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Can't figure out how to get into "Reader Mode."

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The little book icon just won't appear in the title bar no matter what I do. Tap, long press, double tap, etc. What did I do to cause this and how to get out of it? Moto X, Android 4.4. Thanks.

The little book icon just won't appear in the title bar no matter what I do. Tap, long press, double tap, etc. What did I do to cause this and how to get out of it? Moto X, Android 4.4. Thanks.

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It will depend on the page. Some pages are not able to be understood or are too large to be simplified by the "Reader mode".

It is not a perfect tool but will work on many common news sites. There also may be false positives where reader mode gets activated for a page with no true main body.

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HI Rsameth, Do you have any add ons that affect the functionality of the url bar? If so, please temporarily disable them and turn on your screen rotation. Refresh the page a couple of time and rotate the device. The book should appear after a refresh.

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Thanks, Guigs2. I still have more or less the same problem whether "Auto rotate screen" is enabled or not: the little book icon appears in the address bar for some pages and not for others. Example: home page of NY Times shows no icon, but go to any news article you like and the icon will appear just fine. Washington Post works the same way.

I have no addons, BTW.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

It will depend on the page. Some pages are not able to be understood or are too large to be simplified by the "Reader mode".

It is not a perfect tool but will work on many common news sites. There also may be false positives where reader mode gets activated for a page with no true main body.