Chuffed to be included here, thanks! Would you mind switching the tag to #PlayerFM as a lot of Twitter clients will treat the "." incorrectly.
Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
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Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#32This isn't how you go about finding which is the best. This is how you go about finding which is the most popular. Voting is inherently skewed towards popularity, which is not always correlated with quality. From the headline, I had assumed you spent all night learning the ins and outs of every option and were going to present your findings. I was disappointed to find this was just a poll.
I was expecting a feature comparison as well.
Does anyone know where one is available?
There are a lot of overlapping features to consider depending on individual usage. Features like tagging, cross platform and mobile, social, scaleability, web/self hosted, price will all be a important factors for most trying to make a decision.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#33My problem right now is not getting a list of names of popular feed readers - I can already see that by just browsing any of the many comment threads that have popped up on the internet where people bring up their favourite alternative. What I really need is something to help me make a decision, by comparing what features does each reader support and so on. How much does it cost? Can I see my read in multiple devices…
Agreed; ideally a comparison against all of greaders existing features to make it easier so that you could select which greader features you're using and get a list of relevant matching options.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#34Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…
This is what I want too, and that's why I'm gonna take a stab at building my own. I don't really want to share an article about spoon carving, but hot damn do I want to read it.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#35Chuffed to be included here, thanks! Would you mind switching the tag to #PlayerFM as a lot of Twitter clients will treat the "." incorrectly.
Alright, fixed it!
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#36This isn't how you go about finding which is the best. This is how you go about finding which is the most popular. Voting is inherently skewed towards popularity, which is not always correlated with quality. From the headline, I had assumed you spent all night learning the ins and outs of every option and were going to present your findings. I was disappointed to find this was just a poll.
Indeed, this is actually our eventual goal. The idea was to get something out, aggregate the most exhaustive list of RSS readers and then add the comparison details. It takes time!
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#37Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…
If you solve this problem can you please reply to your comment with the solution. Thanks.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#38Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…
You are not alone. I'm also insta turned off by any reader replacement that wants access to my google account. Seriously, I'm supposed to give you access to my friggin contacts just to try your service?! I just want to read my feeds and sync across devices.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#39Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…
This is what I want too, and that's why I'm gonna take a stab at building my own. I don't really want to share an article about spoon carving, but hot damn do I want to read it.
If there was a scratch your own itch project, I believe this is it for me.
I was disappointed to learn iGoogle was closing down, as that was my primary interface to Google Reader. There are alternatives to IG (NetVibes; which is sort of horrible), but you can't present feeds as a widget.
So yes, I believe I'll give RSS Reading a crack, and create a NetVibes widget, and see if I can get exactly back to where I was before these spring cleaning announcements.
Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative
#40Does anyone know how a good solution to this.
http://superuser.com/questions/566201/google-reader-export-i...