> You mean like a browser?

I can see this being a nice alternative to a few browser options for checking the latest across multiple sites. Pinned tabs, "Open All" bookmark folder, loose tabs, etc. Not ideal, imo, so having them all in one place and unified under a single UI might be kind of nice.

Can't really speak to the UI though since this is unfortunately macOS only :(

> I can see this being a nice alternative to a few browser options for checking the latest across multiple site

It's just another walled garden approach

Which is good coz most of these communities are time sucks so consciously having to open an app instead of just opening a new tab is great.

Currently i use another browser for this(firefox is for browsing hackernews, chrome is for work since devtools are better)

> Currently i use another browser for this(firefox is for browsing hackernews, chrome is for work since devtools are better)

Have you tried Firefox Developer Mode? I find it to be lots better, especially if you are using grid or flexbox.

Besides when working with web workers I've actually had an overall better experience with FF dev tools in the recent couple of years. I recommend trying them out again if you haven't already.

Sounds like RSS.

I have to agree.

Nice work, and looks pretty, but Feedly scratches this itch for me almost perfectly. And it expands well beyond Reddit and HN.

The only better solution would be if I hosted my own and used an open source app. I'll get around to it.

Does Feedly/RSS right now with community sites like HN/reddit support all the comments? Do they support comments in blog posts? I may have not played around enough or missed something.

When I tried rss with Feedly before. I wasn’t getting blog post comments. I don’t think reddit/HN comments either but could be wrong there.

Nah, no comments.

You get the title which is a link to the submission, a picture and a link to the comments. I'm on Android so hitting either opens a webview (powered by Firefox) with an X in the top left which leads back to feedly. I also have scrolling past a submission set to mark it as read.

Admittedly something which handled unread comments and notifications for replies could be more engaging, but I feel like I get enough HN as it is and I want to remain somewhat productive.

Ha, that's a good point. I never could really get into using RSS feeds for whatever reason. It's possible I'd lose interest in this approach to media consumption for similar reason (whatever they are).

will build RSS plugin in the future.

It's interesting that the Slack UI design is becoming so popular. Also the VS Code UI (which is very similar to Slack) is another style growing in popularity... Maybe it's easy to find templates for these styles?