Current is an interesting new RSS reader that doesn’t function like an email inbox.

[kottke@mastodon.social]

Current is an interesting new RSS reader that doesn’t function like an email inbox. “There is no count because counting was the problem.” https://www.terrygodier.com/current

[lazysupper@famichiki.jp]

@kottke
Woulda been nice to have this sentence at the very top of that very long river of a page instead of at the **very bottom**:

> Current is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

What a waste of my time.

[bubbajet@mastodon.world]

@kottke Very tempting! But wow, does the website go on forever with no link to the product.

[renebrouwer@mastodon.social]

@lazysupper @kottke You missed the line saying essentially the same in the thumbnail?

[mrak@solarsystem.social]

@kottke I personally like the "old" count method, but I'm for anything that promotes RSS!

[dpease@mastodon.social]

@kottke I don't want to be a buzzkill, I feel like Terry Godier put some thought into this. I agree RSS reader ought to adapt to user's actual usage of their sources to try and highlight stuff they really want. And to whatever degree his features are novel, doing anything different is worth trying.

But I think his premise that unread count causes anxiety is absurd, and between this product page and his initial essay I feel like I've been slapped in the face with a TEDx talk.