Enable Safari 5 Reader

We like to trim sails to the wind here in 49st Technologies and as soon as Apple announced some new outstanding features in new version of their Safari browser we could not resist to add some new stuff to keep our site among the most modern events and places search engines in US and Canada so the first thing we did we enabled their new Reader view mode on the events and venues details pages.

To use Reader you need to go to any event or venue page that has significant description length, for instance, the Osgoode Hall page. When the page is loaded and you see Reader label in your address bar, click on it to read venue description in a better way.

Even more! We enabled this feature in this blog too, just look up!


What Is Safari Reader?
Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader.


How to Enable Safari Reader on Your Site?
In order to enable Reader feature at any site you need your page to satisfy 3 easy conditions:

1. Add <article></article> tag around your content. This is new to HTML5 tag so don’t be afraid if your editor doesn’t highlight its syntax.
2. Make sure you content is well structured: you must use <H1>—<H6> header tags for titles and <P> for content.
3. And finally make sure your article is long enough. The point is that Safari disables Reader for content shorter than 1500 symbols. Also make sure each paragraph contains at least 100 symbols i.e. they have reasonable length for easy reading.

Reader doesn't require RSS to be set at your site, so don't worry if you don't have it.