Method and apparatus for selecting and viewing portions of web pages

An apparatus for creating a modified web page based on an original web page, comprising:

• a software portion configured to retrieve a current version of the original web page;
• a software portion configured to divide the current web page into a plurality of blocks;
• a software portion configured to add user-selection information to each of the plurality of blocks, the user-selection information including a select and a non-select user option;
• a software portion configured to allow a user to select ones of the plurality of blocks by exercising a select user option from the user-selection information associated with each of the plurality of blocks;
• a software portion configured to allow a user to non-select others of the plurality of blocks by exercising a non-select user option from the user-selection information associated with each of the plurality of blocks;
• a software portion configured to store only the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks;
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• a software portion configured to create a modified web page based only on the stored ones of the plurality of blocks.