Poll: Best RSS reader • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by reidrac » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:34 PM UTC

Missing: Thunderbird

I've discovered recently that Thunderbird includes a feed reader and it's not too bad, although I'm not sure I like the idea of showing feed entries as mail.

https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/how-subscribe-...

Edit: link

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by Semaphor » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

lucb1e wrote: post #35

dustinchilson wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's 200 Karma

Oh if that's all. It was said to be a high limit, but downvoting has a much higher limit (750). Anyway, thanks for the reply

Creating polls is not as community destroying as downvotes can be (see Reddit).

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by webwanderings » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

k_bx wrote: post #8

http://lenta.yandex.com

Is there an English site for this?

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

#44

Post by mmuro » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:40 PM UTC

srik wrote: post #27

reeder app is so good, I'm afraid Im tied to it and have to go with whoever Silvio chooses to go with. But otherwise, yeah newsblur's learning feature seems pretty cool.

I have all of the Reeder apps (iPhone, iPad, Mac) and I'm heavily invested in this app's future. So, I guess I'm just waiting to see what is coming.

I'd go with Fever but Reeder only syncs with them on the iPhone only.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:40 PM UTC

lucian1900 wrote: post #19

neilbowers wrote: post #15

http://reederapp.com

It doesn't work without Google Reader's service. How is it an alternative?

No, it also supports Fever. http://brooksreview.net/2012/06/reeder-3/

Plus, this is what the author wrote on Twitter: "Don't worry, Reeder won't die with Google Reader." https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

#46

Post by propagandaStyle » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

just use liferea

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

#47

Post by Samuel_Michon » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:46 PM UTC

mmuro wrote: post #44

srik wrote: post #27

reeder app is so good, I'm afraid Im tied to it and have to go with whoever Silvio chooses to go with. But otherwise, yeah newsblur's learning feature seems pretty cool.

I have all of the Reeder apps (iPhone, iPad, Mac) and I'm heavily invested in this app's future. So, I guess I'm just waiting to see what is coming. I'd go with Fever but Reeder only syncs with them on the iPhone only .

Right, I'm in the same boat. I hope Silvio updates Reeder for iPad and OS X to add Fever support.

After so many web services that I depended on have been shut down, I like the idea of hosting Fever myself. Getting to own your own data, no ads, less privacy concerns.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by webwanderings » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:48 PM UTC

frankowp wrote: post #12

http://feedspot.com/

I like what I see there, thanks.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by rdl » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:49 PM UTC

bengillies wrote: post #14

The best RSS clients that I've found (Reeder for iOS and Pulse for Android) both use Google Reader as a backend to keep the feed list in sync. I don't really want a whole ecosystem, any social features, a fancy web site, etc. All I really want from an alternative is for it to provide an API for keeping feed lists in sync and for the many Google Reader clients currently available to support it.

It would be awesome if someone stepped in and provided an api-compatible Reader sync service just as a backend to all the other apps.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 1:49 PM UTC

guptaneil wrote: post #32

srik wrote: post #27

reeder app is so good, I'm afraid Im tied to it and have to go with whoever Silvio chooses to go with. But otherwise, yeah newsblur's learning feature seems pretty cool.

Same boat. I really hope he just builds his own iCloud-based syncing solution, and saves us the trouble of relying on an external service.

I don't. I doubt iCloud is reliable and fast enough, it doesn't work with non-Apple devices, and exporting your data would be problematic.