Interesting. I'm definitely able to scan the example text far faster using this mention.<p>This tool would help me understand some of the over complicated text that's in my school books. I think it would have the opposite effect on any book with a less complicated writing style.
I feel like (after looking at examples and so on) this actually makes it <i>harder</i> to read quickly. Maybe a 9th grader can concentrate easier on this stuff but I skim text <i>a lot</i> and this just seems annoying. And don't even get me started on the wasted space, I can't imagine a web app with any amount of copy on it using a style like this.
For samples, see: <a href="http://liveink.com/" rel="nofollow">http://liveink.com/</a>.<p>I find it somewhat disingenuous that they use a more readable font in a larger text box to show off their supposedly more readable format.
Some things probably don't need to be dumbed down. I've been reading the old fashioned way as long as I can remember and it seems to be working just fine :)
This has vast potential in the language-learning space for people wanting to break into foreign literature.<p>I'm currently learning a language, and at times I get bogged down in long-winded sentences until someone (kindly) lays out the sentence structure in this type of a format. Then it all makes sense (and is a great aid in learning). No English required.
This is a typographic nightmare. Not only does it make for a choppy comprehension of the reading, but it also turns the text block into an awkward, unappealing shape.