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Article Reader v1.1.0 - Washington Post support

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@jp244btc jp244btc released this 11 Jul 22:09
v1.1.0
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Washington Post support

The Washington Post doesn't just paywall — it resets connections from automated browsers at the network level, so every fast extraction tier is dead on arrival. v1.1 handles this class of site properly:

  • Auto-engaged Chrome engine. Domains with network-level bot walls (NYT, WaPo) now use the real-Chrome engine automatically — no checkbox needed — and skip the connection-blocked tiers entirely. WaPo articles went from ~100 seconds of futile timeouts to a result in under 10 seconds; NYT got faster too.
  • Safer overlay stripping. The stripper no longer removes elements that wrap real article content (WaPo nests the story near paywall-named containers).
  • Container fallback extraction. When readability under-extracts on heavily templated pages, the largest <article>/<main> region is used instead.

As always: logged out, you get whatever the site sends free visitors (WaPo sends only about a paragraph). Sign in once in the dedicated Chrome window — subscription, free account, or library access — for full articles.

Full changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

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