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Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by hilko » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 9:33 AM UTC

jpatokal wrote: post #83

conesus wrote: post #79

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I would love to know. Any hint as to what's strange?

Too much... stuff. Lots of small buttons IN ALL CAPS. Irritating UI "helpfulness" like (just one example) overriding right-click on article titles, so you have to right-click, aim pointer, left-click to open the original in a new tab. The showstopper for me is the lack of infinite scrolling, although only today (after using NewsBlur for several months!) did I realize it's apparently intentionally crippled so I'd go u…

Think that's it. I just looked at Yoleo Reader (https://yoleoreader.com/) and realized that the clean look of that is exactly what I want/need, and what I miss with NewsBlur.

I got a premium NewsBlur account primarily because it was the only non-google reader with good keyboard support. And I kind of like the attempt to add social and commenting features.

But I might move away if I can get a cleaner UI with full google reader-style keyboard support.

This problem could be solved with a 'minimal' skin, perhaps?

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by ivank » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 10:51 AM UTC

vicaya wrote: post #89

jamiebikies wrote: post #84

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I'd say you are missing something :) I'm in the process of implementing a "headline mode", as mentioned here and elsewhere that will bring that sort of two column functionality for those who like it. Also regarding the shortcuts, you're using Firefox? I noted in the blog and through my notification system that users using firefox will have issues with shortcuts until I squash whatever bug is causing the problem.

The end-less scroll of feeds in GR is not just a UI feature. It's an incredible/killer data feature that let you go back to the entire history of a feed (since GR start to capture the feed for anybody), even if you just subscribed to a new feed. It's content sharing at its finest. GR is not just feed aggregator but the most complete feed archive ever existed -- am I the only one who realize this? I don't think there'…

You are not the only one to realize this.

http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Google_Reader has backed up 30 million feeds so far. (And needs everybody's OPML files to back up more.)

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by pramodliv1 » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 11:56 AM UTC

hilko wrote: post #91

jpatokal wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too much... stuff. Lots of small buttons IN ALL CAPS. Irritating UI "helpfulness" like (just one example) overriding right-click on article titles, so you have to right-click, aim pointer, left-click to open the original in a new tab. The showstopper for me is the lack of infinite scrolling, although only today (after using NewsBlur for several months!) did I realize it's apparently intentionally crippled so I'd go u…

Think that's it. I just looked at Yoleo Reader ( https://yoleoreader.com/ ) and realized that the clean look of that is exactly what I want/need, and what I miss with NewsBlur. I got a premium NewsBlur account primarily because it was the only non-google reader with good keyboard support. And I kind of like the attempt to add social and commenting features. But I might move away if I can get a cleaner UI with full go…

Yeah. The combination of NewsBlur's speed and yoleo's minimalism would be perfect for me.

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by webwanderings » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 1:10 PM UTC

nayefc wrote: post #88

webwanderings wrote: post #4

Looking forward. I will give this a serious try as I am not a Feedly fan. The first key is in them providing absolute control to the users for the selection of their content and the stuff they would rather see on their own (instead of platform dictating what we should see and read).

Why is everyone hating on Feedly

I didn't use the word hate.

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by lazylizard » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

was mentioned on hn some time ago. i'm fine with it. can't be easier to set up..there's no setup... https://github.com/tontof/kriss_feed

http://managingnews.com/ is quite nice too.

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by jakelevine » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

flixic wrote: post #30

From their original blog post I had an impression that they will try to mirror Google Reader's API and features: "We hope to identify and rebuild the best of Google Reader’s features (including its API)"[1] Now they haven't mentioned API at all, they haven't replied to a question about Reeder, and they did put quite a lot of focus on their web and mobile apps. A conclusion I draw from this is that they don't want to…

hey — we definitely remain committed to doing this. we just won't have it ready for launch. i personally think being the dumb syncing API is a smart play for any business. it's not as sexy but it's a more critical role.

Re: Digg Reader Update

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Post by hilko » Wed, Jun 19, 2013, 4:38 PM UTC

pramodliv1 wrote: post #93

hilko wrote: post #91

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Think that's it. I just looked at Yoleo Reader ( https://yoleoreader.com/ ) and realized that the clean look of that is exactly what I want/need, and what I miss with NewsBlur. I got a premium NewsBlur account primarily because it was the only non-google reader with good keyboard support. And I kind of like the attempt to add social and commenting features. But I might move away if I can get a cleaner UI with full go…

Yeah. The combination of NewsBlur's speed and yoleo's minimalism would be perfect for me.

And keyboard shortcuts!