Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by southerndrift on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:11AM
(#17513485)
It comes down to chrome not supporting various css styles per site [1]. Other browsers have a menu option to load alternative styles if a site provides them.
[1] https://www.thesitewizard.com/css/switch-alternate-css-style...
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by pmlnr on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:37AM
(#17513592)
sorry, what?
you can just include the <style> on the server side, where you render the page.
Or do what I did, <style media="none"> and turn it on with a js click, store the value in cookie/localstorage for which <style> needs to be on.
I also don't really understand how this connects to the topic.
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by southerndrift on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:43AM
(#17514430)
That creates the same functionality for one page but leaves the end-user unaware of the general duality of content and style. Choosing a style from a browser menu is not perfect but it is a hint for the end-user to see that each and every page can be rendered differently quite easily. Without that knowledge, end-users take the given layout as an unchangeable necessity and don't expect several styles for their blogging system or a page without a nag bar.
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by pmlnr on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:26PM
(#17519128)
Ah. I wasn't referring to end user choices, I was talking about publisher design choices.
Medium.com is a platform, where your control is negligable. Earlier hosts, such as blogger, allowed you to theme your blog, you magazine, just like a completely owned site would.
My comment has nothing to do with end user, or in-browser themeing.
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by slig on Thursday July 12, 2018 @05:48AM
(#17513248)
We can only hope it goes the same way as posterous did.
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by Accioni on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:42AM
(#17513394)
Pepperidge farm remembers
Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable
by reciprocity on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:36PM
(#17528012)
Please put more substance in your comments.
I know this extension is to read, not to write, but if most writers just have used, say, Hugo, we'd not be here.