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Personal readers and knowledge workers who want a focused daily digest from sources they choose. They use the app to catch up quickly, compare editions over time, and adjust inputs without turning reading into source management work.
The product aggregates selected sources into generated news editions. Success means users can open the app, understand what matters today, read with minimal friction, and maintain their source list confidently.
Editorial, calm, exacting. The interface should feel like a well-kept reading desk: structured enough for productivity, quiet enough for attention, and opinionated enough to avoid generic dashboard sameness.
Avoid generic SaaS dashboards with cream cards, blue accent defaults, and template metrics. Avoid busy newspaper layouts with chaotic hierarchy or too many competing columns. Avoid dark hacker UI, neon drama, and technical affectation.
Reading comes first: navigation, settings, and source management should support the edition, not compete with it.
Editorial structure beats decoration: use spacing, rhythm, type hierarchy, and rules to organize content before adding ornamental UI.
Quiet controls, clear states: product affordances should be familiar, accessible, and consistent across routes.
Useful density: show enough context for fast scanning without crowding the reading surface.
Trust through craft: every edge state, empty state, and loading state should feel deliberate rather than bolted on.
Target WCAG AA contrast, visible focus states, semantic document structure, keyboard-accessible controls, and reduced-motion-safe interactions. Do not rely on color alone for status or navigation state.