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Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by skymt »

surrealize wrote: post #142

I use Reader's "star" functionality to keep track of stuff that I want to refer back to later. And, AFAICT, you can't easily export your star history. You can export your subscriptions, but not the stars. The only approach that I've seen to exporting stars is to use the fact that Reader will create a feed of just your starred items. Then you can view that feed in some other reader and manually mark each one there (ug…

Stars are, in fact, exportable. The "Google Takeout" zip archive for Reader includes a file called starred.json, containing a list of your starred items in a JSON format that, as far as I know, nothing else reads. If whatever reader you switch to can import marked items, you can probably work up a script to convert Google's format to whatever the new reader uses.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by zanny »

Kylekramer wrote: post #21

Bummer. I imagine there will be a few decent alternatives, but if the biggest game in RSS reader town is shutting down, how long will websites continue to provide and expose RSS feeds to the public?

What other syndication mechanism works, is cross platform, portable, provides rich media, and is open?

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Post by jseliger »

eridius wrote: post #54
conesus wrote: post #13

This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…

I've been trying to remember what NewsBlur was called for the past 25 minutes. Thanks for posting this! That said, I lament the lack of a desktop app. I've been using Reeder for OS X, and I'd really like to have some sort of desktop app instead of relying on my iPhone or a website. Have you considered talking to existing app makers (e.g. Reeder) to see if they might want to switch over to using your service as their…

What conesus is doing is very cool. But I'm still using NetNewsWire on OS X because it's a desktop RSS reader and it's good enough.

Conesus: Have you considered running a Kickstarter for a desktop version of NewsBlur, in order to gauge interest? I'd definitely contribute.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by 18pfsmt »

donretag wrote: post #103
conesus wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You bet! It's OAuth-based import, so when you create your account it's just a click away. Couldn't be easier. EDIT: And OPML is the other option when you signup. It's an easy import process, since it's really quite important to get that part right.

No OPML?

There is OPML import ability on the same modal that offers GR import.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by axusgrad »

Spittie wrote: post #73

This is a sad news, one of my favourite RSS reader is closing. Google Reader is likely the site I browse the most, and I always have one tab open on it. Also, my phone sync with RSS with it. I guess it's time to start searching for a new RSS reader. Too bad that I already did it a while ago, and every time I went back to Google Reader. The biggest problem for me with other feed reader is that they try to add too many…

I've been using "RSS Feed Reader" Google plugin, which was the first thing I came across. This thread is a nice place for seeing other options.

If an API or service is really valuable, Google shutting their version down shouldn't be too bad. Other people can try to make some money offering a replacement.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by eridius »

jseliger wrote: post #174
eridius wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been trying to remember what NewsBlur was called for the past 25 minutes. Thanks for posting this! That said, I lament the lack of a desktop app. I've been using Reeder for OS X, and I'd really like to have some sort of desktop app instead of relying on my iPhone or a website. Have you considered talking to existing app makers (e.g. Reeder) to see if they might want to switch over to using your service as their…

What conesus is doing is very cool. But I'm still using NetNewsWire on OS X because it's a desktop RSS reader and it's good enough. Conesus: Have you considered running a Kickstarter for a desktop version of NewsBlur, in order to gauge interest? I'd definitely contribute.

NetNewsWire on OS X is nice, but I really need a) syncing between 3 different computers, and b) an iPhone client (and ideally an iPad client too, but not strictly required). Reeder + Google Reader has satisfied this until now.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

chipotle_coyote wrote: post #155
mh- wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm looking at FaF but not seeing how this works with Reeder?

Reeder on the iPhone syncs with Fever, but neither the Mac nor iPad versions of Reeder do. Sunstroke ( https://goneeast.com/sunstroke/ ) is a better Fever-specific client for the iPhone, I think... but it doesn't have either an iPad or a Mac version. On the Mac you can use Fever's web interface but on the iPad you're pretty much out of luck, as there are no native clients and trying to use the web interface there is…

Wow. I mostly use Reeder on my phone, but it hadn't even crossed my mind that the iPad and OS X versions possibly wouldn't have Fever support.

The author should really make that a priority, he has 2,5 months to make it happen.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by Encosia »

nikatwork wrote: post #82
Kylekramer wrote: post #21

Bummer. I imagine there will be a few decent alternatives, but if the biggest game in RSS reader town is shutting down, how long will websites continue to provide and expose RSS feeds to the public?

Is it the biggest though? I get the impression many people use a desktop app for RSS feeds (I certainly do). Would be interesting to see a marketshare breakdown.

Sample size of one, but Google Reader accounted for 6,168 of my 7,698 RSS subscribers yesterday (according to the probably-also-on-the-chopping-block FeedBurner).

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by kmfrk »

klausa wrote: post #2

That's the first Google service shutdown that I'm affected by. Sad to see it go. What do you guys recommend for replacement? I know about NewsBlur [1], but I never liked it that much. I think I'm just looking for something that would emulate Reader's full-screen view as close as possible. [1] http://newsblur.com edit: Here's what I consider an absolute must-have in RSS app: - complete navigation with keyboard (j/k pr…

I just Fever (http://www.feedafever.com/). You host it yourself, and it does the job perfectly.
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