1304154 - Add a download mode to Reader View

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Reader Mode, enhancement, P5)

Description

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0
Build ID: 20160824215626

Steps to reproduce:

Option to download as a PDF or Epub to read later, read it in other device, or to archive the document easily.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

We currently suggest you use Pocket or the share button for this. On recent nightlies you can share directly to a device, and even on current release you can share links via various mediums (social as well as email and such).

You can also use File > Save Page As... to save a local copy, just like with any other website, or print to file/pdf using the regular printing options. Upcoming versions of Firefox will also allow you to use reader mode when printing something directly from the print preview functionality.

A direct "save to pdf" feature (e.g. as a button in the reader mode toolbar) would be interesting and I would potentially take a patch (assuming it wasn't unduly humongous) but I don't think the core team will work on this in the near future because of how many other ways there already are to accomplish what you want.