Obsidian Reader also works on mobile using Safari on iOS or Firefox on Android you can set it as the default option when opening Web Clipper

Sweet! I use Firefox on Android. I have WC set up. I can't figure out how to get Reader to work though, where in settings do you adjust the default action when tapping the extension? I feel a bit dense for not seeing it.

Settings → General → Open behavior: Reader however Firefox is still on 1.3.0 because Mozilla takes forever to approve updates (the latest version is 1.6.1)

Ah, that clarifies it. Thank you, and all of your work on Defuddle. I was wondering if you'd take a quick look at something I made recently Basically just a quick way to grab markdown and share it with someone quickly. Nice way to preview it also.

I have been working on something like that too 😅

Oh well maybe I should just give up! /s But seriously, it supports Obsidian-flavored markdown, Discord-specific stuff also, and KaTeX / Mermaid diagrams etc. Wildly useful I've already used it a lot just for myself. Probably a little opinionated but if you wanted to collab lemme know.

Obsidian is good, but MindZJ is better. 🚀 Thoughts, @grok?

oh, firefox too. cool

Is this a separate app download or bundled with the Obsidian app for iOS ?

for iOS it's a separate app called Obsidian Web Clipper

@SmolCompute It would be nice to have it on Android too. Share to it from any browser makes sense.

@SmolCompute it works on Android if you use Firefox, Chrome doesn't support extensions on Android yet

never knew this Reader function until today. easily replaced 3 other plugins I had.

What is the workflow in mobile terms of when it enables reader vs when it clips the page for you? I know you wrote you can set it as default behavior, but what additional friction is there when you go to clip

it depends what you use most often, either way it's one tap to get to the other mode you can tap the Obsidian icon in the top right in Reader mode to launch the clipper

Just installed it and it’s crashing consistently on Safari for iPad with compact bar mode on iPadOS 26.4.1 😓

This a known bug in iPadOS. You can temporarily turn off compact, and go to Web Clipper settings to have it open in Embedded or Reader mode. ...and send your bug reports to Apple.

Thank you for the answer. I hope they fix it. Will try to send the bug.

how to make it default on IOS Safari?

Web Clipper Settings → General → Open behavior

New republic renders a bit weird, no article header photo, two giant X and Bluesky icons

I'll look into it thanks

@vivaldibrowser any plan on extension support on Android? This would help a lot

Reader might warrant it’s own app focus? I.e. it feels off to have to use the web clipper as entry point for this great functionality…?

tres interesante

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Amazing! One question, why is a separate app?

@craviottoalex because it can be used completely independently, and with other apps — it does not require Obsidan at all

@craviottoalex But the same app icon 🥲, it’s confused

@craviottoalex yes I will change the icon

didn't know it worked on mobile, been using the desktop version only so this is a nice surprise

When can the editor have a unified editing experience between live preview and reading mode?

reader as the default clipper target on mobile is a nice move. capture on phone, process on desktop, everything lands in the vault. the read later workflow that actually closes the loop.

Looking nice! Keep up the good work :D