Saturday, June 26, 2021

Got Reader Mode? Sure you do, you just don't know where to look

 If you're on Windows 10, you have Immersive Reader Mode in the Edge browser.  Edge is the blue/green wave icon on the Taskbar that looks sorta like a lower-case 'e' which is the replacement for Internet Explorer.  Let's explore this.

But first, Firefox also has Reader View.  Oh, Chrome has several variations but none of them are as good as Firefox's or Edge's versions.

So, in Edge, before enabling Immersive Reader Mode (see cursor arrow with text hint):

Edge, without Reader Mode enabled



And the same page, with Reader Mode enabled (clicking on the icon toggles Reader Mode on & off):

Edge, with Reader Mode enabled

Not everyone reads articles online but, if you do, it cuts out so much clutter and distractions.  

Note that Firefox's icon to toggle Reader Mode is in the similar place in the Address Bar and only appears when a page can be enabled.