Dfeed
Productivity
feed reader
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, minimal design
From 2 comments
Love the simplicity! Congrats! What would it take to turn it into a stand-alone html file that could be "double clicked" and used as an application? It almost seems to work, but…
ms123 on HNVery cool hardcore minimalist aesthetic! Do you use it yourself for reading your feeds?
finite_jest on HN
Objections
Adding feeds fails when opened as a standalone HTML file because most feeds block CORS
From 1 comment
I don't think that would work well, because most feeds block CORS requests (or rather, they don't explicitly allow CORS requests) and you would have to wait for the last request…
amadeuspagel on HN
Firefox shows nothing until the browser is reloaded
From 1 comment
Nice. On Firefox it is a little confusing because nothing happen unless you reload the browser. Also wrt. CORS, I think the best way in your case is probably to use a…
derekzhouzhen on HN
Only works well on Chrome until the Firefox addon is approved
From 1 comment
ok that is great to know... unless developers like you don't create a moat around chrome , "best works on only chrome" will continue as this forces people, with even a single…
2Gkashmiri on HN
Requests
Firefox addon
From 1 comment
please add a firefox addon
2Gkashmiri on HN
Standalone HTML file version
From 1 comment
Love the simplicity! Congrats! What would it take to turn it into a stand-alone html file that could be "double clicked" and used as an application? It almost seems to work, but…
ms123 on HN
Questions
Why hasn't this been done before?
From 1 comment
Awesome! I wonder why no one has done this before. Added it to https://github.com/fiatjaf/awesome-loginless
fiatjaf on HN
Alternatives named
Browser-based RSS reader project linked by a commenter (Show HN a couple of months earlier)
From 1 comment
With all due respect to dfeed, it (free RSS reader in the browser) has been done before. Here is my show HN thread a couple of months ago:…
derekzhouzhen on HN
airss, a similar project with CORS workarounds
From 1 comment
Nice. On Firefox it is a little confusing because nothing happen unless you reload the browser. Also wrt. CORS, I think the best way in your case is probably to use a…
derekzhouzhen on HN