NetNewsWire/Technotes/Roadmap.md

Roadmap

Updated Dec. 23, 2017

This roadmap reflects thinking at the time of the last update. Anything can change at any time.

Evergreen 1.0 for macOS

Ship: March 26, 2018 (we hope!)

Features:

• Standalone feed reading (unsynced)
• Syncing via FeedBin
• Built-in smart feeds (today, starred, all unread)
• Searching
• Starring
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Multiple windows
• Feed Directory
• AppleScript support
• Inspector
• Gestures
• Notifications
• Sharing
• Share extension
• Feed and user avatars
• Microblog full-post rendering in the timeline
• Thumbnail images in the timeline

Milestones:

Evergreen 1.0 alpha
Evergreen 1.0 beta
Evergreen 1.0

(See What Development, Alpha, Beta, and Final Mean for Evergreen for definitions.)

Evergreen 2.0 for macOS

Ship: March 26, 2019 (seems unlikely)

Features:

• Syncing via Feedly and other similar systems — not yet decided which ones exactly
• Syncing via CloudKit (maaaaaybe, if feasible)
• Smart feeds — edit and create
• Filters that run during refresh
• Scripted feeds (AppleScript and shell/Ruby/etc.)
• Hiding read subscriptions
• Hiding read articles
• Deleting articles
• Dark mode
• Dinosaurs
• Dock menu items
• Article themes
• Back/forward commands
• Article view zooming
• Import OPML from URL
• Traditional vertical layout

Milestones:

Evergreen 2.0 alpha
Evergreen 2.0 beta
Evergreen 2.0