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  • Current: an RSS reader

     № 129

    I linked to Terry Godier’s thoughts on RSS before.

    He followed them up by launching his own RSS reader, Current. It has no unread count: new posts arrive, linger for some time, and then quietly fade away.

    A lot of deep thought went into its creation and, the occassional UX niggle aside, I find it very pleasing to use.

    I’m glad he turned the concept of RSS upside down and gave it a good shake. (I do hope the square-shaped macOS icon will be updated soon!)

  • Phantom Obligation

     № 125

    Terry Godier on why RSS readers (still) look like email clients, and why that means the design has guilt built-in.

    He asks Brent Simmons, the designer of the first RSS reader, NetNewsWire, who says:

    The part I don’t understand and can’t explain is why RSS readers are still mostly following this UI. But every new RSS reader ought to consider not being yet another three-paned-aggregator. There are surely millions of users who might prefer a river of news or other paradigms. Why not have some fun and do something new, or at least different?

  • Merging my RSS feeds

     № 100

    I feel bad for using the 100th post here to point your attention to something so meaningless, but I’d like to just make sure to get it out of the way: I’ve made some changes to the RSS feeds on this site. If you follow me via RSS, please read this post and, if you like, re-subscribe using this link.

    I’ve greatly enjoyed picking up the pace here, and look forward to publishing the next 100 posts. I hope you do too.

    Thank you for reading!