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).
Yes! I've also been mystified for years.
In 2012 I built an RSS reader that had flowers (daisies) where the number of petals told me about freshness of a site, and allowed me to visually browse and scroll around. The app fell into disrepair, and I've been meaning to vibe code something back to life for ages.
Suffice it to say, I'd love to try out what you are building :)
Terry Godier
Jochen