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What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by icebraining »

stdbrouw wrote: post #18

Probably not something you'll commonly hear, but: an easy way to program against an API and add widgets/plugins. Within newsrooms, where RSS readers get used professionally, it's frustrating having to work within the limitations of Google Reader and its unpublished API, yet on the other hand it's just not worth the engineering effort to create a reader from scratch since it's not a business-critical app.

An API will definitively be on my feature list, but I didn't know they were used in professional circles. Do you have any examples of such use cases?

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by icebraining »

DomainNoob wrote: post #17

I use Google Reader and am very happy with it. Especially the ability to tag an item into an output feed. I love using the 'Note in Reader' bookmarklet to collect snippets into a tag (which can be output as RSS). Have a look at FeedAFever.com as well. If I could tag and share in Fever I'd probably be using that. Will you make your reader Open? If you want to brainstorm I've been thinking about this a lot. Feel free t…

Yes, it'll definitively be open, probably AGPL. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into FeedAFever and will email you when I have something set up for discussion.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by icebraining »

zzuser wrote: post #13

Google Reader on the desktop and Byline on iOS. Google Reader compatibility is a must in order to keep all devices in sync. On iOS the following are must have features: * swipe to next article * preload RSS articles and linked content for offline access and faster browsing of content Byline is currently the best RSS reader on iOS, but it has a lot of shotcomings: * No Next Unread button or gesture (NetNewsWire does,…

Unfortunately I'm still on a s60 phone, so a mobile reader for the new smartphones is not on the table at the moment.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by AndrewDucker »

p4bl0 wrote: post #4

Google Reader is the better feed reader I could find in both desktop and web categories. I like the sharing features, the only thing wrong is that it's not free software and not hosted on my server. I tried some GReader-like software but it was not as good, in particular regarding the keyboard-driven aspect.

The best thing, for me, about Google Reader is that I can use it from work or home without worrying about synching things back and forth. It knows what I've read, and what I haven't, and I don't need to keep track of anything myself.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by andymoe »

None. I can't be bothered to follow 100+ websites anymore - if there is something interesting on the Internet someone will submit it here, post it to twitter or I will find it while trying to solve a specific problem. I read a free daily newspaper at the coffee shop for all the local news I can stand in a sitting.

However if I did decide to start using an rss reader again I would look for a native desktop app that did the whole river of news thing well and had some kind of notification system.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by albertogh »

zzuser wrote: post #13

Google Reader on the desktop and Byline on iOS. Google Reader compatibility is a must in order to keep all devices in sync. On iOS the following are must have features: * swipe to next article * preload RSS articles and linked content for offline access and faster browsing of content Byline is currently the best RSS reader on iOS, but it has a lot of shotcomings: * No Next Unread button or gesture (NetNewsWire does,…

I'm the developer of an RSS reader for iOS/Mac which might satisfy your needs (some of my users told me they migrated from Reeder/Byline to my app). My email is in my profile, drop me a line and I'll send you a promo code.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by jkmcf »

neilbowers wrote: post #14

Reeder (www.reederapp.com), having tried many and stopped reading any RSS feeds for a good while because I got too frustrated with them all. It's a front-end to Google Reader, which I really didn't enjoy using. Main thing I'd like is the smarts to filter out stories which are essentially the same, but perhaps not exactly the same. Oh, and if I bookmark/star something, then next time the same story comes up, highlight…

Some sort of ML/Bayesian filtering to determine which items are duplicates and know which site I prefer getting my news from (e.g. engadget over slashgear.)

I've been wanting to implement this into Vienna for years now, but time and OBJ-C knowledge has been the main barriers.

Reederapp guy, if you are listening, please add this to Reeder as it really is the perfect interface bar this one feature.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by jerico2day »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #24
p4bl0 wrote: post #4

Google Reader is the better feed reader I could find in both desktop and web categories. I like the sharing features, the only thing wrong is that it's not free software and not hosted on my server. I tried some GReader-like software but it was not as good, in particular regarding the keyboard-driven aspect.

The best thing, for me, about Google Reader is that I can use it from work or home without worrying about synching things back and forth. It knows what I've read, and what I haven't, and I don't need to keep track of anything myself.

I use feed on feeds: http://feedonfeeds.com/

Open source and works wonderfully well. Also, easy to mod. I put in a Pinboard.in sharing link for all my articles, and you can do the same with just about any service in a few minutes with PHP.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by Simple_Panda »

Reeder.

It lacks what all RSS feeds seem to lack - a "mark all up to here as read" feature.

If I have 1000 unread items in a stream and I leaf through 200 of them I want to right click and article and mark all chronologically preceding articles as read. Nothing seems to do that.

Re: What RSS reader do you use, and what does it lack?

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Post by giveaboneadog »

I use NetNewswire 3.2.15, and have always come back to it after having used Reeder, and every other RSS reader out to test. It's better than the others, but i do miss the option to show only feeds that have unread items in the feed pane. I have also tried Google Reader, but prefer dedicated app. High contrast is preferred.
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