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If you want to take it a step further, add some links feed readers that run as browser plugins. Unlike hosted services, they're not as likely to disappear, and

If you want to take it a step further, add some links feed readers that run as browser plugins. Unlike hosted services, they're not as likely to disappear, and they have a low barrier to entry since they don't require any sign up. I've been working on one that runs in Firefox[1], but there are many others that look promising for Chrome as well. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/brook-feed-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/brook-feed-re...

petecox 8y ago
You mention a lack of hosting but would it, optionally, browser-sync? I use a web interface, The Old Reader, to access feeds from 4 devices. Whichever I'm using at the time knows which articles have been marked as read; without using a different client for each OS platform. So a browser extension that syncs to one's Firefox account, like the bookmarks/history feature would be handy, with no additional hosted service other than having a browser login.
- netghost 8y ago
  Yeah that's feasible, I haven't experimented with it yet. Personally, I find that I read very different things on my laptop than I do on my phone (technical articles vs. news) so I haven't had a huge motivation to investigate it, but it's an interesting avenue. The only possible stumbling block is that the size of sync'd data is relatively constrained, about 200k I think, which is probably enough to hold a user's feed list and track whether they've viewed/ignored various articles, but it would require some planning.
boastful_inaba 8y ago
Interesting. How's this one going to handle the upcoming removal of native feed support from Firefox? Have you written a parser?
- netghost 8y ago
  Firefox's native support going away doesn't really make a big difference, as far as I know you couldn't access it from a plugin anyways. There are many parsers that are adequate, especially if you don't try to get too fancy. If you're curious, the source is available on github. https://github.com/adamsanderson/brook https://github.com/adamsanderson/brook

petecox 8y ago

You mention a lack of hosting but would it, optionally, browser-sync? I use a web interface, The Old Reader, to access feeds from 4 devices. Whichever I'm using at the time knows which articles have been marked as read; without using a different client for each OS platform. So a browser extension that syncs to one's Firefox account, like the bookmarks/history feature would be handy, with no additional hosted service other than having a browser login.

netghost 8y ago
Yeah that's feasible, I haven't experimented with it yet. Personally, I find that I read very different things on my laptop than I do on my phone (technical articles vs. news) so I haven't had a huge motivation to investigate it, but it's an interesting avenue. The only possible stumbling block is that the size of sync'd data is relatively constrained, about 200k I think, which is probably enough to hold a user's feed list and track whether they've viewed/ignored various articles, but it would require some planning.

boastful_inaba 8y ago

Interesting. How's this one going to handle the upcoming removal of native feed support from Firefox? Have you written a parser?

netghost 8y ago
Firefox's native support going away doesn't really make a big difference, as far as I know you couldn't access it from a plugin anyways. There are many parsers that are adequate, especially if you don't try to get too fancy. If you're curious, the source is available on github. https://github.com/adamsanderson/brook https://github.com/adamsanderson/brook