Reading articles in a special reading mode is much easier, more convenient and more enjoyable than in the usual way. That is why there are browser extensions that allow you to put an article into reading mode and read it like text from a piece of paper. Gradually, this functionality is transferred to the browsers themselves in the form of built-in features. So, there is a reading mode, which is still being tested, but is already quite functional ..
How to Activate Reading Mode in Google Chrome
To enable reading mode in Chrome, you need to add an additional command line parameter:
--enable-dom-distiller
Opening the shortcut properties
If you launch the browser from the "Taskbar"
Right-click on the Chrome shortcut on the taskbar. Then also right-click on the Google Chrome item, which is located third from the bottom (as shown in the picture below).
In the menu that appears, select "Properties".
If you launch the browser from the "Desktop"
Right-click on the Chrome shortcut and select " Properties". After that, the shortcut properties window will open, which you need to add.
Adding a parameter to the launch line
In the window that appears, find the field " An object» and at the end of the line, after a space, add the parameter --enable-dom-distiller. An example is shown in the picture below.
When finished editing, press the button OK».
It remains only to restart the browser and the new reading mode will be activated.
How to enable Reader Mode in Google Chrome
Activating reading mode in Chrome so far still requires a little more effort than just clicking a button on the browser toolbar. Due to the fact that this mode is still being tested, its launch has not yet been added to a prominent place.
However, it's not hard to get started. You have to click on the button Menu" on the top right (its second name is "hamburger" because of the horizontal stripes that vaguely resemble this food product) and select the item " Shrink page". After that, the page will be filtered and only the main article will remain in it.
This is how the article "" usually looks like in normal mode.
And this is how it will look in reading mode in the Google Chrome browser.
As you can see, after turning on the reading mode, reading the material is much more convenient and easier, since all other elements are turned off.
To return to normal view mode, simply click on the " Back» browser.
If the item "Compress page" did not appear for you
Most likely your browser is still running. Make sure there is no browser icon in the system tray.
If it is there, then use the right mouse button to call up the context menu, select the “Exit” item, and only then launch it again using the shortcut for which the read mode activation parameter has been added.
Reading mode is the safety of vision, concentration and aesthetic pleasure. In this mode, web pages in the browser window are cleared of ads, menus, sidebars and other site elements that are not directly related to the main publication. The article appears before the reader in a readable format - with the right type of text on the right background of the web page.
Below we will get acquainted with the regular reading modes of some browsers. We will also consider universal solutions - reading modes that are built into browsers using special extensions.
1. Regular reading mode in the Maxthon browser
Reading mode as a regular feature first appeared in the Safari browser, and then was implemented in the Maxthon browser. In Maxthon, the Reader Mode button appears at the end of the browser's address bar when the browser is in Ultra mode (powered by the WebKit engine).
The reading mode in this browser is customizable: you can choose the width of the text block on the page, background color, font, there is a so-called night mode with a dark background. A unique feature of Maxthon is the ability to configure sites to automatically enable reading mode. It turns on itself when the user navigates from the main page of the site to the page with the publication or gets to the latter via a link, for example, from an RSS reader.
2. Regular reading mode in the Microsoft Edge browser
After the Maxthon browser, some users of Windows 8 could get acquainted with the regular reading mode. With this operating system, the Internet Explorer 11 browser was supplied, the tablet Metro version of which provides a simple reading mode. Later, Microsoft developed this idea by implementing a custom reading mode already in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Reading mode is configured in the Microsoft Edge settings. True, you can change a little - the font size and background color.
3. Regular reading mode in the Mozilla Firefox browser
The regular Reading mode in Mozilla Firefox appeared not so long ago, when the not yet fully finalized Microsoft Edge on board the preliminary test version of Windows 10 went to the masses.
In terms of functionality, Reading Mode in Firefox is not far from its counterpart in Microsoft Edge. In "Fire Fox", readers, in addition to changing the background color and size of the text, can also choose a font - with or without serifs. A more functional reading mode in Mozilla Firefox is being implemented using the Clearly extension from Evernote.
4. Regular reading mode in the Google Chrome browser
The creators of the Google Chrome browser also adopted this idea. At the moment, work on the implementation of the regular reading mode in Google Chrome has not yet been completed, but you can test the new option if you wish. True, we won’t even see the minimalism of Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox in it. So far, this is just a function of clearing the browser page from web elements without any chips and settings.
To test the reading mode of Google Chrome, you need to enable the special mode of the browser. You need to open the properties of the Chrome launch shortcut and in the "Object" column, add the following command with a space:
Applies Reading Mode using the Shrink Page command in the Chrome menu.
Probably, upon completion of the development process, the regular reading mode will be able to offer more interesting features, but for now in Google Chrome, as well as in other Chromium browsers, it is better to organize it using the Readability extension from the lazy reading web service of the same name. Chrome and its many clones can also embed Evernote's Clearly extension mentioned above. Let's take a look at these extensions below.
5. Filters for web pages in the Vivaldi browser
Vivaldi, a newcomer to the browser market, does not yet have a built-in reading mode. But this browser already supports installing extensions from the Google Chrome store, so minimalist readers can use the same Readability and Clearly extensions when reading. At the same time, Vivaldi has a lot of unique preset features, including various filters for web pages. To improve the readability of content on web pages, you can use, for example, a flash animation blocking filter and apply a sepia color effect.
Of course, this is not a full-fledged reading mode, but rather a tool in the wings. You can apply night mode type inversion to web pages in the Vivaldi window.
In the Vivaldi window, text on any site on the Internet can be made monospaced by applying the appropriate effect.
6. Reading mode cleanPages with autoscrolling for Opera and Yandex.Browser
Opera and Yandex.Browser do not have a regular reading mode. But it is for these two browsers that the largest selection of plug-ins are provided, offering customizable reading modes.
Indeed, for Opera and Yandex.Browser there is the largest range of extensions in general. Being the brainchild of the Chromium platform, Opera and Yandex.Browser can work with extensions from the Google Chrome store. Opera also has its own extension store. From the same store, you can install extensions in Yandex.Browser. Moreover, the latter is initially ready to install extensions from any store, while in the Opera, you must first implement the Download Chrome Extension from its store, which ensures the adaptation of Chrome extensions.
To implement reading mode in Opera and Yandex.Browser, you can install the Readability extension in the Google Chrome store, and Clearly from Evernote in the Opera store. But the cleanPages extension with the autoscrolling function is presented so far only in the Opera store.
The cleanPages extension is a flexible reading mode. You can adjust the width of the text block, its alignment, font and size, text and background colors, auto-scrolling speed.
Autoscrolling is triggered by the last button on the cleanPages sidebar.
7. Clearly Reading Mode by Evernote
Clearly is perhaps the universal reading mode. This extension can be installed in any Chromium-based browser, in any Firefox clone based on its Gecko engine. If only such a browser supported the installation of extensions from the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox stores.
The Clearly extension is designed to popularize Evernote, while bringing benefits even to those who do not use this web-based note service.
When you click the Clearly button on the browser toolbar, the web page gets rid of unnecessary web elements and turns into a neat page with easy-to-read formatting. The pre-installed Clearly Reading Mode Theme can be changed to two alternatives from Evernote, or you can even customize your own.
On the side ribbon on the right, in addition to the reading mode buttons, there is also an Evernote mini clipper button. Clicking it will send the article to the notes web service in a simplified article format.
In Clearly reading mode, you can make notes with a marker and send the article to Evernote already with notes.
8. Readability mode for Chromium browsers
The Readability extension from the Readability.Com web service offering delayed reading functionality can be installed in the Google Chrome store for any browser that supports the installation of Chrome extensions.
This extension is suitable for those who like to keep many tabs open. Web pages in Readability mode remain even after restarting the browser, and the absence of unnecessary web elements, respectively, speeds up the launch process. Plus, in Readability mode, active tabs use less RAM.
The Readability extension embeds the normal reading mode in the browser.
There are few settings: night mode, a couple of fonts, customizable size.
But a much more interesting extension feature for book lovers is the packaging of Internet articles in the EPUB e-book format. Readability web pages open in Readability can save as .epub files.
E-books created in this way can later be opened in reader applications that provide playback of the EPUB format on computers, tablets, e-readers, smartphones and other devices.
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Sometimes it is necessary to see the entire sheet of the document in full size in order to highlight important points in the text with a marker or add a note. To freely read sheet by sheet and make edits, the reading mode in Word will help. You can turn on Reader Mode as follows:
Exit Reading Mode
After reading the entire text and adding notes, you need to somehow exit the reading mode. In this case, there are two ways. The first is to press the "ESC" button. This key is located above the letter "Yo".
The second method is attentiveness - in the upper right corner of the entire document, there is a "Close" button with a cross. After clicking on it, the document will return from full-screen reading mode to the standard markup mode.
Read-only document
If the document is opened “read-only”, then the “Enable editing” button will help to exit this mode. It is located at the top of the open Word program as an orange notification pop-up.
Note. It is advisable, after making all the changes to the article, to save the file in a separate folder or give a new name to the file.
If, after the steps taken, it was not possible to start editing the file, then try the following method. To remove restrictions from a Word document, you need to right-click on a closed Word file and select "Properties".
Hello, friends! If you spend a lot of time on the Internet, look at various articles on sites such as this one, or maybe it’s more convenient for you to read books online without downloading them to your computer, then the various information that is on the page in addition to the main text is very distracting .
In this article, we will figure out how you can open a page in reading mode in the Yandex browser so that only the text and the necessary settings remain in the window. The browser has its own similar for displaying pages, and you can use various extensions. Now let's talk about this in more detail.
Turn on the built-in reading mode in the Yandex browser
It appeared in Yandex browser quite recently. The button that turns it on appears in the window on the left in the address bar if there is text on the site you have opened. It is very convenient to use it: you do not need to install anything extra, only text with pictures remains on the screen for comfortable viewing of the material.
Open Yandex browser and go to the site where you want to read the text. Then click on the button with the letter "A" and the lines that appeared on the left in the address bar.
After that, the site will open in read mode. A line with basic settings will be shown at the top. It will disappear if you scroll down, and will appear when you hover over the area where it is located. With its help, you can select the necessary settings so that the page is displayed as needed.
The line has the following buttons. "+/-" - increase / decrease the font size.
It is also possible to change the background by clicking on a circle of a suitable color.
You can also change the font style: "Georgia" or "Arial".
Installing an extension for reading pages on the Internet
If you want to use add-ons for Yandex browser, with which you can view the text on the sites you visit, then you need to select the appropriate one in the appropriate directory.
To do this, click on the three horizontal dots in the upper right corner of the browser and select "Add-ons" from the list.
A page will open with a list of all add-ons installed in the browser. Scroll to the very bottom and click on the "Directory of extensions for Yandex.Browser" button.
I chose "Reader View". It has a clear interface and is very easy to use. I enter the selected name in the search bar and press "Enter".
In the next window, click on the "Add to Yandex.Browser" button.
When Reader View is installed, a pop-up window will appear in the upper right corner of the browser. There you will also see its icon: an open gray book.
After that, the site will open in read mode, and the icon itself will turn orange.
At the top left of the site page, there are buttons with the necessary settings.
You can set up a convenient view by clicking on the “Aa” button.
A small menu will open in which you can change the font, reduce or increase the font size, stretch or narrow the text, adjust the line spacing, change the background of the page itself.
How to remove read mode
If you have read the necessary material in the Yandex browser using the reading mode, then to return to the original view of the site, do the following.
In the Reader View extension, you need to click on the button in the form of a cross, at the top left.
To disable the one that is built into the Yandex browser, click on the "Reading Mode" button on the left in the address bar, and you will return to the original view of the page.
As you can see, using the reading mode in Yandex browser is very convenient. And if you do not like the built-in version, you can always install the appropriate extension.
Dear friends, today we will talk about how to make a read-only flash drive and remove this mode. But first of all, we, of course, will draw a little theoretical knowledge that will help answer another question: why do we need such a function? The fact is that many users often find themselves in awkward situations when they need, for example, to remove the read-only mode. And they frantically try to find the answer to this question, but do not pay attention to the fact that such opportunities may be useful to them.
From this review, you will definitely know how to remove read-only mode from a USB flash drive.
Indeed, we periodically do not notice that some sudden problems have some features. Think: since such a mode exists, then it certainly has a purpose, because people use it sometimes. Hence the question to oneself is brewing: can it come in handy? Here, in order to accurately answer it, you need to learn about this function, think a little, and then decide. Therefore, we start with some theoretical part.
So, the "read-only" mode offers to set a limit on some actions with a flash drive. In fact, the features with the option enabled are clear from the name: you have the right to only view files in the installed storage medium. That is, it will be impossible to transfer new ones there, or delete existing ones.
Why might this be needed? For example, if you give a flash drive with photos to your friend or girlfriend, but you are afraid that they may accidentally or in some other way delete the images from there. Then the restriction is set, which we are talking about today, after which they will not be able to do anything with the flash drive. Unless they get mad and format it. Another very important point: such a restriction can sometimes save your flash drive from writing virus programs to it, since write access is closed.
Reasons for the appearance
Of course, this mode is not always set by the user independently. Surely you noticed that he appeared quite unexpectedly. Most likely, this is why you are now trying to remove read-only from the flash drive. Let's look at the causes of this effect in order to prevent a problem in the future:
How to turn it on?
So, if you suddenly need to make a read-only flash drive, then let's look at two ways that will help you do this:
While enabling this feature is easy, changing a read-only flash drive will be a little more difficult. It is worth saying that it all depends on the nature of the appearance. Therefore, we will go from the most harmless causes to the ill-fated work of viruses. If some method does not help you, then go to the next step. Go:
Conclusion
Dear readers, today we have sorted out all the questions regarding the read-only mode of a flash drive: how to make it and remove it, why it could appear. If you could not do anything with the flash drive, then you can use an interesting tip. It is more suitable for people who have photos, videos and documents on the storage medium.
- Photos can be individually opened and screenshots taken. Let these be not original photographs or pictures, but at least they will be safe and sound in this form. Anything is better than nothing, as they say.
- Videos can also be saved in the same way. To do this, you will need to install additional software to capture video from a computer or laptop screen.
- If you have a Word document, for example, you can try copying its text and pasting it into a new file on your desktop. If they are small, then you can dial them again.
We hope that you were able to solve your problem, and also learned additional useful information for yourself, which will be useful in the future. Do not forget to share your opinion, impression, as well as personal experience in the comments. Tell us how you overcame this unpleasant situation, what method helped?
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How to set up and use "Reading Mode" in Word
Word offers several document viewing modes that are useful in various situations. Among them there is a view mode (convenient for printing), a web page mode and a reading mode. Reading View has been available since Word 2013 and is designed to help you easily view documents on modern devices such as tablets.
Reading mode scales the document based on the screen size. This is reflected not only in the text, but also in other content - in pictures, videos, tables, and so on. The page of your document for easier viewing and reading on tablets is not vertical, but horizontal.
Note: Reader mode is not the same as read-only mode. The Read-Only mode is designed to protect the document, which in any view mode protects the document from making any changes. Reading mode is just a more convenient browsing mode.
To enable reading mode for the current document, click the View tab.
Under Views, click Read Mode.
Note: In addition, you can turn on the reading mode by clicking the book-shaped icon on the right side of the status bar at the very bottom of the Word window.
The document opens without unnecessary distractions and with the Reading toolbar at the top of the window.
There are a couple of ways to navigate through the pages of a document. You can use the right and left arrows on the sides of the screen, or the right and left arrows on the keyboard.
You can zoom in and out of the document using the slider on the right side of the status bar. The current scale is displayed to the right of the slider. To enlarge a particular object (for example, a picture), double-click on this object.
If you want to keep even fewer distractions on your screen, turn on auto-hide the toolbar at the top of the window.
The window will automatically expand to full screen, the toolbars will hide, leaving only a few controls in the upper right corner of the window. To open the Reading toolbar menu, click the "…" button.
To turn the menu and file name always on again, click the Always Show Reading Toolbar button.
The menu and file name will reappear on the screen, but the window will remain maximized. To exit full screen mode and return to a normal customizable window, click the Restore Down button.
Documents that are not meant to be edited (such as email attachments) open in Reading view by default. If you want to change these settings, click on the File tab in the upper left corner of the Reading toolbar.
On the left side of the Info window, click Options.
By default, the General section opens. If another section has opened, then click on the corresponding button in the list on the left. In the Start up options group, uncheck Open email attachments and other uneditable files in reading view. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.
To easily navigate through a document, on the Reading toolbar, open the View tab and select Navigation Pane from the menu.
The Navigation Pane allows you to easily navigate throughout your document by displaying its heading structure. To move to any section, you just need to click on its title. With it, you can find text, tables, pictures and other Word objects, as well as navigate through the document using page thumbnails.
To close the Navigation Pane, click the X button in the upper right corner of the pane.
You cannot edit a document in Reading View, but you can add notes. To do this, select the text to which you want to attach a note, right-click on it and click New Comment in the context menu.
Note: The context menu contains a number of other commands with which you can copy, search for definitions, translate selected text, and apply highlighting to it. The Search with Bing command is also available on the Tools tab of the Reading toolbar.
An input field will appear on the right side of the window. Enter a note in it and press X to hide it. The note field is also closed by a simple click anywhere away from it.
The text you select will be highlighted when the note is open.
After the note has been hidden, it can be shown again by clicking on the footnote on the right side of the window.
If you want to display all the comments in the document, then on the Reading toolbar, click View> Show Comments (View> Show Comments).
The notes will be shown in the column on the right, connected by lines to the content they are linked to. To hide all comments again, click Show Comments again.
By default, the content of your document is shown in two columns. You may not notice this if the window is not open wide enough. The width of these columns can be adjusted, to do this, click View> Column Width (View> Column Width) and select Narrow (Narrow) or Wide (Wide).
The page color in Reading View is white by default. You can change it, for this, in the View menu, click Page Color and select a color that is more pleasing to your eyes, for example, Sepia will make the screen less bright, and Inverse will make it easier to read at night or in a dark room.
Earlier we showed you how you can change the width of the columns. What if you don't want to view your document in columns? To disable this, click View> Layout (View> Layout) and select the option Page layout (Paper Layout). Now your document is displayed in one column, regardless of the window width. The Column Width and Page Color options turned gray and became unavailable.
Several tools are available in Reading Mode. The Tools menu contains Find commands to search for text (this opens the navigation area), Search with Bing - opens the Bing search engine in the browser to search the Internet, and Cancel typing into a note (Undo Typing in Comment) and Return text input to a note (Redo Typing in Comment).
You can return to editing the document by clicking Edit Document on the View menu.
If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, you can open the document in reading mode by pressing Alt+W+F.
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Reading mode in browsers
Reading mode is the safety of vision, concentration and aesthetic pleasure. In this mode, web pages in the browser window are cleared of ads, menus, sidebars and other site elements that are not directly related to the main publication. The article appears before the reader in a readable format - with the right type of text on the right background of the web page.
Below we will get acquainted with the regular reading modes of some browsers. We will also consider universal solutions - reading modes that are built into browsers using special extensions.
1. Regular reading mode in the Maxthon browser
Reading mode as a regular feature first appeared in the Safari browser, and then was implemented in the Maxthon browser. In Maxthon, the Reader Mode button appears at the end of the browser's address bar when the browser is in Ultra mode (powered by the WebKit engine).
The reading mode in this browser is customizable: you can choose the width of the text block on the page, background color, font, there is a so-called night mode with a dark background. A unique feature of Maxthon is the ability to configure sites to automatically enable reading mode. It turns on itself when the user navigates from the main page of the site to the page with the publication or gets to the latter via a link, for example, from an RSS reader.
2. Regular reading mode in the Microsoft Edge browser
After the Maxthon browser, some users of Windows 8 could get acquainted with the regular reading mode. With this operating system, the Internet Explorer 11 browser was supplied, the tablet Metro version of which provides a simple reading mode. Later, Microsoft developed this idea by implementing a custom reading mode already in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Reading mode is configured in the Microsoft Edge settings. True, you can change a little - the font size and background color.
3. Regular reading mode in the Mozilla Firefox browser
The regular Reading mode in Mozilla Firefox appeared not so long ago, when the not yet fully finalized Microsoft Edge on board the preliminary test version of Windows 10 went to the masses.
In terms of functionality, Reading Mode in Firefox is not far from its counterpart in Microsoft Edge. In "Fire Fox", readers, in addition to changing the background color and size of the text, can also choose a font - with or without serifs. A more functional reading mode in Mozilla Firefox is being implemented using the Clearly extension from Evernote.
4. Regular reading mode in the Google Chrome browser
The creators of the Google Chrome browser also adopted this idea. At the moment, work on the implementation of the regular reading mode in Google Chrome has not yet been completed, but you can test the new option if you wish. True, we won’t even see the minimalism of Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox in it. So far, this is just a function of clearing the browser page from web elements without any chips and settings.
To test the reading mode of Google Chrome, you need to enable the special mode of the browser. You need to open the properties of the Chrome launch shortcut and in the "Object" column, add the following command with a space:
enable-dom-distiller
Applies Reading Mode using the Shrink Page command in the Chrome menu.
Probably, upon completion of the development process, the regular reading mode will be able to offer more interesting features, but for now in Google Chrome, as well as in other Chromium browsers, it is better to organize it using the Readability extension from the lazy reading web service of the same name. Chrome and its many clones can also embed Evernote's Clearly extension mentioned above. Let's take a look at these extensions below.
5. Filters for web pages in the Vivaldi browser
Vivaldi, a newcomer to the browser market, does not yet have a built-in reading mode. But this browser already supports installing extensions from the Google Chrome store, so minimalist readers can use the same Readability and Clearly extensions when reading. At the same time, Vivaldi has a lot of unique preset features, including various filters for web pages. To improve the readability of content on web pages, you can use, for example, a flash animation blocking filter and apply a sepia color effect.
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Of course, this is not a full-fledged reading mode, but rather a tool in the wings. You can apply night mode type inversion to web pages in the Vivaldi window.
In the Vivaldi window, text on any site on the Internet can be made monospaced by applying the appropriate effect.
6. Reading mode cleanPages with autoscrolling for Opera and Yandex.Browser
Opera and Yandex.Browser do not have a regular reading mode. But it is for these two browsers that the largest selection of plug-ins are provided, offering customizable reading modes.
Indeed, for Opera and Yandex.Browser there is the largest range of extensions in general. Being the brainchild of the Chromium platform, Opera and Yandex.Browser can work with extensions from the Google Chrome store. Opera also has its own extension store. From the same store, you can install extensions in Yandex.Browser. Moreover, the latter is initially ready to install extensions from any store, while in Opera you must first implement the Download Chrome Extension extension from its store, which ensures the adaptation of Chrome extensions.
To implement reading mode in Opera and Yandex.Browser, you can install the Readability extension in the Google Chrome store, and Clearly from Evernote in the Opera store. But the cleanPages extension with the auto-scrolling function is presented so far only in the Opera store.
The cleanPages extension is a flexible reading mode. You can adjust the width of the text block, its alignment, font and size, text and background colors, auto-scrolling speed.
Autoscrolling is triggered by the last button on the cleanPages sidebar.
7. Clearly Reading Mode by Evernote
Clearly is perhaps the universal reading mode. This extension can be installed in any Chromium-based browser, in any Firefox clone based on its Gecko engine. If only such a browser supported the installation of extensions from the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox stores.
The Clearly extension is designed to popularize Evernote, while bringing benefits even to those who do not use this web-based note service.
When you click the Clearly button on the browser toolbar, the web page gets rid of unnecessary web elements and turns into a neat page with easy-to-read formatting. The pre-installed Clearly Reading Mode Theme can be changed to two alternatives from Evernote, or you can even customize your own.
On the side ribbon on the right, in addition to the reading mode buttons, there is also an Evernote mini clipper button. Clicking it will send the article to the notes web service in a simplified article format.
In Clearly reading mode, you can make notes with a marker and send the article to Evernote already with notes.
8. Readability mode for Chromium browsers
The Readability extension from the Readability.Com web service offering delayed reading functionality can be installed in the Google Chrome store for any browser that supports the installation of Chrome extensions.
This extension is suitable for those who like to keep many tabs open. Web pages in Readability mode remain even after restarting the browser, and the absence of unnecessary web elements, respectively, speeds up the launch process. Plus, in Readability mode, active tabs use less RAM.
The Readability extension embeds the normal reading mode in the browser.
There are few settings: night mode, a couple of fonts, customizable size.
But a much more interesting extension feature for book lovers is the packaging of Internet articles in the EPUB e-book format. Readability web pages open in Readability can save as .epub files.
E-books created in this way can later be opened in reader applications that provide playback of the EPUB format on computers, tablets, e-readers, smartphones and other devices.
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Convenient reading of text from a computer screen: some useful tips
Reading from the screen of your computer, laptop or tablet? Of course! Today, more and more people use electronic rather than paper printed sources of information - from e-books and magazines to websites, blogs and social networks. Hundreds, even thousands of lines of text pass through our eyes every day.
The problem, however, is that unlike printed (or e-ink) text, reading in electronic format is much more taxing for our eyes. Even the most advanced (and ergonomic) LCD displays can cause eye fatigue and brain fatigue after prolonged use. Of course, in today's electronically dependent world, it is impossible to completely avoid these harmful effects, but you can minimize them if you follow a few simple rules.
Start with the display
Calibration is the first thing you should do to improve your device's screen reading experience, and it doesn't require an expensive combination of external hardware and software. If you are going to edit digital images and you need the most accurate color reproduction, then yes, of course, you can do it only with such tools. But for everyday use, the options available in Windows itself will do.
Select "Control Panel -> Display -> Color Calibration" and follow the software wizard. Here, with full force, the universal rule for a good picture fits perfectly: a contrast level between 70 and 80% of the maximum and not overdo it with brightness.
The latter should be adjusted to the strength and intensity of the light in the room you are using for reading. It is recommended that the brightness on the screen be equal to the brightness of the surrounding light. If you are using artificial lighting, then follow the same principle that applies to reading from paper - if you need to choose between a strong light source high above you and a weaker but closer lamp to the monitor, it is better to choose the second option.
You should also think about adjusting the color temperature of the monitor if you are going to use your device as a priority for reading text. Warmer colors with yellows and oranges tend to be less tiring to the eyes, even after looking at a monitor for a long time. In this regard, a small and free program that we have already discussed will be very useful: f.lux. Its task is precisely this - to reduce visual fatigue by automatically adjusting the brightness and color temperature of the display depending on the time of day and the type of content displayed on the screen.
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You should also keep in mind some features of modern technologies for the production of displays. Today, laptops and computer monitors are equipped with screens with a matte or glossy surface. Matte (or anti-glare) displays are the best choice if you're going to be using your device primarily for reading text - working with office documents and spreadsheets, browsing the web. They reflect less light and therefore strain the eyes to a much lesser extent than screens with a glossy surface.
Software improvements
There are a number of applications that you can use to improve the rendering of text on your computer screen to minimize eye strain even after hours of work.
For example, iReader (Firefox), Readability (Chrome), and TidyRead (Firefox) are invaluable browser extensions that reduce web page clutter. Those. instead of messy and ad-heavy text, you can get a much neater and cleaner version of the site you're browsing. Therefore, reading will be easier and less tiring.
Another add-on, Reading Glasses for Chrome, allows you to conveniently darken unnecessary elements on the page, leaving only the necessary so that nothing interferes and does not distract from reading. And the NoSquint extension for Firefox allows you to read even small text without undue eye strain - as the name suggests, with this add-on you can quickly and easily increase the size of the characters on the page.
You can also choose the optimal font type and size. In fact, this is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce eye strain when reading text from a screen. For example, the ubiquitous New Times Roman was designed for the London newspaper The Times. It's a great font for a newspaper, so it makes sense that it's not very suitable for screen readers. Alternatives such as Georgia or Verdana are much more suitable as they are designed specifically for electronic text rendering.
If you don't want to delve into your browser settings to change the default font, simply increase its size. Today, in most Windows applications, including all popular browsers, this is done by holding down the Ctrl key and then rotating the mouse wheel (or pressing the "+" key on the keyboard).
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Turn on the reading mode in Yandex.Browser
There are thousands of articles and books freely available on the Internet. Any user can read them through a browser without saving to a computer. To make this process convenient and comfortable, there are special extensions that put pages in reading mode.
Thanks to it, the web page resembles a book page - all unnecessary elements are eliminated, the formatting changes and the background is removed. The images and videos that accompany the text remain. Some settings are available to the user to improve the readability.
How to enable reading mode in Yandex.Browser
An easy way to turn any web page into text is to install the appropriate add-on. In the Google Webstore, you can find various extensions designed for this purpose.
The second method, which became available to Yandex.Browser users relatively recently, is using the built-in and custom reading mode.
Method 1: Installing the extension
One of the most popular add-ons for putting web pages into reading mode is Mercury Reader. It has a modest functionality, but it is quite enough for comfortable reading at different times of the day and on different monitors.
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Installation
Usage
Setting
You can customize the display of web pages that are in Reader View. Click on the gear button, which will be located in the upper right part of the page:
There are 3 settings available:
Method 2: Using Built-in Reader Mode
In most cases, users are satisfied with the built-in reading mode, which was developed specifically for Yandex.Browser. It also has basic settings, which is usually enough for convenient work with text.
This feature does not need to be enabled in the web browser settings, as it works by default. You can find the read mode button on the address bar:
Here's what the page looks like when it's in read mode:
There are 3 settings on the top panel:
The panel automatically hides when you scroll down the page, and reappears when you hover over the area where it is located.
You can return the original view of the site by reusing the button in the address bar, or by clicking on the cross in the right corner:
Reading mode is a very handy feature that allows you to focus on reading and not be distracted by other elements of the site. It is not necessary to read books in a browser to use it - pages in this format do not slow down when scrolling, and copy-protected text can be easily selected and placed on the clipboard.
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