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The Safari Reader Arms Race

JimLynch writes "Apple, by adding Reader to Safari 5, is essentially trying to force an e-book style interface onto the web reading experience. It will never work out over the long haul because web publishers will resist and the end result will be an arms race, with publishers on one side and Apple on the other." Another unmentioned issue is that sometimes it doesn't work. I've found pages where content is omitted from the reader UI.

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  1. That Is a Feature by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've found pages where content is omitted from the reader UI.

    Yeah, that's how it's supposed to work. You see, we did some lengthy behavioral studies and it turns out that t



    hich proves and brings me to the scientifically irrefutable conclusion that the average user actually doesn't use up to 90% of the content they view. After learning our lesson with AT&T, we're all about efficiently utilizing networks and battery power on mobile devices here at Apple. Actually it has saved so much time and resources, we're even eating our own dog food and Apple's networks have been optim

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    1. Re:That Is a Feature by BobMcD · · Score: 4, Funny

      The web site owners have reason to be peeved - if the user uses reader extensively, for web sites that are ad-based, they have no revenue stream.

      No revenue stream? I'm sure Apple will sell them iAds, so what could possibly be the problem?

      lol

  2. Re:Force? by Duradin · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's from Apple, it's an option, therefore it is mandatory.

  3. "It'll never work" by BlueBoxSW.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... says the guy that can't get his PHP page to function without error.

  4. Re:Arms Race by hedwards · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because it pokes you in the eye with a stick if you see something not approved by Steve Jobs, duh.