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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by gumby »

CarelessExpert wrote: post #45
gumby wrote: post #44

Like many others I use RSS pretty much exclusively (using native clients on MacOS and iOS). I use reader mode by default in those apps and for my web browser too. HN is the only non-RSS sites read regularly. The one site I'd like to read but don't is Scott Galloway's -- he doesn't have an RSS feed and it's just not worth visiting the site to see if there's anything new.

I assume you're aware HN has an RSS feed? That's actually how I get to HN. I never actually read the front page directly...

How does that work? I'm interested in the number of votes but I figure once I've cached the feed file that won't change.

Are you using hnrss?

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by davidg109 »

tejohnso wrote: post #19
glaberficken wrote: post #7

I use pocket. It is installed by default in Firefox (my default browser). From there I save the articles I want to read. And then i read them on my Kobo eReader (which syncs pocket saved articles automatically). The perfect combo to save my eyes a few "back-lit screen hours".

I use pocket + kobo as well. I consider my Kobo Forma the most cherished tech purchase I've made in years.

Ditto. Great experience.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by CarelessExpert »

gumby wrote: post #51
CarelessExpert wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume you're aware HN has an RSS feed? That's actually how I get to HN. I never actually read the front page directly...

How does that work? I'm interested in the number of votes but I figure once I've cached the feed file that won't change. Are you using hnrss?

To be honest I don't know! I consume HN's feed at:

https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

But that might just be a feed of things in order of submission...

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by anotherevan »

glaberficken wrote: post #7

I use pocket. It is installed by default in Firefox (my default browser). From there I save the articles I want to read. And then i read them on my Kobo eReader (which syncs pocket saved articles automatically). The perfect combo to save my eyes a few "back-lit screen hours".

Pocket and Kobo as well (with Newsblur for RSS feed aggregation).

That said, if there was an ereader that worked with Instapaper instead I'd probably jump across. Frequently enough Pocket screws up an article which Instapaper handles with aplomb.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by franky47 »

The author's website. I'm done with big aggregated content platforms, I started using RSS again recently and trend to my own digital garden of blogs and newsletters.

I use Slack's RSS integration to get new articles notifications, then read them as they were intended to be read by the author.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by ribadeodev »

anotherevan wrote: post #56
glaberficken wrote: post #7

I use pocket. It is installed by default in Firefox (my default browser). From there I save the articles I want to read. And then i read them on my Kobo eReader (which syncs pocket saved articles automatically). The perfect combo to save my eyes a few "back-lit screen hours".

Pocket and Kobo as well (with Newsblur for RSS feed aggregation). That said, if there was an ereader that worked with Instapaper instead I'd probably jump across. Frequently enough Pocket screws up an article which Instapaper handles with aplomb.

Interesting.. I have just the opposite experience. Instapaper sends a weekly epub with my articles to my Kindle. More ofter than not, technical articles (i.e. math, code, many images) do not get converted well, to the point of making some of them completely unreadable.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite way to read online content?

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Post by ser13 »

blueridge wrote: post #27
ser13 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also tend to print anything substantial that I plan on reading. It's just easier on the eyes (though Firefox's reader mode and usejournal.com also help) and I can re-use the blank side of the paper for my notes. After that, it makes an okay fire starter. I've also started subscribing to magazines and newspapers again. Most of the 'online' content I read is available in print form.

I am very much a fan of the printed word. I've been thinking about it like this: Online, text delivers itself to you, almost always in short-form streams, everything is ephemeral. With a physical book, you have to bring yourself to the text. Language, dialog, form, typography all come together on the page in a way that is highly satisfying. The act of reading printed pages is an "event" of sorts. Any magazine recomme…

I really enjoy both the Economist and the New Yorker. They tend to take very different stances on the same issues, but both have really excellent long-form articles that I enjoy. I also recommend hobby magazines (like Shutterbug or Adventure Kayak) that fit with your interests.
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