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Widget for impatient readers

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Alex Poole

This little flag tells you how much time left to read till the end of the article. I don’t know if it’s pandering to people with low attention spans, but I like it anyway. See it in action here: http://informationarchitects.net/blog/responsive-typography-the-basics/.

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