trvz25 days ago
RSS readers are immensely helpful to also interact with image (such as web comics) and video (Youtube channels) feeds.
Alas, a terminal interface is a decisively bad choice for that.
kseistrup25 days ago
Some terminal emulators – e.g., kitty – can show images inline. I use `toot` and `tooi` to read the Fediverse in kitty, and the images are there alright.
asdff25 days ago
You don't need to stay completely in the terminal interface. I use newsboat. I have configured it such that if I want to open any media links like that, one keystroke opens them in a new firefox window on top of everything. One can also use something like mpv or imagemagick if firefox feels too "heavy."
anthk24 days ago
I use Dillo for science articles.
rambambram25 days ago
I wish more sites added images (in the <enclosure> tag preferably) to their RSS posts. I think images are the perfect middle ground between spicing up pure textbased posts and not being distracting videos on autoplay.
With my self-built reader (link in bio) I'm always delighted to see posts with photos or images attached.
the_gipsy25 days ago
Plug: I made https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-image for ratatui projects (like this one), and terminals that support some image protocol. It falls back to some ASCII-art.
analogpixel25 days ago
I tried to use neomutt a few months ago, and found that all email is now just a mime encoded minefield. too bad, I liked the mutt workflow over having to have a browser opening and checking for stuff.
sneak25 days ago
What if I don't like beans?
jwr25 days ago
I used to read USENET news in text terminals on X11 systems, and on 3270 terminals before that. It's amusing how we're coming full circle.
asciii25 days ago
text is king. The rise of LLMs helped reinforce that nicely IMO.
exiguus25 days ago
Will it also have client functionality to support reader like miniflux or tiny tiny rss, like in newsboat?
bahdotshxxop25 days ago
No plans for that yet. Feedr is currently standalone-only.
TwoNineFive24 days ago
There is an old Android app named "Feedr". Many people still use it, even though it's not listed on the Play Store anymore. Not to mention "Feeder".
Nobody is going to be able to find this by name when you have such a generic one.
cosmotic25 days ago
Terminal seems like an odd choice for a platform to read on, considering the fixed-width characters.
bluebarbet25 days ago
I say fixed-width characters are a feature, not a bug.
exiguus25 days ago
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oDot25 days ago
TUIs are so nice.
Please consider using Trolley to package this for non-technical users:
infogulch25 days ago
Does it use ffmpeg to render inline images to ASCII?
steffs24 days ago
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