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I see people have proposed either Safari's or Firefox' Reader modes as a stop-gap. I know at some point Firefox offered an ability to define custom CSS to use

I see people have proposed either Safari's or Firefox' Reader modes as a stop-gap. I know at some point Firefox offered an ability to define custom CSS to use for all the pages, but I guess that's hidden underneath some about:config options today — I can only see the option to disallow use of custom fonts by a web page. I would like to see someone implement a bare-bones CSS for the modern web that's easy to customize using these browser features. It seems what I am thinking about is userContent.css: http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserContent.css&printable=yes http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserContent.css&pr...

_jal 6y ago
I wish someone would write the "missing preferences panel" for Firefox.
- bbarnett 6y ago
  It'd be a nightmare to maintain, as Firefox devs inexplicably and randomly rename config names, sometimes modify their purpose, or just plain remove them.
extra88 6y ago
Yes, being able to specify a user stylesheet was common in early browsers. Now there are extensions to provide a GUI and to manage different styles for different domains. It was always somewhat difficult to maintain custom styles beyond things browsers still let you set like fonts but it’s harder now because it’s so common for developers to not use appropriate semantic HTML.
- necovek 6y ago
  It's funny you call that "early browsers": from the perspective of today, you are absolutely right! I just remember CSS getting introduced (was it late 90s?) and think of things like Netscape 4.0 as "middle age browsers" (with 3.0 ending the early age — I am sure others would call that a middle age browser too, but I did not get to experience Mosaic and such), but I think I need to recalibrate my sense of history here :)
saagarjha 6y ago
Safari still has this in its preferences, surprisingly.

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I see people have proposed either Safari's or Firefox' Reader modes as a stop-gap. I know at some point Firefox offered an ability to define custom CSS to use

by necovek 6y ago

_jal 6y ago
I wish someone would write the "missing preferences panel" for Firefox.
- bbarnett 6y ago
  It'd be a nightmare to maintain, as Firefox devs inexplicably and randomly rename config names, sometimes modify their purpose, or just plain remove them.
extra88 6y ago
Yes, being able to specify a user stylesheet was common in early browsers. Now there are extensions to provide a GUI and to manage different styles for different domains. It was always somewhat difficult to maintain custom styles beyond things browsers still let you set like fonts but it’s harder now because it’s so common for developers to not use appropriate semantic HTML.
- necovek 6y ago
  It's funny you call that "early browsers": from the perspective of today, you are absolutely right! I just remember CSS getting introduced (was it late 90s?) and think of things like Netscape 4.0 as "middle age browsers" (with 3.0 ending the early age — I am sure others would call that a middle age browser too, but I did not get to experience Mosaic and such), but I think I need to recalibrate my sense of history here :)
saagarjha 6y ago
Safari still has this in its preferences, surprisingly.