Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg @brentsimmons FeedLand by @davew uses the River metaphor.
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@gedeonm @Iconfactory wow, that looks amazing. Shame nothing like that exists on android that I have found.
@yulian @Iconfactory Thank you!
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@tg @brentsimmons FeedLand by @davew uses the River metaphor.
thanks chuck. it's amazing to me someone could say something like that but that's where we are, a time when people just believe there's nothing new.
https://feedland.com/ is the place to start.
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thanks chuck. it's amazing to me someone could say something like that but that's where we are, a time when people just believe there's nothing new.
https://feedland.com/ is the place to start.
of if you want to get a quick look at what it's like using it.
that's the collection of feeds i follow.
help us get the word out.
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg @brentsimmons Some mobile apps, like OpenVibe and Tapestry, also stitch RSS feeds into the social stream alongside Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon posts. Also essentially the River metaphor.
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thanks chuck. it's amazing to me someone could say something like that but that's where we are, a time when people just believe there's nothing new.
https://feedland.com/ is the place to start.
@davew @cagrimmett @brentsimmons it's amazing that someone didn't know about something someone made on the internet?
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg @brentsimmons I built a feed reader called Stream that gives you a river of news view. That’s it. No list of blogs. Just a stream of news with a detail view when you select a row. It’s iOS only at the moment but it is coming for Mac.
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg A beautifully put together and presented essay. I have been playing with Reeders new look and Tapestry on Mac's and iOS. It feels easier on me, in that the anxiety drops off as the numbers disappear. I go back to the more familiar layout, and I lean towards the free flow…miss some…that's OK.
I'd be interested to see/test/try/learn more of what you are building.
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@tg A beautifully put together and presented essay. I have been playing with Reeders new look and Tapestry on Mac's and iOS. It feels easier on me, in that the anxiety drops off as the numbers disappear. I go back to the more familiar layout, and I lean towards the free flow…miss some…that's OK.
I'd be interested to see/test/try/learn more of what you are building.
@ctt thank you kindly for the offer! Soon!
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@tg @brentsimmons I built a feed reader called Stream that gives you a river of news view. That’s it. No list of blogs. Just a stream of news with a detail view when you select a row. It’s iOS only at the moment but it is coming for Mac.
@fahrni not available in germany
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@fahrni not available in germany
@cptpudding I’m sorry. I need to get signed up to a special Apple program that will let me list things in the EU App Stores. 😔
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@cptpudding I’m sorry. I need to get signed up to a special Apple program that will let me list things in the EU App Stores. 😔
@fahrni Yes, the classic EU debate. I didn’t think you’d deliberately excluded us but I liked the app idea.
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@fahrni Yes, the classic EU debate. I didn’t think you’d deliberately excluded us but I liked the app idea.
@cptpudding I’ve applied to the program but Apple kicked it back to me asking for more information and I’ve been dragging my feet.
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg love this essay (including the presentation)!
As a lover of RSS to acquire and consume news, I’m definitely interested in what you are looking to build.
I’ve been a Reeder app user for years and love the clean styling. It does seem as though @rizzi may have had similar ideas as his redesigned Reeder. omits most feed counts and even includes options to hide the single count of newer items above your position in the timeline.
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Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
@tg @brentsimmons This was beautiful in every way, thank you!
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@mayo @cagrimmett @tg @brentsimmons
could you post a screen shot of what you're looking at? i have a feeling you're describing a different product. ;-)
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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"OK, Google. Navigate to Osaka Grill."
There is a restaurant named "Osaka Grill" that is 11 minutes away from my home.
There is a restaurant named "Osaka" that is 29 minutes away from my home.
Before Gemini, Google Assistant was smart enough to figure out that I meant the place with the stated name that is closer to me, not the place with a similar name that is farther away.
The more AI they add, the dumber it gets.
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In a pagan folk band AND a pagan metal band? I have doubts about Biko.
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I think one of the things I like about this show is that I enjoy planning and preparing for trips (or any activity, really) possibly more than I enjoy the trip itself. Planning for a survival situation? 🤌
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@aeva Put the ubuntu iso image on a usb key and insert it into the computer is all it takes, should be similar on other distros.
netboot.xyz is nice. It's a bootable image which brings up a menu of linux distros to try or install, fetching them over the internet. Install it on a usb key, boot drive, or network boot file.
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@informapirata@www.informapirata.it
Grazie ho letto la prima parte, spiegazione molto interessante, mi sono venuti dei dubbi, magari mi si chiariranno leggendo il resto.
@poliverso@www.informapirata.it @fediverso @poliverso@feddit.it @Informapirata@lemmy.ml @macfranc @test
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Alone season 8 watch thread. I hope there are less dead mammals, especially big ones, than in season 7. Not only is it nearly always a suboptimal strategy, it's depressing.
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OLTRE GLI ALGORITMI: LA GUIDA DEFINITIVA A BOOKWYRM E ALLA RIVOLUZIONE DEL FEDIVERSO.
Se senti che il tuo spazio di lettura digitale è diventato troppo stretto, affollato di pubblicità o limitato da logiche commerciali, è il momento di guardare altrove. La risposta non è un nuovo sito web, ma un intero ecosistema: il Fediverso. E per noi lettori, la porta d’ingresso principale si chiama Bookwyrm.
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Fonts – Pepper&Carrot
Fonts - Pepper&CarrotOfficial homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
https://monodes.com/predaelli/2026/01/28/fonts-peppercarrot/
#Fonts #PepperCarrot
