Firefox Reader View is a feature added to Firefox 38.0.5 which incorporates the readability.js addon plugin into the core Firefox program module. This feature processes URL pages to remove non-textual content and enlarges and centres the remaining textual content, primarily for easier reading on mobile + small screen devices.
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How does Firefox reader view operate
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I am looking for the criteria by which I can create a webpage and be [fairly] sure it will appear in the Firefox Reader
View, if user desired.
Some sites have this option, some do not. Some with more text do not have this option than…

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Optimize website to show reader view in Firefox
Firefox 38.0.5 added a "Reader View" to the address bar:
But not all sites get this icon, It only appears when readable content page is detected. So how do I enable this for my site?
I tried media print and an extra stylesheet for print-view, but…

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How to edit CSS / Styling of Firefox Reader View
I want to include a font of my choice in Firefox Reader View Styling.
Please let me know if Firefox uses a local CSS file for styling or it is located somewhere else?
Moreover What is the CSS File name Firefox uses for Reader View and how can I…

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How to disable firefox's reader view from my website?
Today i updated my firefox to the latest version and one big feature is the reader view for desktop. We launched a webshop two weeks ago and now there is this tiny "reader view" icon. When i click on it i get an error-message. My team-leader wants…

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Provide an equivalent to Firefox's reader view from the site itself
I would like to provide a feature which is very similar to Firefox's reader view for all browsers by embedding it into the site I'm working on, such that it can be enabled by clicking on a switch, or something similar.
I found Mozilla's Readability…

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How can my add-on interface with Firefox Reader View?
I did not find any references to Reader View in any of the SDK APIs listed in the documentation. In particular, I want to enter Reader View automatically, on page load, as long as a toggle button in my add-on is checked. How can I send this message…

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Reader view breaks Javascript protecting images from right-click
I know protecting images is far from foolproof. However, clients ask for it, so I have Javascript on a site which is designed to prevent right-click saving/downloading.
It appears that Reader View ignores both the Javascript and the site's CSS. I…

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Force reader view in browser / Modify the content of all a tags in JS
first time posting on here. Let me preface this by saying that I am not that well versed in JS yet.
I am trying to write a simple JavaScript script that forces reader view for clear viewing of a linked webpage (DOM manipulation). I was looking…

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How to Disable Browser Reader view for WordPress site
I want to disable browser reader view in my wordpress website for all users. how can I do this.
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If user clicks on browser Reader View, then how to redirect to a specific page?

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HTML Minification kills Reader view?
I was trying to get Safari's reader mode to work on the website that I'm working on, there's not much of information about it, but when pushing the site up, I realise that I cannot see the reader mode anymore because when I push it it automatically…

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