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I briefly tried both. * Feedly has a simple interface which is much more like Google Reader. But it depends on a plugin (or an app) rather than being an allwhe

by lazugod 14y ago

I briefly tried both. * Feedly has a simple interface which is much more like Google Reader. But it depends on a plugin (or an app) rather than being an allwhere accessible website. Their Kindle Fire app seemed to load content extremely slowly, and its interface wasn't a simple list. And it's free, so I can't be a customer and I don't know how they earn money. * NewsBlur is complicated and unresponsive. There are a lot of inscrutable unlabeled icons, and I don't understand why an arrow follows the mouse. It's a paid service - I can be a customer - but I don't know how sustainable NewsBlur will be with its current issues and with subscription as its only source of funding. If NewsBlur seems solid by May, I'll gladly pay them. If Feedly seems less like a faceless data-miner by May, I'll use them.

korg250 14y ago
"and I don't understand why an arrow follows the mouse." Really? It is a feature for better reading, so you can can easily see which line you are.
- bsg75 14y ago
  Make sense now that someone points it out! For those who mouse click to mark reading point.
  - glenra 14y ago
    Aha. It somehow hadn't occurred to me to click on that triangle. I'm still not sure it's a useful-to-me feature, but it at least makes a little more sense now. It's less annoying once locked down, anyway. Maybe it should default to being locked down somewhere and only unlock the first time you click on it, rather than default to floating around freely.
- glenra 14y ago
  You mean so as to remember where you were last reading are on the page? But if you use the mouse to switch browser tabs, that arrow moves up to the top of the page, and if you use any of the controls at the bottom, it moves down. I guess one could very carefully leave the window at a specific place so as to preserve that arrow's position, but it's not an obvious thing to do. How are you using this feature that makes it an improvement over just letting your pointer itself mark the current reading position?
rssident 14y ago
Try http://rssident.com http://rssident.com I am working on making the UI more user friendly and adding OPML import/export. It's going to be supported by advertising with a subscription service for premium features and no ads.
- tmzt 14y ago
  I like the predictive aspect Personally, I'm looking for something with a GR atom API, possibly to even run the existing GR frontend against, not a new UI with a different focus (I would prefer one focusing on curation and workflow over social or sharing).
- alexfarran 14y ago
  I was attracted by the basic looking design, but I can't work out how to do anything. Why am I subscribed to a huge number of random feeds? How do I get rid of them? How do I view the content of the feed instead of opening a new window on the original site?
  - rssident 14y ago
    If you haven't added any feeds to your favorites then viewing 'My Favorites' shows all feeds by default. Still working on the UI to show the article content and links to attached files.

by lazugod 14y ago

korg250 14y ago

"and I don't understand why an arrow follows the mouse." Really? It is a feature for better reading, so you can can easily see which line you are.

bsg75 14y ago
Make sense now that someone points it out! For those who mouse click to mark reading point.
- glenra 14y ago
  Aha. It somehow hadn't occurred to me to click on that triangle. I'm still not sure it's a useful-to-me feature, but it at least makes a little more sense now. It's less annoying once locked down, anyway. Maybe it should default to being locked down somewhere and only unlock the first time you click on it, rather than default to floating around freely.
glenra 14y ago
You mean so as to remember where you were last reading are on the page? But if you use the mouse to switch browser tabs, that arrow moves up to the top of the page, and if you use any of the controls at the bottom, it moves down. I guess one could very carefully leave the window at a specific place so as to preserve that arrow's position, but it's not an obvious thing to do. How are you using this feature that makes it an improvement over just letting your pointer itself mark the current reading position?

rssident 14y ago

Try http://rssident.com http://rssident.com I am working on making the UI more user friendly and adding OPML import/export. It's going to be supported by advertising with a subscription service for premium features and no ads.

tmzt 14y ago
I like the predictive aspect Personally, I'm looking for something with a GR atom API, possibly to even run the existing GR frontend against, not a new UI with a different focus (I would prefer one focusing on curation and workflow over social or sharing).
alexfarran 14y ago
I was attracted by the basic looking design, but I can't work out how to do anything. Why am I subscribed to a huge number of random feeds? How do I get rid of them? How do I view the content of the feed instead of opening a new window on the original site?
- rssident 14y ago
  If you haven't added any feeds to your favorites then viewing 'My Favorites' shows all feeds by default. Still working on the UI to show the article content and links to attached files.