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Redirects to history.nl for me, with no article to be found. (I'm not even in the Netherlands, and my browser doesn't ask for Dutch via Accept-Language.)

yk 8y ago
Redirects to history.de for me. (Which is correct in some geofencing sense, using a vpn solves the problem.) Sort of fun to have a light challenge to obtain documents THEY (history.com) don't want you to see.
skjerns 8y ago
I'm in the Netherlands, and have the same problem
bthrm 8y ago
Same here in Spain. Utterly retarded.
scrp 8y ago
Redirects to www.historytv.se in sweden
shawn 8y ago
For everyone having trouble accessing the article, here's a paste: https://pastebin.com/raw/S229NyJW https://pastebin.com/raw/S229NyJW Actually, it's interesting reading an article with just text and nothing else. It kind of makes me want a text-based browser mode that works on modern sites.
- dao- 8y ago
  You mean Reader View? I believe Safari pioneered this, Firefox has it too. Not sure about Chrome and Edge.
  - black6 8y ago
    Chrome will do it, but Google doesn't like to make it easy for you to remove content/noise. In Windows you have to add --enable-dom-distiller to the end of "Target" in the shortcut properties. Then it shows up as "Distill page" in the drop-down menu. Edge has reader mode, but it won't work for every webpage (seems to not work for the noisiest ones, where you really want it).
- nerdponx 8y ago
  The "reader mode" in Safari and Firefox is pretty good.
  - vanderZwan 8y ago
    Now if only we could directly open articles in text mode, and save ourselves the pain of loading (or at least rendering) all the crap first. Like a right-click menu option next to the "Open in new tab/window/private tab" options
    - nerdponx 8y ago
      As far as I can tell, the Firefox reader mode algorithm needs the entire page loaded in order to figure out what part of the page is actual content. It's necessary because nowadays you can't tell from the HTML alone.
      - vanderZwan 8y ago
        I guess that makes sense, but even then: loading is not the same as rendering to screen. I don't know which of the two is the bigger drain on resources in mobile, but it can still help.
jks 8y ago
In Finland I get historytv.fi. Google Cache to the rescue: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26rjeu4J:www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fi http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26r...
vain 8y ago
Redirects to https://www.history.co.uk/ https://www.history.co.uk/ for me. Stupid. Google's cache works. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26rjeu4J:www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26r...
vpegado 8y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20180613121726/https://www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse https://web.archive.org/web/20180613121726/https://www.histo...
soneca 8y ago
Redirects to www.seuhistory.com for me (brazilian version of the History Channel's site). This site is terrible. I tried to read another article from US (i assume) version and it is impossible. It redirects to your localized site (where there are different articles and posts) and doesn't let you choose. Horrible UX

yk 8y ago

Redirects to history.de for me. (Which is correct in some geofencing sense, using a vpn solves the problem.) Sort of fun to have a light challenge to obtain documents THEY (history.com) don't want you to see.

skjerns 8y ago

I'm in the Netherlands, and have the same problem

bthrm 8y ago

Same here in Spain. Utterly retarded.

scrp 8y ago

Redirects to www.historytv.se in sweden

shawn 8y ago

For everyone having trouble accessing the article, here's a paste: https://pastebin.com/raw/S229NyJW https://pastebin.com/raw/S229NyJW Actually, it's interesting reading an article with just text and nothing else. It kind of makes me want a text-based browser mode that works on modern sites.

dao- 8y ago
You mean Reader View? I believe Safari pioneered this, Firefox has it too. Not sure about Chrome and Edge.
- black6 8y ago
  Chrome will do it, but Google doesn't like to make it easy for you to remove content/noise. In Windows you have to add --enable-dom-distiller to the end of "Target" in the shortcut properties. Then it shows up as "Distill page" in the drop-down menu. Edge has reader mode, but it won't work for every webpage (seems to not work for the noisiest ones, where you really want it).
nerdponx 8y ago
The "reader mode" in Safari and Firefox is pretty good.
- vanderZwan 8y ago
  Now if only we could directly open articles in text mode, and save ourselves the pain of loading (or at least rendering) all the crap first. Like a right-click menu option next to the "Open in new tab/window/private tab" options
  - nerdponx 8y ago
    As far as I can tell, the Firefox reader mode algorithm needs the entire page loaded in order to figure out what part of the page is actual content. It's necessary because nowadays you can't tell from the HTML alone.
    - vanderZwan 8y ago
      I guess that makes sense, but even then: loading is not the same as rendering to screen. I don't know which of the two is the bigger drain on resources in mobile, but it can still help.

jks 8y ago

In Finland I get historytv.fi. Google Cache to the rescue: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26rjeu4J:www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fi http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26r...

vain 8y ago

Redirects to https://www.history.co.uk/ https://www.history.co.uk/ for me. Stupid. Google's cache works. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26rjeu4J:www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ehTZ26r...

vpegado 8y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20180613121726/https://www.history.com/news/ancient-clan-wars-male-chromosome-collapse https://web.archive.org/web/20180613121726/https://www.histo...

soneca 8y ago

Redirects to www.seuhistory.com for me (brazilian version of the History Channel's site). This site is terrible. I tried to read another article from US (i assume) version and it is impossible. It redirects to your localized site (where there are different articles and posts) and doesn't let you choose. Horrible UX