What triggers Safari's Reader detection?
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From: Chris Ridd on 9 Jun 2010 08:34 On 2010-06-09 13:29:08 +0100, Jim said: > On 2010-06-09, Basil Jet <johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> Now we just need to figure out what, exactly, triggers it. >>> >>> Jim >> >> The amount of text. Similar pages from the same website will have the >> reader on the page with more text. > > I don't think that's it. I linked to two Daily Mash articles yesterday of > similar size and layout. _Very_ similar. One triggered it, the other didn't. There's a bookmarklet at <http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/> which is supposed to do something similar. Perhaps there are clues in it? -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Jun 2010 09:01 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > So it does. I was suffering from small boy "Where are my socks?" > > syndrome, couldn't see what was right in front of my face. > > Makes two of us then. Well I still can't see it. A plonker's guide, please? -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 9 Jun 2010 09:05 On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:01:50 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> > So it does. I was suffering from small boy "Where are my socks?" >> > syndrome, couldn't see what was right in front of my face. >> >> Makes two of us then. > >Well I still can't see it. A plonker's guide, please? Right hand end of the URL field, a "Reader" grey button exists when Safari thinks it's useful. Eg, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/safari_5_reader/ gets one once it's finished loading. I *really* like the way it's bright enough to dip through "next page" links. Cheers - Jaimie -- It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it's a scavenger hunt.
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Jun 2010 09:37 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > Right hand end of the URL field, a "Reader" grey button exists when > Safari thinks it's useful. Golly yes, so it does. One reason I was having a hgard time finding it was that sometimes, it doesn't. I also find it easier to read articles in the original format. -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 9 Jun 2010 09:41
On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:37:32 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> Right hand end of the URL field, a "Reader" grey button exists when >> Safari thinks it's useful. > >Golly yes, so it does. One reason I was having a hgard time finding it >was that sometimes, it doesn't. > >I also find it easier to read articles in the original format. It's *very* different, isn't it? Feels more like reading something that ought to be dry and academic, must be the typeface and sparsenesss. Cheers - Jaimie -- Thank you for your input. Now, if you have something substantive to bring to the discussion, kindly do. Otherwise, isn't there an eternal flamefest that would peter out if you won't keep feeding it? -- Cosmin Corbea, r.a.b |