Browser-laptop: Add Reader view for pages

[bbondy]

Maybe use this: https://github.com/mozilla/readability for reading view
Might be useful for an offline mode too and for indexing pages for better autocomplete results.

[alexwykoff]

+1 from support

[alexwykoff]

+1 from support : https://linkbubble.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/6311

[thechild]

One other option would be to just include this chrome extension (https://mercury.postlight.com/reader/) to get a great reader view.

[LaurenWags]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/reading-mode-safari-has-it-built-in/3387

[eljuno]

+1 from community

[eljuno]

+1 from community

[rdetert]

+1 Reader Mode is the one thing I miss from Safari on desktop. I can read so much faster.

[calebbarr]

+1

[srirambv]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/reader-view-like-in-firefox/7143

[ironfish]

+100

[stephenkilpatrick]

Add me to the +1's.

[davidhfo]

Another +1.

[iamhenry]

Looks like this isn't a priority but I'm going to +1 this as well.

[jonathansampson]

After testing Mercury Reader, I found that Brave has pretty good OOB support. I'm going to create a master issue to track any needed APIs, and progress towards supporting this as a Reader option in future builds: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mercury-reader/oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi

[patertmg]

Got #Mercury Reader Extension (but not #Evernote Extension) to work following this article: https://medium.com/@jonathansampson/testing-chrome-extensions-in-brave-8e25d1f7386d

[eljuno]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/reader-feature-for-desktop-version/12201?u=eljuno

[blacktop]

+1

[jonathansampson]

@patertmg How was the Mercury Reader experience?

[patertmg]

@jonathansampson Great so long! There are only two minor concerns: (1) don’t know why, but Mercury doesn’t show an icon - there’s only a grey space up in the corner, so I have to click “blindly” on it (2) would be even better if i could define a shortcut to start Mercury. Thanks!

[Jacalz]

The thing is that it would be better to have an open sourced reader mode integrated in to the browser than having a closed source reader mode extension. Mercury reader is good but since Brave is a browser that cares about privacy, maby it should be better to use mozilla readability instead 👍 Then we can truly know that the sites you are visiting doesn't get leaked 😅

[oleim]

+1 (Using Brave as default and this is the only feature I miss.)

[jonathansampson]

Just ran through another test with Mercury; I noticed only the same issue(s) that @patertmg reported (missing browserAction icon). Here's the logic which shows the browserAction icon:

https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/d0c2c6c9d8744557e1d4452a386c46e1649317b6/app/common/state/extensionState.js#L90-L94

Note that Mercury doesn't provide 16 or 38 pixel icons:

   "icons": {
      "128": "img/icon-128.png",
      "16": "img/icon-16.png",
      "48": "img/icon-48.png"
   },

@bbondy, what are your thoughts here? Would https://github.com/mozilla/readability be a better route to take, rather than something like Mercury?

[srirambv]

+1 from https://community.brave.com/t/reader-view-vue-lecture/21364

[LaurenWags]

+1 from customer email

[skotzko]

+1

[mbabco]

Add me to the list of folks who would love a readability feature.

[okiess]

+1

[bigt2000]

I also would love this option. It is one of my favorite built in features in Firefox and Vivaldi. Honestly I really love Brave. I am just waiting for more of these features and add on support to show up before it will be perfect.

[bsclifton]

Unfortunately, we won't be able to address this with browser-laptop... but we should with Brave Core (even if just by having an extension available)

Closing in favor of https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/679