Terry GodierJan 27

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).

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation

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Phantom Obligation

Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.

Terry Godier
Show threadPeter-Paul Hahnl
@tg @brentsimmons I also struggled with the „x unread email“-stress I felt from many RSS Clients. But then I installed Reeder 4 on iOS and found out: it’s so much better than all the other clients. No red tags with 1200 unread items…
Jan 27 at 7:06pmWeb
Show threadTerry GodierJan 27
@pphahnl the struggle is real!