{"id":1984,"date":"2026-07-14T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefwill.net\/?page_id=1984"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:16:30","slug":"read-it-later","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stefwill.net\/?page_id=1984","title":{"rendered":"Read it later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read it later is a browser extension for saving pages and links to read later, then actually reading them. Click the toolbar icon or right-click any page or link to save it; every new tab shows your saved items as a sortable, searchable grid or a compact list. Beyond basic saving, it proactively fights the &#8220;saved and forgotten&#8221; problem: a reminder highlights stale items, a &#8220;Worth a second look&#8221; strip resurfaces old ones without nagging, and an optional auto-delete clears out things you truly never got back to. Everything lives in the browser&#8217;s own storage, with no account and no external server, and it optionally syncs across your devices through the browser&#8217;s built-in sync.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the toolbar icon to save the page you&#8217;re currently on. A screenshot of the page is captured automatically as a thumbnail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right-click any page and choose &#8220;Save page for later,&#8221; or right-click a link and choose &#8220;Save link for later&#8221; (this works even for links you haven&#8217;t opened; they show a favicon instead of a screenshot since the browser never loaded them).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saving the same URL twice just bumps it back to the top and refreshes its metadata, instead of creating a duplicate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The shelf (new tab page)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two views: a <strong>grid<\/strong> of cards with thumbnails, and a compact <strong>list<\/strong> styled like spines on a bookshelf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sort by newest, oldest, title, or site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search filters by title, domain, URL, or tag as you type.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archive tucks an item away without deleting it; &#8220;Show archived&#8221; brings archived items back into view.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete removes an item, with a 5 second Undo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tags<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In grid view, add one or more free-form tags to any card (comma-separated entry supports adding several at once), and remove them individually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click any tag, on a card or in the toolbar&#8217;s tag dropdown (which lists every tag currently in use), to instantly filter the shelf to it. This works by filling in the search box, so typing a tag name filters the same way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reminders and auto-delete<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An optional &#8220;Remind me after&#8221; timer highlights and pins items older than a chosen period, so they surface when you&#8217;re browsing the full shelf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An optional &#8220;Delete unarchived items after&#8221; timer quietly removes items you never returned to. Archiving an item takes it out of consideration permanently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delete period is required to be longer than the reminder period, both as a settings-panel validation and as a hard rule in the deletion logic itself, so nothing is ever deleted without having been flagged first. Auto-delete runs on an hourly background alarm (so it works even if the new tab page is never opened) and again whenever the shelf is open, where it shows a courtesy toast with an Undo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Worth a second look<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A small strip above the shelf proactively surfaces 2 to 3 old, unarchived items each time a new tab opens, aiming squarely at the core failure mode of every read-later tool: saving something and never coming back to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s designed to never become a nag. The more times an item is shown without being opened, archived, or deleted, the less often it&#8217;s picked again, backing off from every few days out to every couple of months. Nothing is shown forever, but nothing goes silent forever either.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archiving or deleting a spotlighted item removes it immediately, with no replacement sliding in until the next refresh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Light, dark, or system theme, chosen in the settings panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sync and storage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No account and no external server. Full items, including screenshot thumbnails, live in the browser&#8217;s local extension storage on each device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A lightweight copy of each item (URL, title, domain, favicon, dates, archived state, tags, and the &#8220;Worth a second look&#8221; backoff counters, never the thumbnails) can also sync across devices signed into the same browser account, using the browser&#8217;s own sync storage. This is best effort: if a device is offline, not signed in, or over the sync quota, it simply keeps working from local storage alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read it later is a browser extension for saving pages and links to read later, then actually reading them. Click the toolbar icon or right-click any page or link to save it; every new tab shows your saved items as a sortable, searchable grid or a compact list. 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