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RSS lets me see the content I care about without black box algorithms getting in the way. This is so important to me that I wrote a feed reader as a browser pl

RSS lets me see the content I care about without black box algorithms getting in the way. This is so important to me that I wrote a feed reader as a browser plugin so I don't need to worry about a service disappearing some day. If you're curious it's Brook[1], and if you like hacking on things, it's open source[2]. There's a branch that works on Chrome, but I really like Firefox's support for showing content in a sidebar. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/brook-feed-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/brook-feed-re... [2] http://github.com/adamsanderson/brook http://github.com/adamsanderson/brook

StavrosK 6y ago
I really like this, well done! I was actually thinking of getting something like it the other day. Can I suggest keyboard navigation (basically "go to next unread") and "only show unread items"? It would be great to be able to press a key and go to the next unread feed.
- netghost 6y ago
  Oh, of course. That makes a ton of sense, I'll think about how to do that shortly. If you're on Github adding an issue would help me remember, if not I'll try to keep it top of mind until I put the kids to bed.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    Done, thanks!
Moru 6y ago
Oh, finally something that just works in a sane way, thankyou! I was searching on RSS in firefox plugins, never thought of searching on FEED. Is it possible for it not to add an RSS feed you already have in the list?
- netghost 6y ago
  I should work RSS into the title… feed encompasses RSS, Atom, and then a few other tricks I use to get feeds of content. It _should_ tell you you're already subscribed if the feed is in your list. It gets a bit tricky with redirects and non canonical urls. If you use github, drop an issue there detailing what you're seeing. If not, then let me know in a DM or this thread. Also thank you for using Brook, you now account for 2% of the world wide usage ;)
Saris 6y ago
This looks great! I would definitely put RSS in the wording somewhere, I would not have thought to search for "feed" instead. Does it utilize firefox sync at all for multiple devices? I see an import/export option at least so I can get the same feeds on my laptop and desktop.
- netghost 6y ago
  It doesn't use firefox sync yet, but it probably could. I think it's fairly restricted on how much data you can sync and I'd want to make sure "normal" usage doesn't get too close to that.

StavrosK 6y ago

I really like this, well done! I was actually thinking of getting something like it the other day. Can I suggest keyboard navigation (basically "go to next unread") and "only show unread items"? It would be great to be able to press a key and go to the next unread feed.

netghost 6y ago
Oh, of course. That makes a ton of sense, I'll think about how to do that shortly. If you're on Github adding an issue would help me remember, if not I'll try to keep it top of mind until I put the kids to bed.
- StavrosK 6y ago
  Done, thanks!

Moru 6y ago

Oh, finally something that just works in a sane way, thankyou! I was searching on RSS in firefox plugins, never thought of searching on FEED. Is it possible for it not to add an RSS feed you already have in the list?

netghost 6y ago
I should work RSS into the title… feed encompasses RSS, Atom, and then a few other tricks I use to get feeds of content. It _should_ tell you you're already subscribed if the feed is in your list. It gets a bit tricky with redirects and non canonical urls. If you use github, drop an issue there detailing what you're seeing. If not, then let me know in a DM or this thread. Also thank you for using Brook, you now account for 2% of the world wide usage ;)

Saris 6y ago

This looks great! I would definitely put RSS in the wording somewhere, I would not have thought to search for "feed" instead. Does it utilize firefox sync at all for multiple devices? I see an import/export option at least so I can get the same feeds on my laptop and desktop.

netghost 6y ago
It doesn't use firefox sync yet, but it probably could. I think it's fairly restricted on how much data you can sync and I'd want to make sure "normal" usage doesn't get too close to that.