Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

Isn't that kind of a contradictory statement? RSS is far from dead as far as I'm concerned. I agree that the RSS reader space is very crowded, but Reeder was a late entry, and it is, by far, my favorite RSS reader.

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by tlack » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:19 PM UTC

Looks great, congratulations. Three comments:

1. On Chrome in Windows, the smaller fonts look a bit scrunched in a way that makes my eyeballs hurt. Is this configurable?

2. I notice that you say to bookmark the URL, and I presume my user id is stored in a cookie. What happens if I want to read from another device or if I clear my cookies? It would be awesome if you could generate a unique URL for each user. Bonus points if it's easy to say over the phone or type in by hand/from memory (I use at 4-5 devices to browse the web daily - 2 x laptops, Playbook, and my BB).

3. That Tweet sidebar thing is interesting but feels a little laggy. Is there a way to turn it off?

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by webwanderings » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:20 PM UTC

I typed cnn.com, nothing happened. I then typed www.cnn.com and I see that it recognized. I then clicked the dog icon, it is still thinking....

I like the interface and the fact that you don't need to sign up. Not sure if I'll remember to come back to this because it really isn't working for me right now.

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by Punishker » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:30 PM UTC

What's 'your MVP'? It looks and sounds like an app...

How does your RSS reader beat the competition? Anything of note?

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by amitamb » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:31 PM UTC

Design is great! Who did it and how can average entrepreneur imitate it.

BTW I thought there will be easy way to import Google reader list but there is none. (I first selected interesting then blank.)

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by pauljonas » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:31 PM UTC

1. Formatting is FUBARed when zooming in (Chrome browser).

2. OPML import? Already have a set of RSS subscriptions, need to be able to import existing feed list, don't wish to reenter all these in…

/goodluck on the venture.

Re: Show HN: We just launched our MVP, a new RSS Reader

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Post by dvillase » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 10:31 PM UTC

suking wrote: post #2

RSS is dead & google reader works fine.

RSS is still alive and kicking. Seems like no service has been able to make it gain as much traction as it should.

The recent Google+ integration into Google Reader made the product take a step backwards. Then you have apps like Reeder (which was my favorite at some time), Pulse (became my next favorite), and then Flipboard (which has won me personally).

Except, I feel like something is missing from all of them.

Google Reader has this awesome Sort by Magic feature, but seems to have been broken recently. If applications could use this sorting method and bring in social better (the integration is lacking right now) it would be awesome!