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Firefox USED to allow accessing reader mode by prepending the url with 'about:reader?url='. This doesn't work anymore and I don't know what to use instead. Ther
by aimor 5y ago
Firefox USED to allow accessing reader mode by prepending the url with 'about:reader?url='. This doesn't work anymore and I don't know what to use instead. There is a reader mode button that toggles it on and off, but some websites redirect or change the content before I can click the button. Sometimes the button just doesn't appear (why not, reader mode usually works fine). Refreshing the page sometimes works, if the website doesn't redirect or change the address.
Is there some other way to force reader mode before the page load?
- Arnavion 5y ago>Firefox USED to allow accessing reader mode by prepending the url with 'about:reader?url='. This doesn't work anymore and I don't know what to use instead. Prepending `about:reader?url=` works for me, but only for pages that Firefox shows the button on anyway. For pages where it doesn't show a button, prepending `about:reader?url=` says "Failed to load article from page", which is to be expected because... >Sometimes the button just doesn't appear (why not, reader mode usually works fine). ... the Reader Mode script uses heuristics to identify if the document has an article. So it can't work on a document where it can't find an article to extract.
- aimor 5y agoThat's interesting, maybe this is the results of a change regarding when the button is shown, or simply in how reader mode works? Previously we have had success in forcing reader mode when the option is not available. See, for example: https://www.howtogeek.com/268116/is-there-a-way-to-force-enable-reader-view-in-mozilla-firefox/ https://www.howtogeek.com/268116/is-there-a-way-to-force-ena...