Simple Print
Productivity
article to pdf converter
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool, reliable uptime
From 2 comments
I'd like to add that I use tools from fivefilters.org daily. (Mostly Push to Kindle) If the authors are on this thread, thank you so much for making these tools free to use and…
tylerdiaz on HNcool stuff! I tried it in my blog and the result was excellent.
roadbeats on HN
Objections
Multi-column output and images not yet supported
From 2 comments
Does this support images? I tried to convert Ernest P. Chan's blog [0] into a pdf using this and the results were not well formatted. [0] - http://epchan.blogspot.com/
gravypod on HNThis would be insanely more useful if it could display math correctly. For example, most of the math in https://colah.github.io/posts/2014-03-NN-Manifolds-Topology only shows the…
jclos on HN
Unclear need given built-in print to PDF
From 1 comment
I dont really get the use-case for this. macOS has had print to pdf for any app since its inception, iOS has had it for at least the last couple of versions, surely Windows and…
stephenr on HN
Possible copyright issues with copying article content
From 1 comment
Step two seems to be almost certainly copyright infringement in the UK, not sure about USA exactly but as you take money and then copy the content it seems likely to breech the…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Requests
Public API for URL to PDF
From 1 comment
Hope it has open API, for something like when request URL it will immediatly return PDF for download ``` http://pdf.fivefilters.org/simple-print/#http://example.com ``` Now I use…
app4soft on HN
Include original article URL
From 1 comment
The original URL should be included somewhere. That said, I don't quite understand the advantage of this solution versus a plain article view (e.g. firefox's built-in article…
stewbrew on HN
EPUB output
From 1 comment
Could there be a way to print to EPub? PDF is uniquely bad for mobile readability but EPub solves for that
sfifs on HN
Questions
How the content extraction works
From 1 comment
Looks very cool! Could you explain the tech that you developed ? Did you create a new algorithm for extracting the content from the page or used an existing one ?
roadbeats on HN
Advantage over reader view and built-in print
From 1 comment
The original URL should be included somewhere. That said, I don't quite understand the advantage of this solution versus a plain article view (e.g. firefox's built-in article…
stewbrew on HN
Alternatives named
PrintFriendly
From 2 comments
Hope it has open API, for something like when request URL it will immediatly return PDF for download ``` http://pdf.fivefilters.org/simple-print/#http://example.com ``` Now I use…
app4soft on HNPrintFriendly has an api - https://www.printfriendly.com/api Which webpage does PrintFriendly doesn't support?
boundlessdreamz on HN
Firefox reader view and Safari Reader Mode
From 2 comments
The original URL should be included somewhere. That said, I don't quite understand the advantage of this solution versus a plain article view (e.g. firefox's built-in article…
stewbrew on HNFor those using Safari, I've often had good results by turning on Reader Mode and then printing, which strips out a lot of the extraneous junk that articles online tend to have.
saagarjha on HN
Send to Kindle
From 1 comment
Very interesting, reminds me of the chrome extension, send to my Kindle, which sends a pdf version of the web page to my Kindle.
bob_theslob646 on HN
Mozilla Pocket
From 1 comment
I use Mozilla Pocket to do essentially just that. I add articles to Pocket with Firefox Desktop and then read them on my Kobo e-reader. I find it much more pleasant to read long…
jgneff on HN