Poll: Best RSS reader
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#102Did anyone try to use Pulse ( https://www.pulse.me/ ) as an RSS reader? it's not strictly one, but it might work, I'm thinking about switching to it.
I've used Pulse for quite a while, but I had to switch to Google Reader since it became too limiting for me. (It limits the amount of feeds per page.) Pulse also doesn't have a list view I prefer, and when using the website, it has to load a preview image for every post.
I think that Feedly is a better alternative to Pulse, since it has better layout customization.
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#103I use Thunderbird and I think it works well. I like to have my feeds and emails in the same app.
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#105The 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.
This is exactly what I've been thinking. The conversation about "RSS readers" is really about several different components that are integrated in to a comprehensive product: * A backend for managing subscriptions, read/unread status, tagging, etc * A web UI for reading your feed from anywhere * A native-client (iOS, Android, OS X, etc) for accessing your feed from your devices Users of the Google Reader web UI need t…
My wishlist exactly.
For the web UI, I'd actually add 2 features:
1. 1-key shortcut support for a read later service (Instapaper, etc). Most native clients offer this already, so it's just something I'd like on the web view.
2. Keep the same navigation shortcuts as Reader (esp J/K). My fingers are already trained.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Semaphor meant that downvotes are destroying a community like on Reddit, and there is no need to call anyone a douche. (I'm just clarifying by the way, I don't agree or disagree that downvotes are destroying communities; I don't know if it's true.)
Thanks for showing yet another difference between HN and Reddit (don't get me wrong, I really like Reddit). And they are not by itself destroying communities but IMO they are multiplying Eternal September effects.
Reddit is also much more mainstream than HN, I think that has to do a lot with it. Perhaps disabling registrations from time to time is a really good move, plus HN is much more focused. Anyone can make a subreddit about his own cool, weird or funny subject.
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#107Missing: 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
Well, the irony is that Mozilla said they're putting Thunderbird on hold: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/so-thats-it-for-thunderbird... I don't know if they've changed their minds meanwhile.
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#108I'd love to see a chart for this.
My needs are multiple computers, native apps for multiple devices, syncs across all, and can deal with multiple google sign-in or use another mechanism entirely.
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#109My way of keeping up: OS X - NetNewsWire and Vienna (you really should be using Vienna), iOS - Feedly, Pulse News, Google Currents. Also Prismatic which I use on iOS more than RSS.
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#110I voted for Tiny Tiny RSS, since I've just installed it and I'm liking it. After a bit of customizations it's quite close to Google Reader. But I would have voted for Google Reader if it were an options in the poll.
I'm using tt-rss for four years now, often through the Tiny Tiny RSS Reader app on my phone. I blogged about it some time ago: http://tinyurl.com/axlpm7z