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The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by ameminator »

BeetleB wrote: post #125

Reader mode really helps me in printing as well. Old comment of mine: Printing is something I started to do some months ago. Instead of keeping the tab open for weeks, I decided I'd print anything I want to read and place it a physical "inbox". Some tips: I print 2 pages to a side, so 4 pages per printer paper. Even long articles don't use too much paper, and for my eyes it's still readable (there are a few articles…

I'll be honest, this is my favourite feature of my Kobo - using Pocket to save webpages and articles and read them offline. It seems to accomplish a similar goal to what you do here - without the need for all that paper.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by npteljes »

markus_zhang wrote: post #104

I always choose reader mode on mobile if applicable. I'm wondering why some websites don't have reader mode.

It's based on the browser detecting whether Reader Mode is applicable for the content. If it's neatly organized into headers, paragraphs, etc, then it will be available. If it's unorganized on a technical level, the browser might not pick it up correctly.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by markus_zhang »

npteljes wrote: post #132
markus_zhang wrote: post #104

I always choose reader mode on mobile if applicable. I'm wondering why some websites don't have reader mode.

It's based on the browser detecting whether Reader Mode is applicable for the content. If it's neatly organized into headers, paragraphs, etc, then it will be available. If it's unorganized on a technical level, the browser might not pick it up correctly.

Thanks that's probably the case!

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by vilified »

BeetleB wrote: post #125

Reader mode really helps me in printing as well. Old comment of mine: Printing is something I started to do some months ago. Instead of keeping the tab open for weeks, I decided I'd print anything I want to read and place it a physical "inbox". Some tips: I print 2 pages to a side, so 4 pages per printer paper. Even long articles don't use too much paper, and for my eyes it's still readable (there are a few articles…

> Bad for the environment. Good for the brain.

That's just bad for the environment two times lol

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by ryanianian »

rodolphoarruda wrote: post #102

I'm an absolute heavy user of reader mode in Firefox, not only for reading content per se, but to clean up content before I copy/paste it into Evernote. I just love the feature.

I find Evernote's web clipper (browser extension) to usually do a job either comparable to or better than Firefox's web clipper. Clipper > Clip Format > Article.

It used to be pretty bad but they've made it a lot better in the past few months.

It also has the benefit of storing the source url in the note and creating the new note from scratch which you don't get by copy/pasting into a new note.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by aimor »

Firefox USED to allow accessing reader mode by prepending the url with 'about:reader?url='. This doesn't work anymore and I don't know what to use instead. There is a reader mode button that toggles it on and off, but some websites redirect or change the content before I can click the button. Sometimes the button just doesn't appear (why not, reader mode usually works fine). Refreshing the page sometimes works, if the website doesn't redirect or change the address.

Is there some other way to force reader mode before the page load?

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by _t9ow »

ratioprosperous wrote: post #130
BeetleB wrote: post #125

Reader mode really helps me in printing as well. Old comment of mine: Printing is something I started to do some months ago. Instead of keeping the tab open for weeks, I decided I'd print anything I want to read and place it a physical "inbox". Some tips: I print 2 pages to a side, so 4 pages per printer paper. Even long articles don't use too much paper, and for my eyes it's still readable (there are a few articles…

Doing exactly this with a large format e-ink tablet has been revolutionary for me

Which e-ink tablet would you recommend?

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Post by Lio »

Best thing for me about Reader mode is banishing annoying scrollback menu flaps.

Nothing worse than trying to position a long form text article and a pointless menu flap popping up to obscure the text. So you then have to perform another round of up/down to get the page in the right place.

It's not even as if modern browsers, either desktop or mobile, don't give you a way to quickly jump to the top of the page where you can see the menu.

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