Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by panacea » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

Does via a widget on iGoogle count?

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by zmanian » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:23 PM UTC

yes

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by mhd » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:33 PM UTC

Yes, and one of my few wishes for chrome would be something like Firefox' (hidden) "open new windows as background tabs" preference, then using the 'v' key would become an order of magnitude more productive. That's my usual response for TL;DR blog posts. Browse through the whole list with your vi-keys, pick the ones that don't fit (or lose too much essential formatting) for other tabs, skim through the rest within the reader.

As opposed to gmail, I could probably switch to something else if it had a half-way decent mobile version. Reeder isn't that essential to me.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by adyus » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:37 PM UTC

Another option I find myself using more and more often is Newsblur.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by Adaptive » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:38 PM UTC

Reader is also great for managing podcasts via "Listen" (Google's Android Podcast app). Nice because they show up with the rest of my RSS feeds.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Post by jahmed » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 10:39 PM UTC

gorm wrote: post #32

lftl wrote: post #10

I 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.

I really don't like their android client too much and prefer the native google reader client on android. Btw. here is a small tips with Feedly that I enjoy (for Firefox): You can also install this plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-homep... Then you set feedly as your default tab open page. I see it everythere I do a Ctrl-T and because I quick-peek it many times a day, I can keep up with a…

I've abandoned the native app and just use the web version of reader bookmarked onto my home screen. Its works great and saves precious space on my Nexus One.