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Glad somebody mentioned NewsBlur. I run NewsBlur and have been aggressive in developing it into a world-class feed reader. Native iOS and Android apps, a nice s
by conesus 14y ago
Glad somebody mentioned NewsBlur. I run NewsBlur and have been aggressive in developing it into a world-class feed reader. Native iOS and Android apps, a nice shared stories feature, and it's actively developed.
See for yourself, since it's open-source: http://github.com/samuelclay http://github.com/samuelclay.
And because I run my own feed fetchers, you don't have to worry about the inevitable sunsetting and neglect of Reader. Also means I can do far more interesting things to feeds and stories that other Google Reader API-based clients can't.
Try it out: http://www.newsblur.com http://www.newsblur.com
- rb2k_ 14y agoReally nice interface. And what might be interesting for some: The hosted version has 60 feeds in the free version, for more than that you'll have to upgrade to a premium account.
- taylorlapeyre 14y agoJust got a premium account. Awesome service, and it's great to know that it's being actively developed. Side note: I love the vim keyboard shortcuts.
- mehmeta 14y agoJust curious, how come your premium to free user ratio is 1:2? Seems incredibly high to me.
- smsm42 14y agoInteresting interface. With my almost 500 feeds, not sure yet if I'd like to use paid version, since Google one is free, but I'll take it for a test drive. Some feedback: - "Original" button definitely didn't do what I expected. It just closed everything and took me to the target site. Maybe it's just for some "unframeable" sites but that's how it worked. - "Keep unread" and "Mark as unread" definitely missing. Sometimes after I start reading it turns out the item needs more time than I have now and I want to get back to it later. Not the same as "Save" which means I definitely want to keep it - here I just don't know yet. - Clicking on triangle and gear in the feed display seems to do the same thing? Why there are two of them then? - In feed stats for some sites, it says: "IF YOU WENT PREMIUM, THIS SITE WOULD UPDATE EVERY". That's it, nothing after that. - Something weird going on with stories display - folder with no unread content shows yellow "27" and clicking on folder that shows no content at all opens set of stories that seem to be unread stories from elsewhere.
- conesus 14y agoJust to note that you can mark as unread by either right clicking in the story title or by hitting 'u' (get a list of all keyboard shortcuts by hitting '?').
- bconway 14y agoI've tried NewsBlur a couple times, but found it unable to keep up with feeds that update existing items in-place. When I asked why, the maintainer said I was using it wrong. shrug Back to gReader.
- conesus 14y agoNewsBlur does a fantastic job of updating stories when they get updated. Not only do you get the updates but NewsBlur will show you the diff between the original story and the latest story. I'd love to know why you had a bad experience.