1672661 - Reader mode is confused by paywall banner. Needs refresh.

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Reader Mode, defect, P3)

Description

[Valentin Gosu [:valentin] (he/him)]

STR:
Install uBlockOrigin and Facebook Container addons.
Go to a website such as https://www.nytimes.com/ and navigate around a little, in multiple articles. Wait for them to load, and for the Thanks for reading The Times. Create your free account or log in to continue reading. banner to show up.

Press the reader mode button.
For a page like this the article mode shows

Margalit Fox
1 minute
Facebook Container has disabled this button and blocked Facebook from tracking your visit to this page.

A refresh fixes it.

A page like this might only show:

Julian E. Barnes, David E. Sanger
1 minute

Support independent journalism.

See subscription options

Also fixed by a refresh.

The fact that the article shows up after a refresh seems like a bug.
A user who clicks the reader mode button before the banners show up might be very confused by the fact that it's not working - and might not think to refresh.

Comment 1

[Valentin Gosu [:valentin] (he/him)]

Same thing here, but much easier to reproduce:
https://m.hotnews.ro/stire/24385208
Wait for cookie banner to show up. Click reader-mode button. Cookie message is turned into reader format. Refresh. Correct text shows up.

Comment 2

[:Gijs (out for now; he/him)]

Apologies for the lack of updates here; I'm swamped with bookmarks project work ( bug 1665353 ). I'll try to have a look at this next week.

Comment 3

[Valentin Gosu [:valentin] (he/him)]

I don't think this is urgent. But it's an improvement that might help a bunch of people not have to click the "accept all" cookie banner. Time saver.