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Perhaps you missed the articles where Bloglines is shutting their doors? I agree, I don't think that the technology is going anywhere, as it's pretty much satu

by bmelton 16y ago

Perhaps you missed the articles where Bloglines is shutting their doors? I agree, I don't think that the technology is going anywhere, as it's pretty much saturated with support on almost every blog / publishing platform, etc. I think that the idea of an 'RSS Reader' is dying might hold more weight, as there are a number of issues with RSS that nobody is really working to tackle (that I know of -- I personally am, but that's another conversation.) You may consider switching to Google Reader in the interim, as I don't think it's going anywhere.

danparsonson 16y ago
Sadly I saw that today too :-( As it happens, I have been thinking about developing a simple RSS reader for mobiles (my favourite bits of Bloglines + my favourite bits of Google Reader written to support the 'old skool' Blackberry browser) for a few months, so Bloglines' death gives me a kick to get started. If nothing else, it'll be an interesting little side project.
- cema 16y ago
  Sounds good. Which features ("bits"), btw?
  - danparsonson 16y ago
    I like Google Reader's option to mark articles with a star to be revisited later, and the ease of adding new feeds in the full client; from Bloglines, I like the fact that it puts all new articles in one page - minimal UI interaction, and I don't need to keep a connection up. One area I'm hoping to improve on both is the speed - both Bloglines and Google Reader, on the Blackberry at least, are a bit cumbersome and need several clicks before you actually get to read anything. Another thing I'd like to do better is that (with Bloglines) a failed page load still marks all new articles as 'read' - this does happen occasionally when I'm on the move, and I end up missing the latest articles. I have one or two other ideas to experiment with :-)
    - cema 16y ago
      Thanks!
      - danparsonson 16y ago
        I imagine you won't see this now, but just in case - the first version is now up, at http://dambr.com http://dambr.com

by bmelton 16y ago

danparsonson 16y ago

Sadly I saw that today too :-( As it happens, I have been thinking about developing a simple RSS reader for mobiles (my favourite bits of Bloglines + my favourite bits of Google Reader written to support the 'old skool' Blackberry browser) for a few months, so Bloglines' death gives me a kick to get started. If nothing else, it'll be an interesting little side project.

cema 16y ago
Sounds good. Which features ("bits"), btw?
- danparsonson 16y ago
  I like Google Reader's option to mark articles with a star to be revisited later, and the ease of adding new feeds in the full client; from Bloglines, I like the fact that it puts all new articles in one page - minimal UI interaction, and I don't need to keep a connection up. One area I'm hoping to improve on both is the speed - both Bloglines and Google Reader, on the Blackberry at least, are a bit cumbersome and need several clicks before you actually get to read anything. Another thing I'd like to do better is that (with Bloglines) a failed page load still marks all new articles as 'read' - this does happen occasionally when I'm on the move, and I end up missing the latest articles. I have one or two other ideas to experiment with :-)
  - cema 16y ago
    Thanks!
    - danparsonson 16y ago
      I imagine you won't see this now, but just in case - the first version is now up, at http://dambr.com http://dambr.com