This week Skyreader gets a redesign of the sharing composer and gains the ability to send articles to your other standard.site publications.
External linkblog publications
I recently reworked sharing in Skyreader to use standard.site rather than a custom sharing lexicon. When you share an article, Skyreader posts a normal standard.site document linked to a standard.site publication that is created for you the first time you share an article. This works great to get started quickly, but if you already have a blog it's a bit annoying to have to start a new one.
So, now Skyreader lets you customize which standard.site publication to use when sharing articles. This means you can share articles to your existing or blog, or even your own custom hand-rolled site right from Skyreader.
When you first go to share an article in Skyreader, now you will be prompted to either create a new Skyreader linkblog or use a publication you already have. You can also change which publication to use at any time in settings.
External publications work great with no configuration for both Leaflet and Offprint. For other blogging platforms, you'll need to check compatibility. There are two things that need to align: (1) the platform needs to support standard.site documents written in external clients (so pckt is currently unsupported), and (2) Skyreader needs to support the platform's document content format. Currently, Skyreader supports Leaflet, Offprint, and Markpub content formats. Let me know what other formats you'd like to see supported on Skyreader's board.
A much nicer composer
To go along with external linkblog publications, I've also completely reworked the UX for composing linkblog posts. Previously, the design was optimized for quick sharing: a post was immediately sent when you clicked the share button, and then you could add commentary by editing the already live post.
Now, the share button does not immediately create a post. Instead, a composer pops up for you to add your commentary first (or immediately click the post button to share just the link).
The composer is also much nicer. Quotes from the article are now rich components instead of just Markdown > syntax, and the quote picker shows more context. The composer sticks to the bottom of your screen so you can navigate and continue reading while you draft your post.
Also, you can keep drafts. When you dismiss the composer, your post is saved as a draft for you to edit and post later. You can find all your drafts in the linkblog view.
Skyreader continues to improve! Let me know what you'd most like to see next as I continue to build out the reading app I've always wanted.