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  • Monocle is Offline

    April 26, 2016

    When I first built Monocle, I modeled it after the "timeline" or "stream" view now common in social networks, but made it possible to subscribe to h-entry feeds as well. The main UI showed a stream of posts, with the full post contents rendered inline, along with the author info and favorite/repost/reply buttons.

    While this sounds good in theory, it turns out that I found myself not actually using it regularly, likely for the same reasons I don't often read my Twitter home timeline. Instead, I continued to primarily follow content using my IRC channels.

    Last year, I wrote up details on "why I live in IRC", as a way to capture why that interface is more compelling to me than a stream of posts like Monocle and Twitter.

    Since I wasn't using it as my primary reader, I wasn't regularly giving it attention, and several bugs have appeared that have been left unfixed. So for now, I feel it's best to officially shut down Monocle, rather than have it be a partially functional example of an IndieWeb reader.

    You can expect to see development of Monocle resume in the future, but it will take on a very different form than what it previously was.

    Foster City, California
    Tue, Apr 26, 2016 8:08am -07:00 #monocle #indieweb
    3 replies 4 mentions
    • Greg unrelenting.technology

      hah, I’m glad I moved to Woodwind in time :)

      Thu, Apr 28, 2016 11:17am -07:00
    • Ryan Barrett snarfed.org

      aww. when i first saw this headline, i thought you’d added offline support with localStorage etc. :P

      condolences, but makes sense. onward!

      Tue, Apr 26, 2016 9:16am -07:00
    • Kyle Mahan kylewm.com

      Oh crap, I feel like this was my fault… Sorry <3 Excited to see where you go next though!

      Tue, Apr 26, 2016 8:13am -07:00

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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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