Suggestion: User-Selectable Post List for Sites Without RSS

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Summary
Add a “Post List Selector” mode to Fluent Reader’s built-in browser. This lets users manually define which part of a webpage contains article links. Fluent Reader then uses that selector to create and update a custom feed.

How it works

1. User enters a URL in the built-in browser.
2. Click a new button: Select Post List.
3. The page enters a highlight mode that shows hover outlines for all containers.
4. User clicks the container that represents the list of posts (e.g., a <div>, <ul>, or <section>).
5. Fluent Reader captures the container’s CSS selector.
6. For future updates:
   • Fetch the page.
   • Query the saved selector.
   • Extract all <a> tags inside it.
   • Convert relative links to absolute URLs.
   • Use link text as the item title; optionally extract timestamps if available.
7. Feed updates automatically on the same schedule as normal feeds.

Technical notes

• Store one selector per domain.
• Fallback behavior if the selector breaks: notify the user and allow re-selection.
• Optional quality improvement: detect repeated patterns to highlight likely containers during selection.

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