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| 1 | #+date: [2026-07-16 Thu 13:34:04] | |
| 2 | #+title: Re: Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You | |
| 3 | #+description: I am so happy feed readers let me ignore the author's style sheets. | |
| 4 | #+slug: re-your-rss-reader-is-robbing-you | |
| 5 | #+filetags: :web: | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | To summarize my answer to Antonio's post: good! | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | I don't read posts in my feed reader to look at styles, I do it to consume | |
| 10 | content - to read their thoughts. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | I use my feed reader because it's configured exactly how I like it. The colors | |
| 13 | are tweaked to a palette that's pleasing to my eyes and doesn't cause strain. | |
| 14 | The font family, font size, and other elements are customizable and configured | |
| 15 | exactly how I like them. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | I can't tell you how many times I've opened a great blog post and struggled to | |
| 18 | read it and had to enable Reader Mode in my browser just to get through it. | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | HTML is great because it's a structured markup where we can disregard the web | |
| 21 | server's custom styles and apply our own. In fact, there are whole communities | |
| 22 | around custom style sheets to mold the web into your own comfortable space. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | Sure, there are great looking blogs out there. But honestly? There are far more | |
| 25 | poorly-styled blogs or blogs that are fine, but conflict with my own sense of | |
| 26 | style or eye comfort. | |
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| 28 | Keep it up, RSS. Thanks for shielding me from visual discomfort and flashing | |
| 29 | yellow text on purple backgrouunds. | |