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One of the little feature of reader mode I love is, if you time it correctly (before loading all javascript of the page) you can skip a lot of prompts ( subscri

One of the little feature of reader mode I love is, if you time it correctly (before loading all javascript of the page) you can skip a lot of prompts ( subscribe to read / monthly limit reached and so on )

ethbr0 5y ago
Try hard refreshing the page after you're in reader mode.
mywittyname 5y ago
It's only a matter of time before sites start rolling out anti-reader mode "features."
- egypturnash 5y ago
  It's already been done. Wired, for instance, only shows you the first paragraph of a story until you've made an account and logged in, even in reader mode.
  - rawling 5y ago
    Surely that's just any halfway-competent pay/sign-up wall, rather than specifically anti-reader mode?
    - satellite2 5y ago
      Not necessarily as they still want to be referenced properly. The workaround was to whitelist Google's spider ips and remove the paywall for those but with the progress of other search engine / social nets it's more complicated to paywall without hurting SEO.
      - matheusmoreira 5y ago
        > The workaround was to whitelist Google's spider ips and remove the paywall for those Isn't that against Google's own policies? I think they call it cloaking.
    - dredmorbius 5y ago
      For sites dependent on link-aggregator sites (such as HN, Tildes, Mastodon, Diaspora, etc.)[1] for spreading and sharing content, hard paywalls tend to very strongly discourage further readership and sharing. I'm aware that HN has multiple levels of penalties applied to sites / domains, for various reasons. Users may also flag inaccessible content. (I certainly do.) ________________________________ Notes: 1. If you've determined that "etc." is doing much heavy lifting here, congratulations. The resources listed are highly encouraged.
    - egypturnash 5y ago
      If you wanna split hairs, sure. "Breaking reader mode" is a component of an access wall. For a while a lot of sites didn't have that, so reader mode would work to skip all that.
- nsxwolf 5y ago
  I stopped using these modes years ago because of inconsistent results that I assume must be from reader-blocking tech.
  - marssaxman 5y ago
    I stopped using those sites, instead. I figure that if they're so far up in themselves that they want to employ such user-hostile design, I'm probably not missing much if I just move on and read something else.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  It's already happenning. Just like adblockers, anything that makes life better for users is actively fought against.
dunnevens 5y ago
If you're on Firefox, there's an extension called Auto Reader Mode which saves you the game of "click reader mode before the popups appear." Though I guess this extension is less useful now that many sites are purposely breaking reader mode.

ethbr0 5y ago

Try hard refreshing the page after you're in reader mode.

mywittyname 5y ago

It's only a matter of time before sites start rolling out anti-reader mode "features."

egypturnash 5y ago
It's already been done. Wired, for instance, only shows you the first paragraph of a story until you've made an account and logged in, even in reader mode.
- rawling 5y ago
  Surely that's just any halfway-competent pay/sign-up wall, rather than specifically anti-reader mode?
  - satellite2 5y ago
    Not necessarily as they still want to be referenced properly. The workaround was to whitelist Google's spider ips and remove the paywall for those but with the progress of other search engine / social nets it's more complicated to paywall without hurting SEO.
    - matheusmoreira 5y ago
      > The workaround was to whitelist Google's spider ips and remove the paywall for those Isn't that against Google's own policies? I think they call it cloaking.
  - dredmorbius 5y ago
    For sites dependent on link-aggregator sites (such as HN, Tildes, Mastodon, Diaspora, etc.)[1] for spreading and sharing content, hard paywalls tend to very strongly discourage further readership and sharing. I'm aware that HN has multiple levels of penalties applied to sites / domains, for various reasons. Users may also flag inaccessible content. (I certainly do.) ________________________________ Notes: 1. If you've determined that "etc." is doing much heavy lifting here, congratulations. The resources listed are highly encouraged.
  - egypturnash 5y ago
    If you wanna split hairs, sure. "Breaking reader mode" is a component of an access wall. For a while a lot of sites didn't have that, so reader mode would work to skip all that.
nsxwolf 5y ago
I stopped using these modes years ago because of inconsistent results that I assume must be from reader-blocking tech.
- marssaxman 5y ago
  I stopped using those sites, instead. I figure that if they're so far up in themselves that they want to employ such user-hostile design, I'm probably not missing much if I just move on and read something else.
matheusmoreira 5y ago
It's already happenning. Just like adblockers, anything that makes life better for users is actively fought against.

dunnevens 5y ago

If you're on Firefox, there's an extension called Auto Reader Mode which saves you the game of "click reader mode before the popups appear." Though I guess this extension is less useful now that many sites are purposely breaking reader mode.