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轻松阅读网页长文

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阅读比微博长的文章而弓身坐在电脑屏幕前或者眯眼看智能手机，这种做法也许有一天会被视为蒙昧之举。要深入而又舒适地阅读文本，电子阅读器和平板电脑目前仍然是最先进的设备，尤其是当它们配有合适的应用程序和网络服务时更是如此。

 

只要使用我们下文介绍的简单系统，你就能随心所欲地阅读一直没什么机会读的所有长文了。你可以在乘坐飞机时啃下一周的网页链接。坐在美容院里，你可以把社交媒体上人人都在谈论的深度文章细细过筛一遍。只要掌握了以下工具，下次你参加宴会时就不会感觉对其他人聊的东西一无所知了。

 

1. 轻松阅读网页长文

 

Illustration by Al Murphy for The Wall Street Journal

你可以把长文发送至平板电脑或电子阅读器，在你想读的时候随时阅读。亚马逊(Amazon)提供一系列将网页文章发送至Kindle的选择方案。最易使用的是针对Chrome和Firefox浏览器的插件Send to Kindle，该插件允许你将去除广告的整个网页发送至Kindle或安卓(Android)与iOS设备上的Kindle应用程序。

 

另一种好用的解决方案是免费网页服务Pocket (getpocket.com)。与Send to Kindle类似，你可以用Pocket将文章存储到一系列设备上。但Pocket的特别之处在于，只要将链接用电子邮件发至一个网页就可以传送文章了。（Kindle也有类似的功能，但它要求你把整篇文章放在电子邮件正文中或者作为附件发送。）Pocket可用于安卓平板电脑、iPad，以及Kobo的标准电子阅读器（包括很棒的 Aura HD）。

 

2. 驯服混乱的社交媒体

 

Illustration by Al Murphy for The Wall Street Journal

如果像许多人一样，你发现自己订阅的社交媒体资讯成了密不透风的一长串链接，让你不敢去点击，那就下载Flipboard吧（免费，flipboard.com）。这款热门的平板电脑应用程序可将网页上的文章聚合成类似杂志的版式，它还能巧妙地使密集的Twitter源浏览起来更轻松、更愉快。Flipboard不是呈现一串链接，而是显示每篇文章精美的预览，包括图片和文本片段。点击其中一张预览图，文章会扩大为全屏形式，呈整洁的三列布局。没有链接的推文会排成一列，显示在页面的一侧。

 

Flipboard也可用于Facebook源，它能将照片、视频和状态更新整合成外观更井井有条的剪贴簿形式。最棒的地方是，该应用程序可用于几乎每一款主流平板电脑：它与安卓、黑莓(Blackberry)、iOS和Windows 8设备都能兼容。

 

3. 搞定笨重的PDF文档

 

Illustration by Al Murphy for The Wall Street Journal

PDF文档的设计是为了在纸张上打印，而不是在电脑屏幕上阅读，但人们以数字形式分享文件（尤其是产品说明书、宣传册以及任何曾印制成小册子的东西）时仍然常常采用PDF格式。但遗憾的是，如果想在电脑、电子阅读器或平板电脑上阅读PDF文档，需要通过滚屏来阅读各个部分，或者要放大字体很小的文本。

 

Scribd（免费， scribd.com）本是一款针对该公司电子书服务的应用程序，但它恰恰也是在安卓平板电脑或iPad上阅读PDF文档的最省力方式。与其他兼容PDF的应用程序相比，Scribd的界面最直观：你可以通过在屏幕上滑动手指来翻页，当你横持平板电脑时，该应用程序会立即显示相邻的两页，就像一本摊开的书一样。与其他类似的阅读器一样，Scribd能够让你搜索文本，还能缩小页面，以缩略图形式显示所有页面。那么最大的不同之处是什么？Scribd把这一切做得更加精致。

 

 

哪一种设备最适合阅读大量文本？

 

Illustration by Al Murphy for The Wall Street Journal

Kobo Aura HD、亚马逊Kindle Paperwhite和苹果iPad Air

 

竞争者：Kobo Aura HD

 

在Aura HD的高分辨率黑白屏幕上，文本和图片的显示效果非常出色（比现有的任何其他电子墨水阅读器都好）。另外，该设备的显示屏要略大一些（6.8英寸，而Kindle一般是6英寸），其"书页"更接近纸质书的尺寸。

 

优势：有许多字体和格式可供选择，痴迷于版式的"呆子"会爱上这款设备。

 

劣势：价格较高——比无广告版Paperwhite贵31美元。售价170美元，kobo.Com

 

卫冕冠军：亚马逊Kindle Paperwhite

 

与最早的PaperWhite相比，最新的版本显示屏更清爽，内置阅读灯光线分布更均匀。电池续航时间非常出色：在阅读灯打开的情况下估计为28小时。

 

优势：能够赢得来自读者社区Goodreads的书虫们的推荐（他们的知识往往比一般的亚马逊评论者丰富得多）。

 

劣势：最便宜的Kindle版本会在设备休眠时显示广告。

售价119美元起，amazon.com

 

轻量级选手：苹果(Apple) iPad Air

 

尽管电子墨水屏比平板电脑的背光显示屏看起来更舒适，但iPad Air到目前为止是使用专用阅读应用（比如针对报纸和杂志的应用）的最便利方式。

 

优势：重量仅为1磅（合0.45公斤），这是首台能长时间用一只手轻松拿住的全尺寸平板电脑。

 

劣势：iPad Air的电池续航时间（10小时）就平板电脑而言是非常出色的，但比不上Aura HD 和Paperwhite等电子墨水阅读器。

 

售价499美元起，apple.com

 

电子书虫的自助大餐：自助阅读大餐订阅选择

 

请把最近出现的一批电子书订阅服务想象成针对书迷的Netflix。只要交纳低廉的月费（通常低于一本电子书的售价）,你就能尽情阅读了。

 

Oyster（每月10美元，oysterbooks.com）可提供值得信赖的阅读选择和令人愉悦的界面。Oyster提供的逾10万本电子书有许多都不知名，但该公司称，你能在其中找到超过1,000本《纽约时报》(New York Times)畅销书。Oyster应用程序目前仅与iPad（以及iPhone）兼容，但该公司正在开发安卓版，定于明年发布。

 

Scribd（每月9美元，scribd.com）与Oyster的价格和可供选择的书籍相近，但其应用程序不如Oyster完善。不过，如果你拥有一台安卓平板电脑，Scribd会是你的最佳选择。

 

最后是Kindle Owners' Lending Library，这项服务包括在Amazon Prime 会员计划中（每年79美元，amazon.com）。该费用涵盖的服务包括每月阅读约40万本藏书中的一本。根据亚马逊的信息，虽然藏书量很大，但其中仅包括约100本《纽约时报》畅销书。要使用这一功能，需要有一台 Kindle设备（与安卓和iOS的应用程序不能兼容）。

该服务每月费用为6.58美元，如果只为看书而加入Amazon Prime是不划算的，但如果你已经加入了可享受无限量视频和免运费的Amazon Prime计划，那么借阅功能也算是一点额外的优惠。 

One day, hunching in front of a computerscreen or squinting at a smartphone to read anything longer than a tweet will seem barbaric. To engage with text thoughtfully and comfortably, e-readers and tablets are still the most evolved gadgets, especially when they're outfitted with the right apps and Web services.

Implement our simple system below, and you'll be able to peruse, on your own terms, all of the long reads that you never quite get around to. Plow through a week's worth of Web links during a flight. While you're at the salon, sift through those in-depth stories everyone was talking about on social media. Help yourself to the tools below, and you won't feel out of the loop at your next dinner party.

1. Corral Long Web Articles

You can beam them to a tablet or e-reader and they'll all be waiting for you when you're ready to dive in. Amazon offers a range of options for sending Web articles to a Kindle. The easiest to use is the Send to Kindle plug-in for the Chrome and Firefox browsers, which lets you beam an entire Web page, stripped of ads, to a Kindle or the Kindle app for Android and iOS devices.

Another handy solution is the free Web service Pocket (getpocket.com). Like Send to Kindle, you can use Pocket to save articles to a range of devices. What sets it apart, though, is the ability to send stories by simply emailing a link to a Web page. (Kindle has a similar feature, but it requires you to email the article in the body of the message or as an attachment.) Pocket works with Android tablets and iPads, as well as standard e-readers from Kobo, including the terrific Aura HD.

2. Tame Social-Media Mayhem

If, like many people, you find your social-media feeds to be impenetrable lists of links that you dread having to click through, download Flipboard (free, flipboard.com). This popular tablet app for aggregating Web articles into a magazine-like format is also genius at making a dense Twitter feed easier and more enjoyable to scan. Instead of presenting a list of links, the app elegantly displays previews of each story, complete with images and snippets of text. Tapping one of the teasers expands it to a full-screen version of the article in a clean, three-column layout. Tweets without links appear as a list along the side of the page.

Flipboard works with Facebook feeds, too, pulling together photos, videos and status updates into a somewhat more organized-looking scrapbook. Best of all, the app works on just about every major tablet: It's compatible with Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Windows 8 devices.

3. Wrangle Unwieldy PDFs

PDFs were designed to be printed on paper, not viewed on computer screens, but the format is still popular for sharing documents digitally (especially product manuals, brochures and anything that was once a booklet). Unfortunately, trying to read a PDF on a computer, e-reader or tablet can require scrolling to various sections of the page or zooming in on minuscule text.

Although the Scribd app (free, scribd.com) is intended for accessing the company's e-book service, it also happens to be the least frustrating way to read PDFs on an Android tablet or iPad. Compared with other PDF-compatible apps, Scribd's interface is the most intuitive: You can swipe across the screen to flip through pages, and when you hold your tablet in a landscape orientation, the app displays two facing pages at once, like an open book. As with competing readers, Scribd lets you search text and zoom out to view all of the pages as thumbnails. Biggest difference? Scribd does it all more gracefully.

Which Gadget Is Best for Lots of Text?

THE CONTENDER: Kobo Aura HD

Text and images look stellar on the Aura HD's black-and-white, hi-res screen -- better than on any other e-ink reader out there. Plus, the device has a slightly larger display -- 6.8 inches diagonal to a typical Kindle's 6 inches -- resulting in a 'page' that's closer in size to a paperback.

Plus: A broad selection of font and formatting options that typography nerds will love.

Minus: A premium price -- $31 more than the ad-free

Paperwhite. $170, kobo.com

THE REIGNING CHAMP: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Compared to the first Paperwhite, the latest iteration has a crisper display and a more evenly distributed built-in light. Battery life is impressive: an estimated 28 hours with the light turned on.

Plus: The ability to get recommendations from the Goodreads community of bookworms (who tend to be a lot more knowledgeable than the typical Amazon reviewer).

Minus: The least-expensive version of the Kindle displays ads when the device is asleep.

Starting at $119, amazon.com

THE FEATHERWEIGHT: Apple iPad Air

Although an e-ink screen is easier on the eyes than a tablet's backlit display, the iPad Air is by far the slickest way to access dedicated reading apps, like those for newspapers and magazines.

Plus: Weighing only 1 pound, this is the first full-size tablet that can be comfortably held in one hand for long stretches.

Minus: The iPad Air's battery life (rated at 10 hours) is impressive for a tablet but trails e-ink readers like the Aura HD and Paperwhite.

Starting at $499, apple.com

Buffets for E-Bookworms:All-You-Can-Read Subscriptions

Think of the latest crop of e-book subscription services as Netflix for bibliophiles. For a low monthly fee -- usually less than the cost of a single e-book -- you can read as many titles as you like.

Oyster ($10 per month, oysterbooks.com) offers a solid selection and pleasing interface. Although many of its 100,000-plus e-books are obscure, you'll find over 1,000 New York Times best-sellers in the mix, according to the company. The Oyster app is currently only compatible with iPad (and iPhone), but an Android version is in the works for release next year.

Scribd ($9 a month, scribd.com) is similar to Oyster in price and selection, but its app isn't quite as polished. Still, if you own an Android tablet, this is your best option.

Finally, there's the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which is included in an Amazon Prime membership ($79 per year, amazon.com). The fee includes access to one book per month from a list of some 400,000 titles. The collection is large but includes only about 100 New York Times best-sellers, according to Amazon. Access to this feature requires a Kindle device (the apps for Android and iOS are not compatible). At $6.58 per month, it's not worth signing up for Amazon Prime just for the books alone, but if you're already a member for the unlimited video and free shipping that are included with the subscription, the lending library is a modest perk.



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