I use it indirectly to sync NetNewsWire on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. I don't use the app itself though.
Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
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Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#142Yes
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#143I used to use Google Reader, but I found that I missed seeing the original site and that I couldn't easily filter out stories I didn't want to read. So I built NewsBlur -- http://www.newsblur.com . It's open-source and I'd love if more folks followed my development: http://github.com/samuelclay . It's been a weekend project but it's been a wild ride so far. One of my main goals is to have much of the functionality of…
Good work there! Just wanted to point out that if you cycle through the feeds quickly on Chrome, the memory footprint keeps increasing and drags the system. Worked fine on IE though.
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#144Yes... although I should probably moderate my rss habits with a little more discipline
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#145yes, and also Reeder for OSX and iOS. keeps all devices in sync. i wish i found a similar setup for podcasts. i've been trying to use itunes but that is a disaster when you use multiple computers.
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#146Yes, one of the main advantages is having all the historical posts there, since RSS is used only for latest posts. Another feature is automatic translation, I follow a blog from Ukraine there.
In my experience Reader doesn't store all historic posts. Posts older then a month or two start disappearing.
I think you catched a glitch for some specific blog, I just subscribed to an interesting blog and can go back many years ago.
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#147So google has more than 90% RSS reader market share?
That seems surprisingly high to me.
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#148I generally use Feedly ( http://www.feedly.com/home#my ) now, mostly because their Android client is much faster, at least for the way I read. They sync subs, and status with Reader so you can bounce back and forth. Their web client really isn't any better than Google Reader's but it's somewhat habitual now to go there instead of Google Reader.
If you're looking for a good Android client for Google Reader, I'd recommend Reader HD (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ageofmobile.reader), which is vastly superior to the official app.
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#149So google has more than 90% RSS reader market share? That seems surprisingly high to me.
Hackernews is a biaised sample.
Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
#150I've been using Fever for (what I think is) a few years now and haven't looked back: http://feedafever.com/
Do you use the Hot / Sparks feature at all? I also use fever, but that particular aspect of it doesn't seem to work for me -- so I just use it as a regular rss reader.
I am also a big fan of Fever. I actually use the Sparks feature a lot. It has completely changed how I use RSS, from attempting to read all my feeds to just reading what is "hot." The key is finding RSS feeds of sites that are link aggregators on topics of interest to you. The Hacker News RSS feed is actually a classic example of a great site to add as a spark in Fever.