Poll: Best RSS reader • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

NateDad wrote: post #23

mr_penguin wrote: post #20

It would help to clarify if we're comparing RSS readers (clients / desk / mobile) or aggregators (web / self hosted)

Ideally there's little difference, like Google Reader. There's a web interface and a mobile app that syncs with it. (Do people really use a desktop client? If so, why? Seems like a relic of another age, like desktop email clients.)

I want to choose which mobile app to use, I don't want to be tied down. Reeder, the RSS client I use, supports several Read Later services, several blogging platforms, tons of social networks, bookmarking sites, and Evernote. That's why it's so invaluable to me, and there is no other RSS client that's nearly as versatile. That's why I just want a new backend to replace GR, and since Reeder already supports Fever on iPhone, that'll probably be it for me.

Also, I still use a desktop mail client (OS X Mail), because it integrates well with my OS and it's scriptable. I like having local copies of my mail and attachments, and it's automatically backed up. The mail is also stored on IMAP servers so I can access it on other devices. I have over 100K emails, going back to 1994. There's no way that I'm going to rely solely on one web based service like GMail for that.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by teilo » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

Looks like Newsblur is getting hammered. Which of course bodes well for them in the long run.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by uggedal » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

I migrated to https://feedhq.org - its highly readable on both desktop and mobile and its open source: https://github.com/feedhq/feedhq

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by k_bx » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:31 PM UTC

Leechcraft http://leechcraft.org/

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by k_bx » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

webwanderings wrote: post #43

k_bx wrote: post #8

http://lenta.yandex.com

Is there an English site for this?

Not sure, but Yandex is actively going to non-russian users lately (they had launch in Turkey, they're doing http://www.yandex.com/), so I'm sure they'll release it some time soon.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by lucb1e » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:38 PM UTC

vincentkriek wrote: post #56

Semaphor wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Reddit has no polls douche

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.)

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by lucb1e » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:40 PM UTC

Since when has Chrome got an RSS reader? The only RSS feeds I've seen in Chrome were plain XML that didn't send the correct MIME-type.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by nollidge » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:40 PM UTC

uggedal wrote: post #63

I migrated to https://feedhq.org - its highly readable on both desktop and mobile and its open source: https://github.com/feedhq/feedhq

Demo? Screenshot? How can those things be missing from a landing page?

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by kevinSuttle » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:49 PM UTC

Netvibes was down most of last night, and got a message this morning to bear with them as they've gotten a huge flux of new users. Great to see.

Re: Poll: Best RSS reader

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Post by jigrossm » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 2:53 PM UTC

Niaterra is still in early stealth, but taking signups. www.niaterra.com