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Google Reader. It actually let me add feeds, read them, and mark them read reliably. Everything after is focused on value-add instead of just fucking working.

zatkin 10y ago
I think OP meant physical objects, but nonetheless, I agree with you. You know a product is very well designed when people are still missing it years after its closure.
Singletoned 10y ago
Have you tried https://feedbin.com/ https://feedbin.com/ ? It came out as a response to the closure of Reader, and I actually prefer it. They've kept everything very simple.
- tajen 10y ago
  There is also https://theoldreader.com https://theoldreader.com which looks very much like Google Reader (plus it doesn't tend to share your 'private' posts on Google +!).
throwanem 10y ago
I've found Feedly quite good - better in fact than I ever found Google Reader. I'm sure you have already tried it, but if nothing else, I'd be curious to know why you found it wanting.
- patmcguire 10y ago
  That's the one I use. That's what I had in mind: doesn't reliably keep track of what's read and what isn't, has a bunch of add-on search functionality that prompts to upgrade. I'm not doing deep text search, I'm typing the name of the feed because I can't remember where I put it in the folders they mandate when I add something new.
knight17 10y ago
I've moved on to Feedly and then to Inorerader, but Google Reader was a wonderful feed reader. Nothing beats its search capability.
rikkus 10y ago
Digg Reader is ... okay
CInk_Ibrahim 10y ago
If you are using mac, try reeder(http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/). It syncs with a lot of online rss readers (I use feedly and instapaper). But where it shines is its UX. It does what you need without any fluff and does it elegantly. All essential parts are there without showing million buttons. Keyboard shortcuts also work perfectly. It is the only app that I didn't feel any need to change settings after the first time.
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  I was using Reeder back when Google Reader was killed, and it was super easy for me to switch to Feedly as the back end — just export the subscriptions and import them into Feedly. Just like I didn't use Google Reader in the browser, I don't ever use Feedly in the browser, either. It's a beautiful little app. Great native app on iOS, too.
dawnerd 10y ago
Newsblur. It's basically modern day Google Reader with improvements.
volkadav 10y ago
I hear you. For what it's worth, if you're ok with a self-hosted alternative, tt-rss is alright (takes some fiddling to set up but it isn't awful, and pretty much just works after that). The web UI is very reminiscent of greader, but these days I mostly use one of the android clients people have used to talk to it. tt-rss: https://tt-rss.org/gitlab/fox/tt-rss/wikis/home https://tt-rss.org/gitlab/fox/tt-rss/wikis/home ttrss-reader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ttrssreader&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ttrssreade...
lolive 10y ago
OMG, it is a blast from the past. I was fond of the Google Reader<->Google Buzz<->GMail integration. Most of my non-geek friends used that seamlessly. When Google+ replaced all those tools, my friends switched to FB. (and I switched to Twitter).

zatkin 10y ago

I think OP meant physical objects, but nonetheless, I agree with you. You know a product is very well designed when people are still missing it years after its closure.

Singletoned 10y ago

Have you tried https://feedbin.com/ https://feedbin.com/ ? It came out as a response to the closure of Reader, and I actually prefer it. They've kept everything very simple.

tajen 10y ago
There is also https://theoldreader.com https://theoldreader.com which looks very much like Google Reader (plus it doesn't tend to share your 'private' posts on Google +!).

throwanem 10y ago

I've found Feedly quite good - better in fact than I ever found Google Reader. I'm sure you have already tried it, but if nothing else, I'd be curious to know why you found it wanting.

patmcguire 10y ago
That's the one I use. That's what I had in mind: doesn't reliably keep track of what's read and what isn't, has a bunch of add-on search functionality that prompts to upgrade. I'm not doing deep text search, I'm typing the name of the feed because I can't remember where I put it in the folders they mandate when I add something new.

knight17 10y ago

I've moved on to Feedly and then to Inorerader, but Google Reader was a wonderful feed reader. Nothing beats its search capability.

rikkus 10y ago

Digg Reader is ... okay

CInk_Ibrahim 10y ago

If you are using mac, try reeder(http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/). It syncs with a lot of online rss readers (I use feedly and instapaper). But where it shines is its UX. It does what you need without any fluff and does it elegantly. All essential parts are there without showing million buttons. Keyboard shortcuts also work perfectly. It is the only app that I didn't feel any need to change settings after the first time.

lobster_johnson 10y ago
I was using Reeder back when Google Reader was killed, and it was super easy for me to switch to Feedly as the back end — just export the subscriptions and import them into Feedly. Just like I didn't use Google Reader in the browser, I don't ever use Feedly in the browser, either. It's a beautiful little app. Great native app on iOS, too.

dawnerd 10y ago

Newsblur. It's basically modern day Google Reader with improvements.

volkadav 10y ago

I hear you. For what it's worth, if you're ok with a self-hosted alternative, tt-rss is alright (takes some fiddling to set up but it isn't awful, and pretty much just works after that). The web UI is very reminiscent of greader, but these days I mostly use one of the android clients people have used to talk to it. tt-rss: https://tt-rss.org/gitlab/fox/tt-rss/wikis/home https://tt-rss.org/gitlab/fox/tt-rss/wikis/home ttrss-reader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ttrssreader&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ttrssreade...

lolive 10y ago

OMG, it is a blast from the past. I was fond of the Google Reader<->Google Buzz<->GMail integration. Most of my non-geek friends used that seamlessly. When Google+ replaced all those tools, my friends switched to FB. (and I switched to Twitter).