Learning (1) Removing Distraction from Text-heavy Webpages

This is one of the takeaways from the 2018 World Wide ADE Institute.

Though it's not the first time I come to know about the feature... Well, one may not appreciate the feature until one really needs it...  (needs-driven)
OK, I start to appreciate this feature in the recent months - it is very handy when now I need to read with reading glasses!

Note: The following applies to internet browser - Safari (in both Macbook and iPad)
The feature automatically appears in text-heavy webpages.

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When we load webpages in Safari, how often do we notice changes to small icons at the address bar (i.e. where the URL is)? 

Look out for the following: (see the red box on the left of the URL?

Click at this button.
Images (in particular, the advertisements) will not longer be displayed.

This is how it will look like:
Well, the image (illustration) that comes with the original posting remains.

All irrelevant distractions are removed!
This is definitely useful when we prepare resources for teaching and learning :)

In addition, once this mode is activated, more features are available - look! the button on the right of the URL provides two useful options 

• Resizing of text - yes! text can be enlarged!
• Changing the colour of the background. This will definitely reduce the glare that the eyes have to tolerate when we view the text in the dark!

Needless to say, the resizing of text can come in very useful to students who probably needs to read lots of text-heavy pages when doing research online. With this,  they need not strain their eyes to read narrow lines of text.