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I wish I could set reader mode as the default experience. Then, I’d click on something to load the full experience when I know/think it’s needed (and perhaps ha

I wish I could set reader mode as the default experience. Then, I’d click on something to load the full experience when I know/think it’s needed (and perhaps have my browser remember that choice). Currently, I can only enable reader mode after my browser has loaded all the shit I don’t want loaded.

Veen 8y ago
You can enable reader mode by default on Safari. It's in Preferences -> Websites -> Reader.
- bobwaycott 8y ago
  No way. That’s incredible. Edit: Awww, so close. Sadly, I can see Safari still loads all the crap. So I'd still have to disable/enable JS manually, and have other blocking in place for the extraneous requests that don't belong in a reader view. Maybe one day.
kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
NoScript
- bobwaycott 8y ago
  Yeah, NoScript isn't news to me. I'm talking about what I wish a browser would do--out of the box, by default, zero config and third-party add-ons required.
  - zlynx 8y ago
    Web developers start writing browser sniffers and ad-block complainer scripts so that your default browser becomes useless. If they can't force you to watch their ads they just want you to go away. I mean, just look at the backlash against AMP.
opencl 8y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-reader-view/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-rea...
- bobwaycott 8y ago
  Yeah, I know there are extensions for this. I was talking about what I wish for--browsers blocking all the extraneous requests by default and just showing me the page content alone in reader view without downloading all the additional crap.
  - Kalium 8y ago
    It's worth considering that one of the many, many wonderful things about the modern internet and modern browsers is that you don't have to sit and wait passively for someone to deliver the experience you want to you. You have everything you need to make Firefox or Chromium do it for you! Then you can share it with others, and they can have the automagic, fresh-from-the-box, on-by-default experience you would like.
    - bobwaycott 8y ago
      I've been doing this internet thing for nearly 25 years now. I'm not ignorant of all the things I can do on the "modern" internet or browsers. I'm not waiting around passively for someone to deliver experiences I want--I build software, ffs. I made a simple statement about what I wish browsers did by default. That means no extensions. That means that--unless I'm going to fork a browser to build it myself--building yet another extension to do these things in a sea of extensions that do these things still doesn't change what I wish browsers offered by default. You're now the 3rd person who has appeared to misunderstand the intent of my comment(s).
      - Kalium 8y ago
        Please accept my apologies. I fully understood your comment, your point, and your desire. I was attempting to encourage you (and anyone less experienced reading along at home) to push the world that exists in the direction of the world you want, rather than imply any ignorance on your part. It's far, far too easy for people to treat technology as artifacts handed down from the gods that can only be passively accepted.

Veen 8y ago

You can enable reader mode by default on Safari. It's in Preferences -> Websites -> Reader.

bobwaycott 8y ago
No way. That’s incredible. Edit: Awww, so close. Sadly, I can see Safari still loads all the crap. So I'd still have to disable/enable JS manually, and have other blocking in place for the extraneous requests that don't belong in a reader view. Maybe one day.

kevin_thibedeau 8y ago

NoScript

bobwaycott 8y ago
Yeah, NoScript isn't news to me. I'm talking about what I wish a browser would do--out of the box, by default, zero config and third-party add-ons required.
- zlynx 8y ago
  Web developers start writing browser sniffers and ad-block complainer scripts so that your default browser becomes useless. If they can't force you to watch their ads they just want you to go away. I mean, just look at the backlash against AMP.

opencl 8y ago

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-reader-view/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-rea...

bobwaycott 8y ago
Yeah, I know there are extensions for this. I was talking about what I wish for--browsers blocking all the extraneous requests by default and just showing me the page content alone in reader view without downloading all the additional crap.
- Kalium 8y ago
  It's worth considering that one of the many, many wonderful things about the modern internet and modern browsers is that you don't have to sit and wait passively for someone to deliver the experience you want to you. You have everything you need to make Firefox or Chromium do it for you! Then you can share it with others, and they can have the automagic, fresh-from-the-box, on-by-default experience you would like.
  - bobwaycott 8y ago
    I've been doing this internet thing for nearly 25 years now. I'm not ignorant of all the things I can do on the "modern" internet or browsers. I'm not waiting around passively for someone to deliver experiences I want--I build software, ffs. I made a simple statement about what I wish browsers did by default. That means no extensions. That means that--unless I'm going to fork a browser to build it myself--building yet another extension to do these things in a sea of extensions that do these things still doesn't change what I wish browsers offered by default. You're now the 3rd person who has appeared to misunderstand the intent of my comment(s).
    - Kalium 8y ago
      Please accept my apologies. I fully understood your comment, your point, and your desire. I was attempting to encourage you (and anyone less experienced reading along at home) to push the world that exists in the direction of the world you want, rather than imply any ignorance on your part. It's far, far too easy for people to treat technology as artifacts handed down from the gods that can only be passively accepted.