eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read
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eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read
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#3Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve.
Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice.
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#4Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve. Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice .
You can -almost- do this on most browsers by pressing space bar to scroll down and shift+space bar to scroll up. But on phones there is no remedy yet.
For e-ink the problem with space bar scrolling is that it has an animation which messes up the display.
Historically we went from scrolls to pages when the printing press was developed. Digital reading needs to go through the same evolution, it seems.
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#5Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve. Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice .
You can -almost- do this on most browsers by pressing space bar to scroll down and shift+space bar to scroll up. But on phones there is no remedy yet. For e-ink the problem with space bar scrolling is that it has an animation which messes up the display. Historically we went from scrolls to pages when the printing press was developed. Digital reading needs to go through the same evolution, it seems.
"Almost" is doing a lot of work in this sentence. Lines of text end up halfway off the screen. Sticky headers obscure text and you have to scroll backwards. It's just a messy experience.
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#6Okay, so I started reading this and got excited to see what this was all about. I've been wanting a web browser that can turn the "regular web" (as much as possible) into something more like an e-book that happens to have hyperlinks.
Essentially, imagine Reader Mode, but all the time.
But this is... something else? I tried scrolling to the bottom and as soon as I click on the scroll bar, I get a pop-up showing a bunch of gestures and can no longer scroll. Pressing the back button does nothing. Closing the tab asks me if I want to discard my unsaved changes?!
So I'm guessing this is some CSS/JS to make a regular site _behave_ something like an e-reader? Which may be fine as far as it goes, I just don't think it's a good idea to hijack the scroll
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#7Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve. Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice .
If you don't mind the terminal, `lynx` (for example) could do the trick.
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#8Really like this.
In Safari on iOS this works great. If this combined dark mode and reader mode font sizes I’d call my favorite way to read the mobile web.
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#9Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve. Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice .
You can -almost- do this on most browsers by pressing space bar to scroll down and shift+space bar to scroll up. But on phones there is no remedy yet. For e-ink the problem with space bar scrolling is that it has an animation which messes up the display. Historically we went from scrolls to pages when the printing press was developed. Digital reading needs to go through the same evolution, it seems.
Not sure if it's still there, but when the scrolling was introduced there was a setting to enable or disable it so the old jump mode would work too.
Re: eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read
#10Honestly now I want "paged mode" as an option in my browsers next to "reader mode". Or a thing I can choose for reader mode to involve. Flipping pages on my desktop with l/r arrow keys (which is what this 'eink mode' does if you invoke it on a desktop) instead of endlessly scrolling is pretty nice .
You can -almost- do this on most browsers by pressing space bar to scroll down and shift+space bar to scroll up. But on phones there is no remedy yet. For e-ink the problem with space bar scrolling is that it has an animation which messes up the display. Historically we went from scrolls to pages when the printing press was developed. Digital reading needs to go through the same evolution, it seems.
On Android you can pair a Bluetooth presentation remote. Up and Down work as Page Up / Down. I use that for reading on my phone and eReader.