psydii Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) I make heavy use of ReederApp but I'm not tied to it. Anyone made the leap to a new RSS aggregation and synchronisation service that offers an API to apps? Edited June 13, 2013 by psydii
6Foot2 Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Currently experimenting with: Feedspot - A fast, free, modern Rss Reader The Old Reader Feedly. Your News. Delivered Not sure which of them I like most at the moment.
Geoff Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Using the old reader. Only using it for my podcast feeds so it's fine for me. Wish I could find an android client though.
russdev Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 (edited) Liking NewsBlur but my major bug bear is that they only keep last two weeks. That meant some feeds that I read every few weeks I would lose those posts. Tried old reader before but import did not work due to load etc. Might try it again and see how I go with it. Russell Edited June 14, 2013 by russdev
Geoff Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 It's settled down now. It was seriously creaky after the original announcement about Google Reader going away.
jha Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Another one for Feedly. Using iOS app & desktop version. Working nicely.
jha Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Now trying Feedly, any tips on good feeds to add? There's a nice little suggested feeds button (top left on the browser version). Then the usual - Engadget, MacRumours, 9to5mac, lifehacker, etc..
mats Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Feedly's interface was too weird for me. It'd use tiny tiny rss if I had a hosting account going spare so it's the Old Reader for now. As above, needs an android client.
Arthur Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 needs an android client. Press will add support for Feedly very soon. http://i.imgur.com/4LMNOZH.png
Arthur Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) The State of Google Reader Replacements Before Google Reader shuts down on Monday, I think the following caveat about Feedly is worth highlighting. While Feedly is a great, easy drop-in replacement for Reader, there’s one big caveat: it does not export. Once you're in Feedly, there’s currently no way out. (All the more reason to save your Google Reader export!) The developers of Feedly have stated on Twitter that OPML export is on the roadmap. However, we encourage taking developer promises with a grain of salt, as it’s always possible that export will never be added. In theory, you could export your subscriptions from a third-party client, but that isn't yet a reality. To export your RSS subscriptions from Google Reader visit the URL below before 1st July. http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export Edited June 28, 2013 by Arthur 1
6Foot2 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 People still use RSS feeds!? Certainly. RSS does its job. What do you use instead of RSS?
IrritableTech Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 I exported reader to feedly when the announcement came from google. Since then I've used RSS less and less. Twitter is now my main source of news.
CyBeRkId2002 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 been using feedly for a while... personally think its great!
Lmsgpm2012 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 I'm using Reeder on my mac. Works quite well in that it's simple to use and updates as often as I choose. I tend to read these feeds between doing jobs for just a couple of minutes at a time, throughout the day, so I want the interface to be as simple as possible.
psydii Posted June 28, 2013 Author Posted June 28, 2013 DfE RSS Feeds MS Technet Blogs RSS Feeds MS Hotfix RSS feeds Interesting bloggers feeds Apple Support RSS feeds RSS Feeds from websites that carry articles that interest me. (including the edugeek feed) Twitter is just too noisy, and doesn't offer offline reading, and you *always* have to consume the real information via a browser, where as reader apps provide (usually) a superior reading experience to native website. It is also too immediate and of the moment. Many of the RSS feeds I subscribe to are infrequently updated. If i followed them with twitter, the chances are that I'd miss the interesting stuff. I do use twitter too. If I wan NEWS I'll go visit a NEWS website. I also buy books, quaint I know.
webman Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 I installed selfoss on my own web hosting, and imported my Google Reader exported file. Works well for me
psydii Posted July 1, 2013 Author Posted July 1, 2013 Only hours to go before Reader shuts down. Feedly now has OMPL 'export' (on the organise page you can view your feeds in OMPL, copy-paste and there's your file). Looks like the quickest hacked together thing I have seen on the modern web. Kudos to them for "just doing it" so we're not locked in. I'm sure it will be prettier/more functional as time allows.
6Foot2 Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Now that Google Reader has finally gone Google has linked to the following page on AlternativeTo.net for those who have not chosen a replacement yet: Link: Google Reader Alternatives and Similar Software - AlternativeTo.net Edited July 2, 2013 by 6Foot2 Adjust post wording.
russdev Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Right on to the next service starting to think hosting my own rss reader might be way forward.. http://blog.theoldreader.com/post/56798895350/desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures 1
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