Like a lot of people here, I read a lot online with my browser.  But
regardless of the browser, there are some fairly simple-to-fix things (it
seems to me) that make the experience really s*ck.  For instance, I like
hitting the space bar to get the next screenfull, but when I get to the end
of the article/post/whatever, I hate the way my eyeballs bounce around
searching for the actual last paragraph.

I realize there are text reader and ebook programs, but those generally
require the dowloading and/or conversion of html text.  What I'd like to see
is a browser functionality or plug-in that would allow the better reading of
online text.

I really liked (and still like) the Microsoft Reader app to read texts.  The
prob is that although the .lit Reader format is based on well-formed html,
Reader itself can't be used as a "browser."  One has either to download a
file already formatted as .lit, or download the html file and convert to
.lit.  I want to be able to browse a blog or a newspaper or an online version
of "On the Origin of Species" or whatever and be able to read that then and
there.

Here is my short list of features that would make for easier reading of
online text.  I don't think that any of them (or all of them put together)
are technically very difficult to accommodate -- but what do I know?

(1) Page "swipe." By "swipe" I mean that when you go to the next page, or
page down, the page image doesn't just blink to the next bunch of text, and
neither does it scroll.  What should happen is that the new page replaces the
old page from the top down.  Think of it as though one were turning a paper
page.  This isn't just an anachronistic gesture  -- it helps the eye focus on
the "incoming" page.  Ideally, the swipe time can be adjusted, or even
eliminated.  The older version of Reader used to do this -- I think.

(2) Only full lines of text at the beginning and ending of the browser
window.  No half line of text at the top or half line of text at the bottom.  
The first line is a complete line of text, and so is the last line.

(3.1) The first line of the next page is always just that.  Not one and a
half line of the previous page and a bunch of the next page.  Page down gets
you the next page.

(3.2) Paging down to the last page shows the last page starting with the line
after the one you just read.  If there are only 4 lines on the last page, the
rest of the frame is just blank.  This will prevent the bounce my eyeballs do
when they search around for the actual next line.

There are a bunch of other features, but this would do it for me.  Is there
something out there already or am I just weird?  

Doug