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I'm so surprised that all attempts at solutions for "readability" so far seems to have addressed the actual article or post content only. I don't just want to r

I'm so surprised that all attempts at solutions for "readability" so far seems to have addressed the actual article or post content only. I don't just want to read a sane looking web, I want to browse a accessible and sane looking web. I'd like to be able to activate a browser mode that cleans up not only the content of the site, but also the structure by creating simple and accessible navigation (perhaps according to html and css rules that I can write myself). Many sites have a similar type of structure (/about/, /contact/ etc). HTML5 sites with <nav> will hopefully have made this endeavor much easier. Sites with more complicated structure could perhaps be analyzed by AI and OK'd and corrected by a collective of users (via a browser extension). When the sites has been "solved" by AI and/or it's users, it can be added to a shared database (think something like https://userstyles.org/ https://userstyles.org/) that will be automatically queried when you use the site.

digi_owl 10y ago
Reminds me that Opera's Mini browser (a proxy browser that originated on J2ME enabled featurephones) have a single column option. This will attempt to rearrange a page so that everything is a single column that fits the width of the device screen.
- unicornporn 10y ago
  I have a vague memory of this from my late feature phone days. I remember I actually enjoyed using it considering how limited the possibilities were on these phones.
flyinghamster 10y ago
Reader Mode in Firefox is a pretty good start at this. It's especially nice on overly-designed news sites.
- NoGravitas 10y ago
  Reader mode only really handles main article or post content, though. It does a great job at it, but that's not what the parent poster was talking about.
Senji 10y ago
Maybe just expose the service through some json delivered api "views" of the raw server db.
- unicornporn 10y ago
  That would be insanely cool, but near impossible to get even a fraction of website providers on that board. I mean, RSS has died for a reason. People (generally) don't make money from cleaned up and ad free content.

digi_owl 10y ago

Reminds me that Opera's Mini browser (a proxy browser that originated on J2ME enabled featurephones) have a single column option. This will attempt to rearrange a page so that everything is a single column that fits the width of the device screen.

unicornporn 10y ago
I have a vague memory of this from my late feature phone days. I remember I actually enjoyed using it considering how limited the possibilities were on these phones.

flyinghamster 10y ago

Reader Mode in Firefox is a pretty good start at this. It's especially nice on overly-designed news sites.

NoGravitas 10y ago
Reader mode only really handles main article or post content, though. It does a great job at it, but that's not what the parent poster was talking about.

Senji 10y ago

Maybe just expose the service through some json delivered api "views" of the raw server db.

unicornporn 10y ago
That would be insanely cool, but near impossible to get even a fraction of website providers on that board. I mean, RSS has died for a reason. People (generally) don't make money from cleaned up and ad free content.