Why use this over Reading Mode?
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
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My use case is to access text and link content on a web page anonymously over Tor without getting blocked by Cloudflare.
Quite elaborate, but fair enough
I don’t think all websites supports read mode.
Good point. Though I have to say, I'm not a fan of what uBlock Origin shows me when visiting Textise
Does textise support what Reader mode doesn't? If reader mode can't determine the central content, does textise have more logic to so so?
Given the wording I also want to point out a website doesn't have to actively explicitly support reader mode. They only have to follow html website standards marking their content - a general accessibility approach too.
Technically, you’re correct.
However, many websites doesn’t follow the appropriate HTML standards and just abuse h1 and p.
I just tried it with Google.com and it seems to remove all html notations other than text.
It useful in some cases such as wordpress one-page websites which have their story, mission, products, etc..
Another issue with reader mode is that it often doesn't work with comment sections (which I often download for reading on my e-reader).
I prefer Tranquility Reader add-on (no need for a 3rd party service). Firefox' native Reader Mod is not compatible with addons, like translation ones. Tranquility Reader is a bit more configurable too, but that's just an extra.
Does the new natively integrated translation feature work with it?
Update: The native local translation is indeed compatible with Tranquility Reader add-on. They work with both combinations of:
- First translate the page, then enable Tranquility mode
- First enable Tranquility mode, then translate the page
See screenshot
Good to know, that's pretty cool then
EDIT-2: It works
EDIT: I was wrong, as pointed below, it's a core feature: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation
~~If you mean the official addon Firefox Translations (AFAIK there is no real native translation on FF, but let me know if I'm wrong), I just did a quick test and it seems to work.~~
See screenshot
Version 118 integrated translations based on this exact addon, I believe. Same project behind it, Bergamot
Also why does Android not have this? I keep going to press it and nothing's there
Just tried it in Firefox for Android and it worked for me.
https://Lemmy.world !textise
opened up to
https://www.textise.net/showText.aspx?strURL=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2F
That could be very useful when using a text-based web browser (e.g. TUI)
This also seems to be great for low-bandwidth mobile connections. The advantage over reader mode here is that only the plain text is sent and not all the images, large styles and scripts...