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Dare I say it? Good. Bloglines has been a crappy product and user experience for years, and I honestly don't think that Google Reader is that much better (any

by bmelton 16y ago

Dare I say it? Good. Bloglines has been a crappy product and user experience for years, and I honestly don't think that Google Reader is that much better (anymore -- used to be awesome). I much disagree with the assertion that RSS is dead, or even that RSS aggregators are dead/dying; I just think that Bloglines (and others) have really crappy implementations of what a news reader ought to do. Frankly, I always though that treating RSS feeds as email was the wrong way to go.

zackola 16y ago
What do you use?
- hvs 16y ago
  I'm not sure about the OP, but I use Fever: http://feedafever.com/ http://feedafever.com/ You have to host it yourself, but after using it for five minutes it proved to me that it is was more than worth the $30.
  - fendmark 16y ago
    Thanks for this recommendation. As a Bloglines user for years who has tried and failed a few times to like Google Reader, Fever seems to be exactly what I am looking for. It took some time to get everything up and running on my server and configured, but is a solid application and agree it is more than worth a one time $30 fee. Particularly interesting is its concept of Sparks (a.k.a. RSS feeds with a high volume of posts that you wouldn't subscribe to normally.) Fever uses them to help "feed the fire" and surface the most relevant/interesting content from the publications you do subscribe to. Also works very well on the iphone. These are just first impressions but so far I'm pretty impressed.
- auxbuss 16y ago
  I use the NewsFox plug-in in Firefox.
- bmelton 16y ago
  The answer shows my bias, I suppose, but I alternate between Plum (a feed aggregator that I am building) and Fever, which is great, but doesn't work even remotely how I want it to, and I hate that it's a self-hosted application that I pay for. It's worth the money, to be sure, I just really don't like the model as it applies to me.
blasdel 16y ago
Especially compared to their competitors Bloglines and the last couple years of Google Reader aren't very much like email at all — the only vestige is the unread count. One of the major points of difference is the 'river of news' UI, where disparate items are shown in a continuous stream. It's not really any faster to read than viewing them one at a time like email, but the psychological difference is huge. What do you think used to be better about Google Reader? If anything it was much more like email before!

by bmelton 16y ago

zackola 16y ago

What do you use?

hvs 16y ago
I'm not sure about the OP, but I use Fever: http://feedafever.com/ http://feedafever.com/ You have to host it yourself, but after using it for five minutes it proved to me that it is was more than worth the $30.
- fendmark 16y ago
  Thanks for this recommendation. As a Bloglines user for years who has tried and failed a few times to like Google Reader, Fever seems to be exactly what I am looking for. It took some time to get everything up and running on my server and configured, but is a solid application and agree it is more than worth a one time $30 fee. Particularly interesting is its concept of Sparks (a.k.a. RSS feeds with a high volume of posts that you wouldn't subscribe to normally.) Fever uses them to help "feed the fire" and surface the most relevant/interesting content from the publications you do subscribe to. Also works very well on the iphone. These are just first impressions but so far I'm pretty impressed.
auxbuss 16y ago
I use the NewsFox plug-in in Firefox.
bmelton 16y ago
The answer shows my bias, I suppose, but I alternate between Plum (a feed aggregator that I am building) and Fever, which is great, but doesn't work even remotely how I want it to, and I hate that it's a self-hosted application that I pay for. It's worth the money, to be sure, I just really don't like the model as it applies to me.

blasdel 16y ago

Especially compared to their competitors Bloglines and the last couple years of Google Reader aren't very much like email at all — the only vestige is the unread count. One of the major points of difference is the 'river of news' UI, where disparate items are shown in a continuous stream. It's not really any faster to read than viewing them one at a time like email, but the psychological difference is huge. What do you think used to be better about Google Reader? If anything it was much more like email before!