Ideas for web readers

Every so often I have an idea for a feature that might be interesting in a web reader. I write down my ideas in my notes. Sometimes, an idea makes its way into Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. Other times, the idea stays in my notes where it can breathe, mature, and maybe become something (or maybe not; choosing what not to build is just as important as choosing what to build).I wanted to write down a few of the ideas I have had for web readers. Not all of these may be interesting, but I thought I’d get them on (digital) paper anyway.A weekly boost round-upArtemis allows users to subscribe to accounts on Mastodon. When this feature is used, Artemis only displays posts authored by the person a user has chosen to follow (which also includes replies to the author’s posts written by the author, aka a thread). This is because Artemis assumes you want to read posts by the author; boosts can clutter the reader interface.This made me think that there could be a page in a web reader…