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Linkrdr - Next Gen Feed Reader

29 points by dbin78 15y ago

gautaml 15y ago
I think the "Take the tour" should be renamed "FAQ" I was hoping to see some shots of it in action before I signed up.
- twelvechairs 15y ago
  Same thing here.
- farnsworth 15y ago
  Same here, I don't really understand what it does, or why I should spend 10 minutes registering and setting it up just to find out.
- gbaygon 15y ago
  I Agree. Maybe putting an intro video or at least a couple of screenshots next to the faq would make a better presentation.
- stevengg 15y ago
  I would really need to see a screencast and or screenshots before i would ever think about joining a site like this.
13rules 15y ago
Agree with the others on the OPML import. Also, would be a lot more interesting to be able to link into Twitter and pull links from all of the people I follow (or certain lists), rather than have to add them individually.
derekja 15y ago
nice start. Get me a way to import the opml file of my feeds from google reader and I'll give it a serious go. Thanks!
- kennywinker 15y ago
  Ditto to this. I added a couple feeds but got annoyed with entering feed urls before I was able to see anything awesome. Ability to auto-add all my twitter friends, pull my google reader subscriptions, etc. would be awesome.
- dfc 15y ago
  It looks nice but opml import is a must have if you want anyone to test it out...
- baruch 15y ago
  OPML is just the start, it should also pull followers from your twitter account and projects you follow on github. I can't see myself importing them by hand, too much work and no easy benefit in sight to warrant this work.
- jknupp 15y ago
  Founder here: Added OPML support. Give it a try!
  - derekja 15y ago
    very nice! I'll keep playing with that over the next few days.
Jarred 15y ago
I didn't want to sign up, but I did anyway. Then, when I signed up, it didn't have any feeds. After that, I closed it.
- vetler 15y ago
  I also added a feed. Then it sorted some links for me. I didn't understand how to use it or what it was supposed to do. After that, I closed it.
chrismealy 15y ago
It should use link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" to discover feeds.
dylanpyle 15y ago
Maybe I'm missing something, but did signing in via an external service (facebook) give me any sort of benefits or save me any time? It doesn't seem to have pulled any feeds in from FB, and I had to create a username regardless. That said, it certainly has potential and I'd be interested to see this in a slightly more fleshed out form. Also: not sure this link needed to be proxied through "startupsea.com" - I got more context from the homepage of the app itself than your ads & short description gave. Sorry!
there 15y ago
Protip: don't host HTTP things on ports other than 80 and 443. This site has its CSS and Javascript files hosted on other ports which are blocked for me.
smitec 15y ago
I would group "My Feeds" and "Add Feeds" into a single page "Manage Feeds" because having one page to add feeds and one which essentially only lets you delete them is a bit much. also the default action on clicking a link title should be open the link not expand the box. Most of the time I would want to click the top few links, have them load in the background and then browse through them, having to click the open link button or expand and click seems a bit convoluted.
dotmanish 15y ago
Any links to the Privacy Policy?
crcsmnky 15y ago
The app looks promising but you'd have to show a bit more before I create yet a other account. How much research/interviewing did you do before building the UI/UX? I ask because I'm curious to know your findings, e.g. an outline style expandable list of stories performed better than the magazine style that was popularized by Flipboard. Also, is there an easy way to collapse similar stories. I hate reading the same story about Apple 10 times from different news sources (not picking on Apple, just as an example).

29 points by dbin78 15y ago

gautaml 15y ago

I think the "Take the tour" should be renamed "FAQ" I was hoping to see some shots of it in action before I signed up.

twelvechairs 15y ago
Same thing here.
farnsworth 15y ago
Same here, I don't really understand what it does, or why I should spend 10 minutes registering and setting it up just to find out.
gbaygon 15y ago
I Agree. Maybe putting an intro video or at least a couple of screenshots next to the faq would make a better presentation.
stevengg 15y ago
I would really need to see a screencast and or screenshots before i would ever think about joining a site like this.

13rules 15y ago

Agree with the others on the OPML import. Also, would be a lot more interesting to be able to link into Twitter and pull links from all of the people I follow (or certain lists), rather than have to add them individually.

derekja 15y ago

nice start. Get me a way to import the opml file of my feeds from google reader and I'll give it a serious go. Thanks!

kennywinker 15y ago
Ditto to this. I added a couple feeds but got annoyed with entering feed urls before I was able to see anything awesome. Ability to auto-add all my twitter friends, pull my google reader subscriptions, etc. would be awesome.
dfc 15y ago
It looks nice but opml import is a must have if you want anyone to test it out...
baruch 15y ago
OPML is just the start, it should also pull followers from your twitter account and projects you follow on github. I can't see myself importing them by hand, too much work and no easy benefit in sight to warrant this work.
jknupp 15y ago
Founder here: Added OPML support. Give it a try!
- derekja 15y ago
  very nice! I'll keep playing with that over the next few days.

Jarred 15y ago

I didn't want to sign up, but I did anyway. Then, when I signed up, it didn't have any feeds. After that, I closed it.

vetler 15y ago
I also added a feed. Then it sorted some links for me. I didn't understand how to use it or what it was supposed to do. After that, I closed it.

chrismealy 15y ago

It should use link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" to discover feeds.

dylanpyle 15y ago

Maybe I'm missing something, but did signing in via an external service (facebook) give me any sort of benefits or save me any time? It doesn't seem to have pulled any feeds in from FB, and I had to create a username regardless. That said, it certainly has potential and I'd be interested to see this in a slightly more fleshed out form. Also: not sure this link needed to be proxied through "startupsea.com" - I got more context from the homepage of the app itself than your ads & short description gave. Sorry!

there 15y ago

Protip: don't host HTTP things on ports other than 80 and 443. This site has its CSS and Javascript files hosted on other ports which are blocked for me.

smitec 15y ago

I would group "My Feeds" and "Add Feeds" into a single page "Manage Feeds" because having one page to add feeds and one which essentially only lets you delete them is a bit much. also the default action on clicking a link title should be open the link not expand the box. Most of the time I would want to click the top few links, have them load in the background and then browse through them, having to click the open link button or expand and click seems a bit convoluted.

dotmanish 15y ago

Any links to the Privacy Policy?

crcsmnky 15y ago

The app looks promising but you'd have to show a bit more before I create yet a other account. How much research/interviewing did you do before building the UI/UX? I ask because I'm curious to know your findings, e.g. an outline style expandable list of stories performed better than the magazine style that was popularized by Flipboard. Also, is there an easy way to collapse similar stories. I hate reading the same story about Apple 10 times from different news sources (not picking on Apple, just as an example).