The size of the first two columns isn’t adjustable but the width of the reading space can be made wider or more compact depending on your needs.Īdding feeds is easy: click the bold blue add button, tap in a site URL and Raven will auto-detect any available feeds.
On the right is the “content” area where a plain-text version of each article is presented. In the middle is the “article list” showing article headline, site name, publish date and an easy-to-spot site favicon. On the left is a sidebar listing RSS feed sources and a slate of filter options, including “All Feeds”, “Recently Read” and “Unread only”. One thing Raven has right from the off is its look: it’s clean, with ample spacing, and isn’t crowded up by buttons and toolbars. On the desktop that takes the form of an RSS reader, which consolidates all the latest content, headlines and news from various blogs, sites, and services into one, manageable place - a place designed for reading.Īnd Raven is one such app.
The format still has its fans - I’m proudly among them - who often use dedicated apps to stay on top of the latest posts and updates from their favourite blogs, sites and projects. Though out of fashion with mainstream users RSS is far from being out of use. Outlets instead opt to rack up follows, likes and fans on social media - which makes sense: RSS is passive, while social media is interactive, engaging, and immediate. The format still has fans and I’m proudly among themīut the popularity of RSS for news distribution is in decline.įew websites or blogs tend to the format as a primary method of delivering content updates to readers nowadays. Though out of fashion with mainstream users, RSS is far from out of use. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a standardised web format for delivering updated web content to whoever wants it via RSS feeds.
Not fussed? Me, either, but that will be a deal-breaker for some. In this post I’ll provide you with an overview of what Raven can do, what it can’t do, and how I think it could be even better than (spoiler alert) it already is.īut before we go any further you may want to made aware that this open-source, cross-platform RSS reader is built using Electron. This week I finally found some time to dig into this deliciously well designed desktop RSS feed reader. Raven is a new open source RSS reader app for Windows, macOS and Linux that I’ve been eager to try out.
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