I’ve been using Feedly since Google Reader went away, and has enough faults (buggy interface, terrible bookmarking, awkward phone app that needs to be online all the time) to motivate me towards a new one. Any recommendations?
After Reader was shut down, instead of trusting my RSS feeds to another always-online provider I decided to use local clients. I use dropbox to maintain the feed list and read status synchronised between all devices I need it on.
Feedly’s default settings on the app are intolerable. It can be mostly fixed with settings changes though. I actually prefer the ap to the desktop now because I use it to pack dead time with reading my RSS feed instead of productive time.
I use rawdog. It runs on my computer and generates a single HTML file, which contains a nice unified list of articles (rather than the common alternative, a list of feeds which I then have to drill down into). It doesn’t rely on any external services other than the feeds themselves. By diddling with the template it uses to generate the HTML, I have given it a little interactivity (e.g., I can tell it to “collapse” some feeds so that they show only article titles rather than content; I can then un-collapse individual articles).
Last I checked, it didn’t work on Windows but could be coerced into doing so by fiddling with the source code (it’s in Python).
There is a thing called Tiny Tiny RSS that, from what others have said, I suspect may offer kinda-similar functionality but better (with perhaps a bit more effort to get it set up initially). I keep meaning to check it out but failing to do so.
Interesting and thanks for the explanation. I have upvoted this comment, and other responses to the parent that actually gave reasons for choosing a particular feed reader.
I tried using RSS readers, but I tended to forget to check their websites or apps. I could have trained myself to check them more often but I ended up using https://blogtrottr.com/ instead. It sends RSS feeds to your email inbox, so I can check blogs along with my email in the morning.
I haven’t had any issues so far. They send you ads along with the feed to generate revenue. Having a revenue model is a solid plus in my book.
What I don’t like about it: they don’t have accounts so managing subscriptions is a little hard.
I’ve tried TheOldReader, which worked well, even when they had to handle the sudden influx of Google Reader refugees. I’m currently using InoReader, which works very well, and Bloglines, which seems to be broken (for nearly a week now IIRC, and not for the first time in the last year).
IIRC I used it in the brief interlude between “we’re hobbyists providing a little free service for people who aren’t very happy with Google’s latest changes” and “holy hell, they’re shutting down Google Reader and our userbase just went up by an order of magnitude; we can’t keep this site public anymore”. IIRC I would have been willing to shell out $3/month for the service, but by the time that option opened up I’d discovered InoReader.
I use Digg Reader. It does not have any social networking features, but otherwise it basically works like Google Reader did.
For a while I was also using The Old Reader, but I switched away when it briefly looked like they were going to shut down. Digg Reader and The Old Reader seem very similar.
I simply use the wordpress.com reader (I have a blog that I update through there, so it consolidates the tools I use). I notice it tends to have a bit of a delay in getting new posts, but I don’t mind not being absolutely to-the-minute up to date.
I use RSS Feed Reader(Chrome plugin). It’s been fairly good to me, though I have noticed a couple of my feeds disappearing over time. Unsure if this is due to abandonment by the feed admins or due to software issues. I’d still recommend it as a decent option, but I’d believe that better ones exist elsewhere.
Tell us about your feed reader of choice.
I’ve been using Feedly since Google Reader went away, and has enough faults (buggy interface, terrible bookmarking, awkward phone app that needs to be online all the time) to motivate me towards a new one. Any recommendations?
I use newsblur and it’s fine, but I don’t use bookmarking or an app or basically anything interesting.
After Reader was shut down, instead of trusting my RSS feeds to another always-online provider I decided to use local clients. I use dropbox to maintain the feed list and read status synchronised between all devices I need it on.
I’ve found Feedly on a browser is much more manageable than the Android app.
Feedly’s default settings on the app are intolerable. It can be mostly fixed with settings changes though. I actually prefer the ap to the desktop now because I use it to pack dead time with reading my RSS feed instead of productive time.
I use rawdog. It runs on my computer and generates a single HTML file, which contains a nice unified list of articles (rather than the common alternative, a list of feeds which I then have to drill down into). It doesn’t rely on any external services other than the feeds themselves. By diddling with the template it uses to generate the HTML, I have given it a little interactivity (e.g., I can tell it to “collapse” some feeds so that they show only article titles rather than content; I can then un-collapse individual articles).
Last I checked, it didn’t work on Windows but could be coerced into doing so by fiddling with the source code (it’s in Python).
There is a thing called Tiny Tiny RSS that, from what others have said, I suspect may offer kinda-similar functionality but better (with perhaps a bit more effort to get it set up initially). I keep meaning to check it out but failing to do so.
Interesting and thanks for the explanation. I have upvoted this comment, and other responses to the parent that actually gave reasons for choosing a particular feed reader.
I tried using RSS readers, but I tended to forget to check their websites or apps. I could have trained myself to check them more often but I ended up using https://blogtrottr.com/ instead. It sends RSS feeds to your email inbox, so I can check blogs along with my email in the morning.
I haven’t had any issues so far. They send you ads along with the feed to generate revenue. Having a revenue model is a solid plus in my book.
What I don’t like about it: they don’t have accounts so managing subscriptions is a little hard.
I’ve tried TheOldReader, which worked well, even when they had to handle the sudden influx of Google Reader refugees. I’m currently using InoReader, which works very well, and Bloglines, which seems to be broken (for nearly a week now IIRC, and not for the first time in the last year).
Do you pay for The Old Reader?
IIRC I used it in the brief interlude between “we’re hobbyists providing a little free service for people who aren’t very happy with Google’s latest changes” and “holy hell, they’re shutting down Google Reader and our userbase just went up by an order of magnitude; we can’t keep this site public anymore”. IIRC I would have been willing to shell out $3/month for the service, but by the time that option opened up I’d discovered InoReader.
I switched to The Old Reader, which, as the name suggests, is pretty close to Google Reader in functionality.
I used Safari until Apple removed the RSS functionality, then switched to Vienna. OSX only.
I use Digg Reader. It does not have any social networking features, but otherwise it basically works like Google Reader did.
For a while I was also using The Old Reader, but I switched away when it briefly looked like they were going to shut down. Digg Reader and The Old Reader seem very similar.
I simply use the wordpress.com reader (I have a blog that I update through there, so it consolidates the tools I use). I notice it tends to have a bit of a delay in getting new posts, but I don’t mind not being absolutely to-the-minute up to date.
Digg is good for me.
I use RSS Feed Reader(Chrome plugin). It’s been fairly good to me, though I have noticed a couple of my feeds disappearing over time. Unsure if this is due to abandonment by the feed admins or due to software issues. I’d still recommend it as a decent option, but I’d believe that better ones exist elsewhere.
I use Vienna.
I use Firefox’s built-in “live bookmarks”.