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The Safari Reader Arms Race

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the prefer-paper-rock-scissors dept.

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. Forcing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Safari 5, is essentially trying to force an ebook style interface onto the web reading experience"

    Uhhhhh - you know it's not the default viewing format, right? So "forcing" is a bit leading.

  2. Re:Hype! by ifrag · · Score: 5, Informative

    some other ad-blocking solution

    For use on OS-X, probably using glimmerblocker. Nice for those using multiple browsers since it runs as proxy. Also never becomes incompatible between Safari versions (add-on experience in Safari has been less than ideal during transitions).

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