Microsoft Research Institute tells the story behind IE11 reading view

Computer store news: With the development of technology, digital reading has a tendency to catch up with paper reading, but the reading experience on tablets and mobile phones is often not good, and is susceptible to other Information interference, so the reading view of IE11 browser on WP8.1 and Win8.1 came into being, bringing a new immersive reading experience to everyone.

Users can find the IE11 reading view function in the Windows 8.1 Modern UI interface or Windows Phone 8.1. It can accurately extract the main body reading content of many web pages and re-type it after removing the interference information. When the user opens the corresponding web page to read the novel or pay attention to the current affairs, IE11 can make a recognition judgment on the web page, and then generate a button for reading the view. When the reader clicks the button, they enter the reading view. What does reading the view mean?

• Can temporarily hide annoying interference information, retain body text and images, and bring a clean and tidy view;

• can re-layout web pages, adaptive screen size (screen comparison) When it is wide, it will choose to display the content horizontally. When the screen is narrow, it will automatically select the vertical display content;

• allows the reader to adjust the font, line spacing and background color, so that the reader can Read comfortable and enjoyable.

▲Before opening IE11 reading mode

▲After opening IE11 reading mode

The following is on WP8.1 system Compare before and after IE11 reading mode is turned on.

▲The left side is before the reading mode is turned on, and the right reading mode is turned on.

And what is the story behind this? This is related to Microsoft Research.

According to Song Ruihua, a researcher at Microsoft Research Asia, the research began 11 years ago when the technology was "page partitioning", which required the machine to correctly distinguish between text and advertising areas. The technology-to-product transformation was initially implemented in the Bing search team. The other is "learning web page template" technology, when the machine learns a lot of webpage patterns, after the induction, the webpage will be accurately processed.

Of course, this is not so simple to achieve, and the webpage technology has been updated a lot over many years. The technology was transferred to product implementation when the Microsoft product team sought collaboration with Microsoft Research. Microsoft Research as a backup of Microsoft technology, the strength can not be underestimated. It is also worth mentioning that WP8.1 voice assistant Cortana is an important achievement of Microsoft Bing platform and Microsoft Research Institute. Of course, Cortana will not be limited to WP8.1, but will extend to Microsoft's full platform.