Hi: Thank you. What is the Mac Access list? On Apr 23, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Sarai, > > On Apr 23, 2011, at 10:28, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > >> All: >> I just figured out how to use Safari reader, command shift r. My issue is it >> doesn't work every time. Why won't it work on all articles? >> > Safari Reader actually borrowed an algorithm from the folks who ran the Arc90 > lab experiment site for "Readability", a project to provide a > distraction-free reading experience on-line. The answer is that on a page > with lots of different blocks of content, it's not always clear which set of > text is an article. Even in the current format, using Safari Reader will > often give you the main article, but not the reader comments, although a link > to a printer-friendly version of the same page, when provided, would give you > both. This was discussed on the mac-access list back in February. I'll > excerpt from a section of one of my posts, dated February 21, Subject was > Re: "Readability" in Safari [was Re: Web Pages In Mobile iOS browsers]: > <begin except> >> James wrote: >> >>> As well as the Readability bookmarklet, which we still need to try, you can >>> also use Command_Shift+R to bring up an article in the "Safari Reader". >>> This doesn't always work however, and I'm not sure how Safari decides what >>> constitutes an article. FYI, the "Safari Reader" produces a clutter-free >>> page, much like the bookmarklet and only provides you with the links that >>> are relevant to the article you're reading. >> >> James, this is another great tip. I'll add that the reason this Safari 5 >> feature is much like the bookmarklet is that Apple incorporated parts of the >> earlier open source Readability code version that lab.arc90.com developed >> for the bookmarklet into the "Safari Reader" feature. I think you'll find >> that you can continue to use the "Readability" bookmarklet in some instances >> where the Command-Shift-R shortcut for "Safari Reader" doesn't work. The >> other reason for posting about the bookmarklet, is that it allows use of a >> high contrast background for low vision users while the "Safari Reader" >> options cannot be customized. It can also be used with other web browsers >> on both desktop and mobile platforms. (This is in case you're tracking the >> progress of Opera, or using browsers cross-platform on a desktop. On the >> iPhone, some people are using the "Atomic Browser" app to get the "desktop" >> version of web sites on the iPhone, instead of viewing the "mobile only" >> version from Safari, or using this on the iPad because there is a simple >> control to change viewed font sizes. While the app is VoiceOver accessible, >> and will let you change the identity of your browser to "Safari Desktop" and >> others, you may still want to simplify the displayed article.) >> >> If you want to read a discussion about how the "Readability" bookmarklet >> decides what is article, there's a nice post on the stackoverflow.com page. >> I'll give a link, but since it's really long and might wrap, you may just >> want to Google "stackoverflow readability algorithm". Incidentally, this >> page is an example of where you can use the "Readability" bookmarklet, but >> not the "Safari Reader" shortcut to read an uncluttered version of the >> article. The URL address for this post is: >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3652657/what-algorithm-does-readability-use-for-extracting-text-from-urls >> Here's a shortened link: >> http://bit.ly/hICd5F > <end excerpt> > > You can also visit the web site for Readability at: > https://www.readability.com/ > Be aware that as of February, this project was spun off into a subscription > service for reading web content. You can visit the site, and navigate to the > link for "Download our free add-on". That will take you to a page that will > let you add a "Read Now" button to your Safari toolbar. I like using the > original "Read Now" bookmarklet better, because I can use it with my mobile > Safari devices when I sync bookmarks. That's particularly easy to use with > the iPad, if I show my Bookmarks Bar, and have this bookmarklet saved to that > location. Also, on my Mac I can use the Readability bookmarklet with a > shortcut like Command-1 (if it's the first bookmark on my Booksmarks Bar), > and keep my toolbar and bookmarks bar hidden. This is, perhaps, a minor > consideration, but makes using item chooser menu less cluttered. It's just a > few more steps to navigate to the "Read Now" button on the toolbar, but you > could set a hot spot. > > If you want to set up the old "Read Now" bookmarklet, you can either get > sighted assistance to drag and drop the bookmarklet from the web page: > https://www.readability.com/bookmarklets > onto your Bookmarks bar, or you can find instructions in the February > mac-access list archives for how to set this up yourself with VoiceOver. > While there are only a few steps, it would be difficult to quickly explain > here. The reason is that when they set up the new Readability site, all > earlier links to the arc90 lab site with the bookmarklet got re-directed to > the new site, so only the Spanish version of the original arc90 lab site > still has the bookmarklet. The current bookmarklet page, has an > accessibility error, where you can navigate to where the actual location of > the link to copy it, when you move to it with VoiceOver. I don't think they > intend for people to use that page, since it only showed up as a link from > their main page for a few days the main page was redesigned. > > For information on joining the mac-access list and viewing its archives, > visit: > http://www.mac-access.net/ > or go directly to the link for their mailing lists at: > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/Mailing-Lists.html > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
