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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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With iOS, for example, refreshing npr.org just turns off reader mode.

As you refresh it should change the address bar saying reader mode avaiable and you should be able to quickly hit the Aa icon on the top left.

They redirect to another subdomain, so I don’t think this will work. Thanks anyway!

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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> The web has been plagued by cookie consent popups and banners since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into effect.

It has become obvious that no user would willingly consent to the overuse of cookies since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into effect.

Here, I fixed that for you.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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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 like reader mode but lately I'll send an article to pocket (which cleans it up a lot) then I print it to a pdf which is saved in a folder in Dropbox and which is synched with my Kobo Elipsa, and with the Elipsa I can mark the articles up with its stylus. (Writing this out makes it sound a bit complicated which I guess it is.)

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Reader View is excellent on low-spec systems. On TenFourFox you can try any page in Reader View, not just what the browser thinks will work. I also implemented sticky reader view, where going to links stays in reader mode even on different sites until you explicitly leave reader view (see https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2020/09/tenfourfox-fpr27b1-a... ) and auto reader view by domain or by domain subpages ( https://t…

"Sticky Reader View" is an excellent idea!

Perhaps there is no need for both sticky and auto reader view settings. As soon as the user enabled auto reader view, you assume Sticky mode and enable auto reader view on any domains they subsequently visit (and render in reader mode successfully at least once?)

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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It's already been done. Wired, for instance, only shows you the first paragraph of a story until you've made an account and logged in, even in reader mode.

Surely that's just any halfway-competent pay/sign-up wall, rather than specifically anti-reader mode?

If you wanna split hairs, sure. "Breaking reader mode" is a component of an access wall. For a while a lot of sites didn't have that, so reader mode would work to skip all that.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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

Which e-ink tablet would you recommend?

ReMarkable isn’t perfect but I use it to read web articles. The issue I haven’t solved with my ReMarkable is finding an alternative to the default synchronization system. I’d love to use Plato for reading on the ReMarkable, but then I’d lose the synchronization.

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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Shameless plug: I maintain a cross-browser reader extension that is like reader mode with some additional features. It's called Just Read: https://justread.link/

Looks great! What does this use underneath? How is it different than Readability.js in terms of parsing output?

Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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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…

Please don't copy-paste comments on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27921786). It lowers signal-noise ratio and isn't really how curious conversation works.

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Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode

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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…

Paper isn't really that bad for the environment, right? That was an ad campaign to sell plastic or something. Paper trees are grown as crops and basically just fix carbon. The pulping has some local undesirable effects, but I don't think they have anywhere near the lasting impact of other human waste.
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