Makar
Posted on December 10, 2023
Dev.to is awesome indeed, it's just a few features short from perfection. Here's the 3 features I wish it had:
1. Ability to archive posts straight from the share menu
I tend to archive the best post I come by, but in order to do so I must bookmark them first, then go to my reading list and only there I can find the Archive
button. I wish it was a one-click experience instead
2. Hide or grey out the posts I have seen/opened already
I wish I doomscrolled Dev.to as often as I do Facebook... but I can't even if I want to. An ability to skip the items you have already seen would be very helpful here, since subsequent attempts to scroll through Dev.to often comes to spending too much energy to identify what you have already read or worse -- decided not to read earlier. I wish the feed would automatically filter out (or at least grey out) the items I have already opened and let me mark items seen myself.
3. Tips
The feed has evolved a lot during this year, but I don't feel like I am fully aware of its nuts and bolts, so I am not making the most out of it. I wish there was a link to some wiki page (or at least some tooltips) right on top of the feed explaining it all.
That's all I have -- not a big ask, I assume. I wonder if you feel the same way or what features would make Dev.to perfect for you instead.
Posted on December 10, 2023
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