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Work · June 7, 2022

Glide

Reading guide for macOS

Glide launched on June 7, 2022 with 72 votes, #528 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

Read through the clutter on screens filled with distractions with Glide. Glide offers multiple indicator styles to help you block out the distractions and focus only on what your reading. Reduce eye strain while working for long hours.

Download Focus & ADHD Reading - Glide by Applorium Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Focus & ADHD…

All my life I have been aware I needed something like this for reading. Sadly those who didn’t have ADHD around me repeated their unhelpful advice about how to be a better reader so often I began to doubt myself. I am a person with a very high IQ that was assessed late in life as a result of my work to get diagnosed with ADHD. No one could understand how I was as intelligent as I obviously was, and yet had trouble with reading. People went to far as to doubt my authenticity when I insisted reading was a problem. They routinely put written documents in front of me to sign or to read and respond to, and then talked right over my reading them. They acted flustered and indignant when I had to…from apps.apple.com

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