{"id":73513,"date":"2018-01-19T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T18:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=73513"},"modified":"2018-01-19T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T18:57:37","slug":"safari-11-how-to-customize-the-way-websites-are-displayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/safari-11-how-to-customize-the-way-websites-are-displayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari 11: How to Customize the Way Websites Are Displayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Customise<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s Safari web browser has always included options to alter how websites are displayed. The problem is they used to affect every site you visited.<\/p>\n

With Safari 11, this changed. Websites can now be customized on an individual basis. This is great when certain sites you regularly visit have type that\u2019s too small for you to comfortably read, or social media networks you otherwise enjoy drive you mad with auto-playing content.<\/p>\n

Adjust individual website settings<\/h3>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Open a website in Safari, and go to Safari > Settings for This Website<\/strong>. A sheet will open beneath the site\u2019s address in the toolbar, giving you access to\u00a0the options outlined below for amending how it is displayed.<\/p>\n

Use Reader when available<\/strong> determines whether Safari\u2019s Reader feature is triggered on supported pages, such as\u00a0the individual article pages of a news site. Reader strips all layout, adverts and cruft from a web page, leaving only the content and images.<\/p>\n

\"Use<\/p>\n

Use the AA<\/strong> button to adjust Reader\u2019s appearance (text size; page background color; typeface), although be aware these settings are universal, and not defined on a per-site basis.<\/p>\n

Enable content blockers<\/strong> toggles whether ad-blocking extensions are active for the site in question. Note, however, this option only affects extensions that use Apple\u2019s content-blocking API, such as 1Blocker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Safari<\/p>\n

Page Zoom<\/strong> is one of the most useful options. It\u2019s initially set to 100%, and\u00a0altering that value\u00a0adjusts the size of the site\u2019s text and images;\u00a0it may also affect its layout. Various options are available, from 50% through to 300%. You can more quickly adjust the zoom level with the keyboard shortcuts Command++<\/strong> and Command+-<\/strong>; Command+0<\/strong> resets the site\u2019s zoom level to \u2018actual size\u2019.<\/p>\n

Auto-Play<\/strong> starts out set to Stop Media with Sound<\/strong>. Some sites sneakily get around this by initially muting auto-play videos, which is still a distraction. In such cases, you can use the setting Never Auto-Play<\/strong>; but\u00a0if you like auto-playing media \u2013\u00a0or find a rare site where it\u2019s used in a non-awful manner \u2013 go for Allow All Auto-Play<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The last three options (which only appear on some sites) enable you to set whether a site should\u00a0Allow<\/strong>, Ask<\/strong> for, or Deny<\/strong> access to your camera, microphone, and location.<\/p>\n

For example, DarkSky.net<\/a> will ask for permission whenever you click its location button.\u00a0But if you set Location<\/strong> to Allow<\/strong>, permission will be assumed, meaning the site will skip past that dialog box and get you right to your local weather.<\/p>\n

Manage existing website settings<\/h3>\n

Any settings you define for a site can be reversed by going back to\u00a0Safari > Settings for This Website<\/strong>\u00a0and editing them. However, for an overview of everything you\u2019ve set to date, go to Safari > Preferences<\/strong> and click the Websites<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Select one of the categories from\u00a0the General<\/strong> pane.\u00a0Configured sites will be listed in the main pane, split between Currently Open Websites<\/strong> and Configured Websites<\/strong>. To change a value, simply choose something else from the relevant menu.<\/p>\n

For example, to turn off Reader for a specific site, click Reader<\/strong> in the sidebar, and then change On<\/strong> to Off<\/strong> next to the site\u2019s name. Alternatively, you can delete an entry entirely by clicking its name and pressing the Delete key or clicking Remove<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"When<\/p>\n

Also note the When visiting other websites<\/strong> menu, found below the pane that houses individual site configurations. This serves as the default value for the current feature. So you could, for example, block auto-play on every site, apart\u00a0from\u00a0a few choice\u00a0ones.<\/p>\n

To do this, select Auto-Play<\/strong> from the General<\/strong> pane, and set When visiting other websites<\/strong> to Never Auto-Play<\/strong>. For any site you want auto-play to work on, set the appropriate value in\u00a0the Settings for This Website<\/strong> sheet, or its menu in the Currently Open Websites<\/strong> list mentioned above.<\/p>\n

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With Safari 11, websites can now be customized on an individual basis. This guide explains how to customize the way websites are displayed in Apple’s Safari 11 Web browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":74416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7,10,11],"tags":[3658],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n