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Here's The Verge's article on the redesign launch: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350208/how-sam-clay-and-newsblur-survived-the-google-reader-shutdown-redes

by conesus 13y ago

Here's The Verge's article on the redesign launch: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350208/how-sam-clay-and-newsblur-survived-the-google-reader-shutdown-redesign http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350208/how-sam-clay-and-n... Little by little sure does add up. I've been working on the redesign for iOS, android, and both the web app and blurblogs (blurblog example: http://samuel.newsblur.com http://samuel.newsblur.com) for months now. But by committing every day it builds up. That's been the past four years now. My favorite part of this whole business is the free insurance policy. If I were to get hit by a bus (or god forbid, decide to stop supporting NewsBlur), you or somebody with the necessary resources could have a copy up and running by taking advantage of NewsBlur's open-source repo: http://github.com/samuelclay http://github.com/samuelclay

LaSombra 13y ago
When I got the news about Google Reader being discontinued I tested around 4 alternatives. Having tried NewsBlur I thought the web UI was perfect for my style of RSS reading and it was fast enough for my needs. The Android app is the icing on the cake. I paid 36 bucks, the extra, to support a product that I use every single day for more than 10 hours a day, a product I enjoy using and would contribute if I had the knowledge or time. Thank you very much Samuel, you are doing a very fine job and I am more than happy in helping the only way I can/know right now. NOTE: I am not affiliated to NewsBlur or Samuel Clay in any way. Just a very happy customer here.
- aravenel 13y ago
  Also a happy user here. Newsblur is by far the best replacement for high-volume RSS power-users that I have found. And the fact that it's open source so I can 1) satisfy my curiosity as to how he is doing things and 2) install myself if the site ever goes belly-up is just icing on the cake. It's definitely not perfect, but it gets better every day. Performance has notably improved over the last month or so. Kudos to Samuel for a great product. Hopefully someday I'll be able to contribute a bugfix or something to help.
- kokey 13y ago
  As a Google Reader refugee, I've tried out Feedly and Newsblur, and at the time Feedly was closer to what I wanted from Reader. Now, the redesigned NewsBlur totally ticks all my boxes, very nice.
MekaiGS 13y ago
Thanks for the hard work!. About the new Android app, has it been pushed to Google Play yet? It still shows the app was last updated on the 10th.
jdcryans 13y ago
Congrats Sam! Funny meeting you virtually ;)
julnepht 13y ago
Running a bit late with my comment but I just wanted to let you know i love the redesign. I am a paying customer since the google reader redesign. Newsblur rocks !

by conesus 13y ago

LaSombra 13y ago

When I got the news about Google Reader being discontinued I tested around 4 alternatives. Having tried NewsBlur I thought the web UI was perfect for my style of RSS reading and it was fast enough for my needs. The Android app is the icing on the cake. I paid 36 bucks, the extra, to support a product that I use every single day for more than 10 hours a day, a product I enjoy using and would contribute if I had the knowledge or time. Thank you very much Samuel, you are doing a very fine job and I am more than happy in helping the only way I can/know right now. NOTE: I am not affiliated to NewsBlur or Samuel Clay in any way. Just a very happy customer here.

aravenel 13y ago
Also a happy user here. Newsblur is by far the best replacement for high-volume RSS power-users that I have found. And the fact that it's open source so I can 1) satisfy my curiosity as to how he is doing things and 2) install myself if the site ever goes belly-up is just icing on the cake. It's definitely not perfect, but it gets better every day. Performance has notably improved over the last month or so. Kudos to Samuel for a great product. Hopefully someday I'll be able to contribute a bugfix or something to help.
kokey 13y ago
As a Google Reader refugee, I've tried out Feedly and Newsblur, and at the time Feedly was closer to what I wanted from Reader. Now, the redesigned NewsBlur totally ticks all my boxes, very nice.

MekaiGS 13y ago

Thanks for the hard work!. About the new Android app, has it been pushed to Google Play yet? It still shows the app was last updated on the 10th.

jdcryans 13y ago

Congrats Sam! Funny meeting you virtually ;)

julnepht 13y ago

Running a bit late with my comment but I just wanted to let you know i love the redesign. I am a paying customer since the google reader redesign. Newsblur rocks !