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Re:RSS is undead by pjmlp on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:59AM (#16793502)
I never understood why use a browser for doing something that should naturally be done in a native app.

Shutting down Reader had zero effect on my RSS reading habits.

Re:RSS is undead by armandososa on Monday April 09, 2018 @12:14PM (#16794308)
Oh no, no, no, no. You're reading web things, you need it inside a browser. You middle click a link and it opens inside a new tab, just like that. Native clients and their embedded web views never work the way you expect them to be, and ugh, there's a link to something inside facebook and I'm not logged in... should I go back and right click -> "Open in browser", nah, forget it.

That's why I'm happy to rediscover the old reader. It is not only not a native app, it doesn't try to act like one.

Re:RSS is undead by kqr on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:25PM (#16796658)
This issue must exist only in poorly made apps, no? At least Android is designed such that it should be natural to navigate views across different apps as though they belonged to one. Apps aren't really emphasised under the hood as much as specific views are.
Re:RSS is undead by armandososa on Monday April 09, 2018 @06:31PM (#16797553)
Maybe it is a desktop versus mobile thing? I prefer a web app in the desktop, but yeah, a native app makes more sense in web.
Re:RSS is undead by pjmlp on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:26PM (#16796131)
I did not say anything about web views, I just stated using native apps.

Webviews are unwelcome.