Coming soon: a more compact third detailed bubble layout—headline and summary up front, source and time tucked into a single metadata row below.
Sidefy already offers Classic and Magazine detailed bubble layouts (see Clearer Bubble Layout: Magazine Style for Detailed Events →). In an upcoming release, we are adding a third option: Feed—a content-first, more compact layout for when you want the headline and summary before the metadata.
What’s coming
After the update ships, choose Appearance Settings → Bubble → Detailed Layout → Feed. You can also use Feed styling in Simple bubble mode under Appearance Settings → Theme; the same title-first order applies, without notes or side thumbnails.
Compared with Magazine and Classic, Feed reads top to bottom like this:
- Title — headline (and optional original-title line when enabled); keyboard number hints stay on the left color bar, same as today
- Summary — notes or RSS excerpt in a larger subheadline style, directly under the title (hidden when empty)
- Side thumbnail — compact square image on the right when the event has one (hidden when Imageless mode is on under Appearance Settings → Theme)
- Metadata row — source shown as a tinted pill badge, then the time capsule and rule icons on the same row below the text column
- Divider — only when the event has a calendar deep link; calendar open link sits below (notes are not repeated here—they stay in the summary block above)
Magazine leads with source and keeps notes in the footer after a divider. Classic mixes source, time, and rules on one inline row with images in the flow below. Feed flips that: read the story first, then glance at where it came from—and keeps the metadata tighter by collapsing source, time, and rule icons into one bottom row instead of spreading them across multiple lines.
Why “Feed”
The name matches the reading order of a feed reader: title and excerpt up front, origin and time as supporting context at the bottom. Compared with Magazine, Feed drops the dedicated source line and footer block for notes, so each row feels more compact while still showing the same information. It works well for RSS headlines with body text, plugin alerts with descriptions, and any event where the summary matters more than the source line.
Pagination and keyboard hints at the bottom of the bubble stay the same, so muscle memory for switching groups and holding modifiers for mouse mode still applies once this ships.
When it lands
After release: turn off Simple under Appearance Settings → Theme if you want the full detailed layout, then go to Appearance Settings → Bubble → Detailed Layout and choose Feed. You can switch back to Classic or Magazine anytime.
We’d love to hear which layout fits your workflow once you’ve tried it—feedback welcome via GitHub Issues.
This post describes a feature in development; final behavior and timing may change slightly before the build reaches the Mac App Store.
Rolling out in an upcoming Sidefy release—stay tuned.