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Playing the devil's advocate: Why is Firefox Reader mode not good enough?

And also please note that Mozilla has their algorithm in the open here: https://github.com/mozilla/readability



It is good enough for many people and readability.js is re-used in many other projects. I'm really grateful for it.

Unclutter just produces more visually pleasing results by keeping the original style of the website intact.

Here's a side-by-side comparison: https://github.com/lindylearn/unclutter/blob/main/docs/compa...


I just wish we could remove the toolbar that I don't need yet is permanently stuck at the top.


It may be possible to hide that with custom user styles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1069513

Looking at that link, wow -- I didn't realise the Firefox reader existed for over 7 years now.


I have tried that in the past but it didn't work. Undocumented workarounds like this don't age well over seven years!




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