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Feedly was amazingly positioned for that. Their two signature featuers were: 1.) it looked and worked almost exactly like Google Reader, and 2.) it could import

Feedly was amazingly positioned for that. Their two signature featuers were: 1.) it looked and worked almost exactly like Google Reader, and 2.) it could import your Google Reader feeds with one click. Within months of Google announcing Reader's closing, Feedly had acquired something like 8 million new users. Amazing stroke of fortune for a well-deserving product. I still happily use the free version.

blueberry_47 7y ago
Even though I don't use any of the Pro features, I still pay for Pro to help support in anyway I think I can. Love Feedly.
Semaphor 7y ago
2) is what almost every new service could do. And 1) I don’t understand. Feedly was one of the first ones I tried, and none of the settings I tried got me close to a headline-only view that I used in GReader. I used Newsblur for a while and am on TT-RSS nowadays. But Feedly always seemed to cater more to those people who enjoy image-heavy subreddits and full-page hero images, or pinterest. Nothing I tried with Feedly got me a simple, no distraction one-line, click to expand downwards view. Note that all of this was around when GReader closed, no idea what changed.
- blueberry_47 7y ago
  Odd, I was able to get a headline only view almost immediately. I believe the display option said something like "most like Google Reader". Titles-only View is what I am using now.
  - Semaphor 7y ago
    I remember something like this, but everything took up more space. edit: Just decided to log in and check ;) So what I didn’t like was the way it popped up from the side instead of actually doing what GReader (and TT-RSS and Newsblur) can do: Simply popping down the current article, and not switching the view.
  - Kye 7y ago
    They added this view after Google announced Reader would be shutting down. I was one of the people asking for a headline view like Reader had.
- TMWNN 7y ago
  >And 1) I don’t understand. Feedly was one of the first ones I tried, and none of the settings I tried got me close to a headline-only view that I used in GReader. I am pretty sure that I tried Feedly in the post-"Oh no, Google Reader is going away!" panic everyone else using the service was in at the time, and like you I could not replicate the feel. The Old Reader was the closest alternative I found among the several I tried, but soon afterwards Inoreader appeared with a very, very, very close-to-Google Reader feel, and I've been extremely happy on it ever since. (If only Inoreader would correctly open the comment link and not the original article in the HN RSS feed.)
- rasz 7y ago
  1) same, I found http://www.ighome.com http://www.ighome.com and it looked almost like a copy of my Google setup.

blueberry_47 7y ago

Even though I don't use any of the Pro features, I still pay for Pro to help support in anyway I think I can. Love Feedly.

Semaphor 7y ago

2) is what almost every new service could do. And 1) I don’t understand. Feedly was one of the first ones I tried, and none of the settings I tried got me close to a headline-only view that I used in GReader. I used Newsblur for a while and am on TT-RSS nowadays. But Feedly always seemed to cater more to those people who enjoy image-heavy subreddits and full-page hero images, or pinterest. Nothing I tried with Feedly got me a simple, no distraction one-line, click to expand downwards view. Note that all of this was around when GReader closed, no idea what changed.

blueberry_47 7y ago
Odd, I was able to get a headline only view almost immediately. I believe the display option said something like "most like Google Reader". Titles-only View is what I am using now.
- Semaphor 7y ago
  I remember something like this, but everything took up more space. edit: Just decided to log in and check ;) So what I didn’t like was the way it popped up from the side instead of actually doing what GReader (and TT-RSS and Newsblur) can do: Simply popping down the current article, and not switching the view.
- Kye 7y ago
  They added this view after Google announced Reader would be shutting down. I was one of the people asking for a headline view like Reader had.
TMWNN 7y ago
>And 1) I don’t understand. Feedly was one of the first ones I tried, and none of the settings I tried got me close to a headline-only view that I used in GReader. I am pretty sure that I tried Feedly in the post-"Oh no, Google Reader is going away!" panic everyone else using the service was in at the time, and like you I could not replicate the feel. The Old Reader was the closest alternative I found among the several I tried, but soon afterwards Inoreader appeared with a very, very, very close-to-Google Reader feel, and I've been extremely happy on it ever since. (If only Inoreader would correctly open the comment link and not the original article in the HN RSS feed.)
rasz 7y ago
1) same, I found http://www.ighome.com http://www.ighome.com and it looked almost like a copy of my Google setup.