader.

I mainly made the app for myself. I'd find myself skimming important emails or not reading with enough intent... I felt like my reading comprehension was getting worst.

This app does 2 things well

  1. You can highlight ANY text from any app on your Mac and then press the key combo to just focus on that text to read.

This was my main use case.

  1. You can also try it on any article in Chrome or Safari to take away all the ads

If you're on a mac and have a few minutes, I'd love to hear your feedback.

Hope it's useful!

on April 12, 2022
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    Like it.
    I'm sure I've faced the same pain of getting distracted but never thought of a solution to that.

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    Hi Navid!

    For what it's worth here is my feedback:

    1. Really love the minimalistic look
    2. The promo video has some paragraphs of text. This is fine unless you're watching it on a mobile device like a phone - the text gets small and hard to read.
    3. It may be just me but I like to see actual screenshots of apps on their pages before downloading or installing anything. I feel like screenshots always help me get a better understanding of what that app is.
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      Ye that's a great point re the text in the promo video... that wasn't a good idea.

      Re the screenshots - ye I'll add some more examples this week. thanks for the feedback

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      It may be just me but I like to see actual screenshots of apps on their pages before downloading or installing anything. I feel like screenshots always help me get a better understanding of what that app is.

      Agreed! I need to see the Quiet Reader used in more apps and browsers before signing up to download.

  3. 2

    I love a good Mac app. I’ll have to try this out! Thank you for sharing 😊

  4. 2

    Happy to see Quiet Reader say 'hello world' ❤️

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    I love the design of the website and like the idea of distraction-free reading. I currently use Pocket to read distraction-free and I like that it is a web app so I can pick it up from anywhere. My own personal preference would be for something like this to be a web app. My 2 cents :)

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    Love this idea!

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    I love the idea, I get side tracked all the time when reading. You know what will be cool? If you could prevent me from clicking links or maybe queue them up for later

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      That's a great suggestion. thx