iOS 11 Tip: Automatically Switch to “Reading” Mode When Browsing Safari on iPhone and iPad

While iOS 11 is
released last monthrich in
more than 120 new items seen there
, we continue our discovery together with
files and new features to be found inour different articles
practices here
.

Today is a tip regarding the mobile Safari browser that
we will discover together. She iswell hiddenand can
be very practical for those who are used to accessing news sites
often overloaded with images and other advertisements!

Apple has been offering a so-called “Reading” mode for several years.
in your browser, but until now you had to activate it for each page
consulted. With iOS 11, it is possible toactivate playback mode
fully automatic way
, per site or globally.

First of all, let's remember what this light reading mode is. It activates in
tapping the icon at the top left in the navigation bar.

The page is then redisplayed but cleaned of numerous graphic elements
and other rich fonts. The menus, certain images but also the
advertisements and other social sharing buttons are eliminated to display a
content that resembles an eBook page in a reader. It's much more
comfortable to use.

Example “without / with” reading mode activated:

How to Enable Reading Mode Automatically

With iOS 11, Apple allowsactivate this mode so
automatic, either per site or globally
.

For this, it is necessarypress the button seen above and leave the
finger pressed
instead of raising it immediately (long press). This makes
a menu appears which offers to use Safari reading mode
either :

  • On the site being read on each visit
  • On all websites, systematically

This can be very practical when you regularly access these
content for example from the iOS “News” widget or from networks
Facebook or Twitter in particular.

How to remove Autoplay mode

To exit this one-off display, simply press the
Reading mode button displays the original page again.

To return to usual behavior and exit automatic activation,
proceed in the same way as above.

When visiting a page displayed in reading mode, press
long press the reading mode button to display the window of
options, this suggests deactivating on the site or on all sites,
depending on the settings previously activated.

Who will use this new feature?

Also read,all our iOS 11 articles here, dont,
complete files, tips and tricks, discovery articles, and tutorials
following:

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.