Still — Quiet reading for the open web

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 · public domain

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 · public domain · 4 min read

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction.

There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.

The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sundials and brick walks and burning gardens—finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.

He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.

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On any article page, click Still in your toolbar or press AltShiftS.

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News, blogs, essays. Most pages with a clear article body work well.

Common questions

Which pages work?

Still works best on pages with a clear article body: news, blogs, essays, and long-form posts. If the page has readable main content, Still can usually extract it. It cannot read chrome:// pages, the Chrome Web Store, PDFs, or pages without article content.

Can I change how it looks?

Yes. From the reader dock or Options you can choose system, light, dark, or warm theme; Inter, Atkinson Hyperlegible, or your system font; text size, column width, and line height; high contrast; underline links; hide images; reduce motion; keep the dock visible; and optionally enter fullscreen when Still opens. Changes apply live.

Which languages does Still support?

Still's interface is available in English and Spanish. The extension follows your browser's display language, there is no separate language setting inside Still. Article text is not translated; Still only reformats the page you're already reading.

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