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Re:Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-ban... by throwawaynay on Thursday February 24, 2022 @10:18AM (#30455657)
Do you think there is a market for an extension/service that allow you to browse any site in a lite version?(not by just blocking all optional files...but by adapting the site automatically)
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Re:Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-ban... by tentacleuno on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:33AM (#30456687)
That sort of exists in Firefox with its built-in reader mode[0].

[0]: https://www.howtogeek.com/352267/how-to-use-the-reader-view-... (used this one instead of the official Mozilla one, since this one shows what reader mode looks like.)

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Re:Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-ban... by AdmiralAsshat on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:54PM (#30458680)
Reader Mode is really best-suited for longform article consumption, IMO. So reading an individual article in CNN works well in Reader Mode, but you wouldn't want to necessarily browsing the whole site that way. I'm not sure it would even work.

(EDIT: Nope. Front page doesn't even show the option. I believe Firefox expects some kind of meta tag to let it know that the page in question has a clearly-defined article/content body.)

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