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mortlocli

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Using Firefox (and I think Safari though I've not used safari for honks).

Both those have 'Reader' mode which cuts out all the fluff on a web page (pics and ads), increases the text size and makes reading enjoyable..even on an iPad mini.

I find it useful for making online computing instruction easier to read while conducting the instructions on a desktop, etc.
.. So it's still a useful tool if you have an old iPad unused somewhere.

I think Firefox and perhaps safari are the only browsers providing this ability but let me know if there's others.
I tend to use the old version browser that works best for each of my regular visited web site. Just recently finding opera works better on one such site than Firefox..not so much lag.
 

User #07242024

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Interesting, websites have become bloated over the years. Maybe you can check out Instabrowser and Unstyle, these browsers can remove JS and formatting to display text and/or images only. Another browser you can check is SnowHaze.
 
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mortlocli

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Interesting, websites have become bloated over the years. Maybe you can check out Instabrowser and Unstyle, these browsers can remove JS and formatting to display text and/or images only. Another browser you can check is SnowHaze.
ta 072 - SnowHaze wont work on iOS 9 and the other two dont appear to be available in my country - NZ.

They certainly have become bloated.. its when I have reader on, that I realize just how much rubbish there is that I dont need.
 

User #07242024

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Oh, it seems they’re out of the US market too! Those app strip websites to just HTML and images.

You can download SnowHaze or any app to old devices. First, download the app using your latest iOS device, then on your old device, go to Purchased tab on App Store to redownload it. It will give you the last compatible version. SnowHaze can turn off JS as well as block image, CSS, video etc. so websites can be lighter.
 

mortlocli

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Ta 072 - thought my iphone would be too old too - but snowhaze requires ios 12.4 or later..so will do that. I should have checked !! Thanks for the heads up.
 
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