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by dredmorbius 3693 days ago
I was almost going to pass this up based on the HN discussion and the initial CTA[1] on the page. I'm still not sure this answers any of the many frustrations, and hopes, I have for browser development,[2][3] but it's of possible interest.

For the love of all that's holy: Put a compelling argument for a CTA on the page BEFORE the CTA.

And ... put a compelling argument there regardless. This lacks both.

The features mentioned, especially tabs management, strike me as useful. Tabs are a mistake. That's not my opinion, that's Adam Stiles' view -- and he invented them. Content management is a huge problem.

Web design isn't the solution, it's the problem. My standing recommendation now is that Pocket add a Web Intent to its Android app. If I could use it rather than Firefox or Chrome for browsing, I'd be vastly happier.

Streams, search, bookmarks, content, organisation, reputation (of authors, sites, publishers), fact-checking, influence-registries (Nature just had an item on this IIRC) are all other areas of issue.

Paying content providers is a concern. I'm notafan of micropayments, but building the system into the browser is one option. Broadband or content taxes with usage monitoring similar to music's mechanicals is another. Browsers could play a role in both.

I'm also not a fan of having to register for stuff. But might regardless.

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Notes:

1. Call to action.

2. Among my longer rants, with a future roadmap: https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/256lxu/tabbed_...

3. Specific to Firefox: https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/VX64KGmi...

1 comments

Somewhat an aside, but Sticky Reader View would be a great Test Pilot experiment.
Good suggestion.