Not a bad idea, and implementation is solid mvp.<p>Some thoughts:<p>1) Given that you have clear categories available, it might be worth it to show the name of the category on the reel as well. Sometimes headlines are very broad, and they might not clearly imply the category. I tried a few categories, and in the end forgot which one I was currently watching. -> By showing category indicator you would give additional context for the watcher, on why a specific story is important. I get there's background color doing more or less the same thing, but only if a picture is missing. Color is great for seasoned users (additional pattern would be great for color blind people), new users would probably need clearer information.<p>2) after the reel ends, you might want to show a final screen, before jumping to the home screen. This way, people could still tap the prev button, if they wanted to recheck some headlines that they missed.
I've always been a big fan of the Snapchat/Instagram Story UI format but I wasn't the biggest fan of the content on those applications. At the same time I wanted a single place where I could get up to speed on various topics. I ended up combining the ideas.<p>This works exactly as Snapchats 'Discover' Section. There is a collection of 'streams' of various topics (news, gaming, nature, etc.) You click a stream, and you can tap or click to go forward or back. When done the stream viewer closes and the stream link is greyed out until new items are available. It has embedded video and picture support and feels like modern day 'channel surfing'.<p>Would love feedback and any section ideas!
This is a pretty cool website. Reminds of Tiktok with the seemless continuously loading videos, in this case being news articles or other interesting videos. I really like the tv show/movie trailers subsection. Few things to point out: (1) one thing I would do for the news articles is slow down the timer. Perhaps 20-30 seconds. (2) Also image backgrounds and video quality can look off sometimes. (3) The back and forth arrows blend into white or noisy background images -- can the arrow colors change dynamically.
This is a great idea! Do you have any plans to add keyboard shortcut support (a/d to go between stories, w/a/s/d to go between categories)?
Congrats. I love this! Where do you get your content from and how often do you refresh it? How do I request for different categories? I would love to add a few more for politics and covid-19