Single Card View

[svenjacobs]

First off, thank you for this great application — it's become a daily part of how I read, and I really appreciate the work you put into it. With that in mind, I'd like to propose a Single Card View that shows one article full-screen at a time — source, title, and the first few sentences ellipsized — instead of as a row in a scrollable list. The motivation is fast reading: I personally scan articles much faster going through them individually than scrolling a long list, where every headline competes for attention at once and it's easy to lose my place. Giving each article the whole screen turns browsing into a quick, focused keep/skip rhythm. Navigation between articles is done with Previous/Next buttons or left/right swipe gestures, and tapping the card opens the full article. I've attached a Material 3 mockup (dark and light).

Full disclosure: I used AI to generate the mockup and to help me phrase this feature request.

[svenjacobs]

While Capy Reader has something similiar when tapping an article, I personally prefer a left/right swipe or button navigation. Also it would be nice if the Single Card View could be set as the default view when opening the app. Maybe some of those ideas can be integrated into the current view?

[jocmp]

Thanks for the mockup @svenjacobs. There is a button nav at the bottom of the reader with a caret icon (highlighted below) though it's smaller than what you're proposing here.

[svenjacobs]

I tried this button and the swipe gesture but the transition to the next article is too slow for me 😅