Could someone explain how Reader Mode on iOS devices is able to bypass login walls for new sites?
The most underused browser feature: reader mode
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Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#272An even cooler feature which the reader has in Edge for Windows is that it can read the articles aloud with a natural voice. Also useful to listen to PDFs
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#273I'm a huge fan of Readability Mode and use it often. It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem. For those who are using e-ink devices, or even just standard tablets, EInkBro is another immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser (Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android…
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Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#274I'm a huge fan of Readability Mode and use it often. It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem. For those who are using e-ink devices, or even just standard tablets, EInkBro is another immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser (Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android…
How can I implement my website such that it is optimally useful for browsers like this? Just avoid flashy stuff? Is there any way to list my blog somewhere as a friendly place to read? I'm spinning it up again after a year off for reasons that I will probably write about :)
Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#275Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not absolutely necessary to remove it, but when reading the article it should not be front-and-centre on the page. That means: - Single-column layouts. Sidebars suck. - No fixed-position elements. Especially not headers or footers, though fixed sidebars are also almost always a mistake. (There can be some benefit for reference / tools, but only about one time in a thousand that they're actually used.) On desktop…
I'm curious to hear your thoughts about the layout on allaboutberlin.com. I built this website to be as pleasant as possible for the readers, but perhaps I've been staring at it for too long...
I'm following a similar philosophy as the parent (kill fixed elements, disable CSS in extreme cases), and your web page manages to look stylish and readble at the same time.
The fixed side bar on the "visiting" page is barely enough to fit on the display, and when I shrink the window (or increase the text enough), bottom items get cut off without recourse.
The banners on most pages are so big that I usually see only 1 line of an article, which is mildly annoying.
Note: disabling JS is a required part of making the web readable for me, and that's how I perfomed the review.
Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#276Did not know that there is a reader mode in Chrome. It has only one bug: It does not work together with Google Translate :(
I used in the past mainly Reader View because it does not need access/injection to all your web pages https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-view/ecabif... another extension I used (which worked better sometimes) was a local copy/fork of Rocket Readability https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rocket-readability... I forked it because I code reviewed it and it needs access to all your web sites. I don't want any surprise update happen with that extension. Seems I still need it for foreign articles+Google Translate.
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Thanks for the addon! Just for the sake of curiosity, what do you think it would take for your addon to be ported to work also on Android?
Afaik firefox mobile only allows a small number of whitelisted extensions.
there is a way¹ to install other addon (if you use firefox nightly) but it is downright user-hostile.
1- https://www.ghacks.net/2020/10/01/you-can-now-install-any-ad...
Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#278I'm a huge fan of Readability Mode and use it often. It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem. For those who are using e-ink devices, or even just standard tablets, EInkBro is another immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser (Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android…
How can I implement my website such that it is optimally useful for browsers like this? Just avoid flashy stuff? Is there any way to list my blog somewhere as a friendly place to read? I'm spinning it up again after a year off for reasons that I will probably write about :)
I've just poked through both the GetPocket site (https://getpocket.com/publisher/) and Mozilla's Readability Library GitHub page (https://github.com/mozilla/readability) without seeing obvious guidelines.
My general suspicion is that adhering to a simple HTML5 documemnt structure, and possible use of microformats (https://microformats.io/) goes a long way.
Update: there's some discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28301113
Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#279I'm a huge fan of Readability Mode and use it often. It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem. For those who are using e-ink devices, or even just standard tablets, EInkBro is another immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc. https://github.com/plateaukao/browser (Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android…
I'm guessing this won't work with Remarkable.
Or what are some good e-ink devices for this I wonder?
Re: The most underused browser feature: reader mode
#280Any developers who'd like to contribute to improving how article content is extracted from web pages should check out Mozilla's Readability repository: https://github.com/mozilla/readability I'm currently trying to bring the PHP port up to speed here: https://github.com/fivefilters/readability.php We use an older version as part of our article extraction for Push to Kindle: https://www.fivefilters.org/push-to-kindle/
Another robust solution is Tranquility reader which exists as an extension and has better accuracy than Readability at the expense of speed. https://github.com/ushnisha/tranquility-reader-webextensions
yes! I use this addon for firefox all the time. Usually I click on my "Tranquility!" button the moment the cookie notification pops up, no cookies needed ;)
(good for articles via HN, also possible to circumvent some paywalls)