Reading articles

reader keeps the classic Google Reader layout: a feeds sidebar, an article list, and the reader pane. Each column collapses to a rail ([ and ] toggle the first two; every rail has a click target too) and can be resized by dragging its edge.

The article list

• Articles group by publication day — Today, Yesterday, then dated headers.
• Podcast episodes carry a ♪ (audio) or ▶ (video) mark.
• Opening an article (click, or j/k navigation) marks it read immediately.
• Infinite scroll loads the next page before you reach the bottom; a Load more button covers keyboard and reduced-motion cases.

Subject filters

Above the list, the feed’s categories appear as toggle chips with unread counts. Selecting a chip filters the list to that subject; All clears the filter. Chips are per-feed — saved lists have their own membership instead.

The reader pane

• Reader / Embedded page tabs: sanitized article content, or the original page in a sandboxed iframe when the feed only supplied a summary. Many sites refuse to be shown inside another site (X-Frame-Options or a CSP frame-ancestors rule). reader checks the page’s headers and disables the tab for those; hover it to see why, and use the title link to open the original in a new tab.
• YouTube videos play in the reader. YouTube’s watch pages refuse to be framed, so reader uses its privacy-enhanced embed player (youtube-nocookie.com) in the Reader tab and in place of the embedded page, which becomes a Video tab.
• Previous / next article links at the bottom, plus left/right swipe on touch devices with a directional push transition.
• A small dot at the left or right edge (and on the bottom navigation links) marks an unread neighbor. The ‹•› header toggle restricts prev/next navigation — buttons, swipe, and j/k — to unread articles only.
• The article list toggles between the dense list and an image-led pinboard (card grid); the choice persists.
• The article title links to the original URL in a new tab.
• Podcast episodes get a player with chapters and a transcript above the show notes; see Podcasts.

Mobile

Below 700px the app switches to a single-pane flow: tap an article to open the reader full-screen, ← Back to list returns. Day headers appear in the list and the feeds sidebar becomes a drawer behind the ☰ button.

Install as an app

The web UI is a PWA. On desktop Chrome/Edge use the address-bar install icon (or the ⤓ button in the header); on iOS Safari use Share → Add to Home Screen; on Android use the ⋮ menu → Install app.