Jesse KarmaniFeb 19
Jesse Karmani

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jesseplusplus/115969033252065485

Speaking of... I’m so delighted to see apps like @tg's Currents! The calm, intentional design is so well thought out and executed 🙌🏻

Currents is just for RSS, though. I would *love* to see these design patterns be incorporated into other social feeds.

Feb 18 at 8:57pmPhanpy
Show threadJesse KarmaniFeb 18

The blog post explaining each of the design elements, the reasoning behind the design, and why certain design patterns weren’t used is fantastic 🤩

https://www.terrygodier.com/current

Current

An RSS reader that doesn't count. What happens when you stop treating your feeds like an inbox and start treating them like a river.

Terry Godier
Show threadJesse KarmaniFeb 18
As is the preceding blog post where @tg lays out why the current inbox-style design for feeds makes us feel so bad by creating “phantom obligation” to finish everything in the feed: https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation
Phantom Obligation

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

Terry Godier
Show threadJesse KarmaniFeb 18
I’ve been trying to put similar intentions into my calm mode design for @frequency, but given that design is definitely my weakest skill, I’m still iterating a lot on it. I’ve been better at articulating the problem than creating the solutions I’m seeking 😅
Show threadJesse KarmaniFeb 18
Since @frequency is built for personal connections rather than news outlets or voices you follow, some of Currents’ nice design elements wouldn’t fit our use case exactly. But it is exciting to see some things similar to ideas I doodled in my notebook way back in 2018/2019 show up in real life and done by a designer with top notch skills! 😍
Show threadTravis F WFeb 19

@jesseplusplus thank you both for that article. My favorite quote:

❝There is no three-pane layout. No sidebar of feeds, no list of items, no reading pane. Brent Simmons, who invented that layout in 2002, spent twenty years wondering why everyone kept copying him. I took him seriously.❞
— @tg

Show threadTerry GodierFeb 18
@jesseplusplus thank you for reading!