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Yes, Medium has terrible reading experience. I found this extension (https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA) a while ago. You should tr

Yes, Medium has terrible reading experience. I found this extension (https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA) a while ago. You should try it.

oarsinsync 9y ago
I keep reading comments like this, but I don’t ever see any particularly glaring issues when reading from my iPad. Is it a desktop / chrome thing that iOS / Safari is automatically mitigated against, or are my standards just so low that I don’t notice the issues?
- freehunter 9y ago
  Maybe they don’t do it on mobile but on desktop they have a pop-up demanding you create an account to keep reading.
  - drusepth 9y ago
    Even when I open the link in an incognito window, I don't see this pop-up. Do you need to be on the page for X time to see it?
    - ProAm 9y ago
      Pretty sure it looks for an existing cookie to pop it up.
    - kbenson 9y ago
      Second request in a certain period, I think. I opened this link twice. The second time I got the pop-up, which starts out with something like "We've seen you here before...". I just tried a third time and it did not create a popup. As things go, I think they're actually handling that part fairly well.
  - charizardd 9y ago
    answer my question (in the other thread)...
    - freehunter 9y ago
      Are you really stalking me to get me to respond to a thread I participated in two days ago? That’s odd.
      - charizardd 8y ago
        Would have emailed you if you had one in your bio ;)
- scarmig 9y ago
  I repeatedly highlight whereever I'm at to be able to focus on a particular part of the text and keep track of it. Medium automatically adds a tooltip so I can share whatever I highlighted to Twitter/Facebook. It's an accessibility issue, where they are privileging hypothetical social sharing of content over readers who actually need to consume the content.
- hyperpape 9y ago
  https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024 https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024

Yes, Medium has terrible reading experience. I found this extension (https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA) a while ago. You should try it.

oarsinsync 9y ago

I keep reading comments like this, but I don’t ever see any particularly glaring issues when reading from my iPad. Is it a desktop / chrome thing that iOS / Safari is automatically mitigated against, or are my standards just so low that I don’t notice the issues?

freehunter 9y ago
Maybe they don’t do it on mobile but on desktop they have a pop-up demanding you create an account to keep reading.
- drusepth 9y ago
  Even when I open the link in an incognito window, I don't see this pop-up. Do you need to be on the page for X time to see it?
  - ProAm 9y ago
    Pretty sure it looks for an existing cookie to pop it up.
  - kbenson 9y ago
    Second request in a certain period, I think. I opened this link twice. The second time I got the pop-up, which starts out with something like "We've seen you here before...". I just tried a third time and it did not create a popup. As things go, I think they're actually handling that part fairly well.
- charizardd 9y ago
  answer my question (in the other thread)...
  - freehunter 9y ago
    Are you really stalking me to get me to respond to a thread I participated in two days ago? That’s odd.
    - charizardd 8y ago
      Would have emailed you if you had one in your bio ;)
scarmig 9y ago
I repeatedly highlight whereever I'm at to be able to focus on a particular part of the text and keep track of it. Medium automatically adds a tooltip so I can share whatever I highlighted to Twitter/Facebook. It's an accessibility issue, where they are privileging hypothetical social sharing of content over readers who actually need to consume the content.
hyperpape 9y ago
https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024 https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024