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Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by justinkelly »

Hi Guys

Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore.

I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore.

Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo

Also code is now up on github

* https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-e...

* https://github.com/justinkelly/chrome-rss

Cheers

Justin

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by mindcrime »

justinkelly wrote: post #2

Hi Guys Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore. I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore. Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo Also code is now up on github…

Awesome, thanks! Can this also bounce the subscribe request to an offline reader like RSSOwl? If not, how hard would it be to implement something like that?

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by webwanderings »

justinkelly wrote: post #2

Hi Guys Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore. I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore. Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo Also code is now up on github…

Nice effort. Have decided to move off of Chrome, so preparing Firefox and all.

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by justinkelly »

webwanderings wrote: post #4
justinkelly wrote: post #2

Hi Guys Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore. I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore. Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo Also code is now up on github…

Nice effort. Have decided to move off of Chrome, so preparing Firefox and all.

thanks - i think alot of others will join you in jumping ship

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by justinkelly »

mindcrime wrote: post #3
justinkelly wrote: post #2

Hi Guys Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore. I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore. Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo Also code is now up on github…

Awesome, thanks! Can this also bounce the subscribe request to an offline reader like RSSOwl? If not, how hard would it be to implement something like that?

this extension can't at the moment, but there is an extension that does

* https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscriptions-...

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by ishansharma »

webwanderings wrote: post #4
justinkelly wrote: post #2

Hi Guys Like many on the list I'm a heavy chrome and rss user. Though the demise of Google Reader is no great surprise I was grumpy that Google removed the RSS Subscription extension from the Chrome webstore. I've forked Google's extension, updated it and loaded back into the Chrome webstore. Added support for Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader. Removed Google Reader, iReader, My Yahoo Also code is now up on github…

Nice effort. Have decided to move off of Chrome, so preparing Firefox and all.

Me too. Already jumped and Firefox is quite fast and light as compared to Chrome. You'll enjoy it.

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by justinkelly »

crazysim wrote: post #8

Any idea on the licensing issues? It would be great if Google "released" the source.

Google's Chrome extensions are BSD like license

Assuming you've installed the extension you can grab its source from Chrome .config directory * which I imported and updated to github: https://github.com/justinkelly/chrome-rss

The actual original source in SVN/Git may already be public but i've no idea where it is - somewhere deep in the chromium repo??

Re: Show HN: Forked and updated the Chrome RSS subscription extension Google removed

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Post by nsmartt »

justinkelly wrote: post #9
crazysim wrote: post #8

Any idea on the licensing issues? It would be great if Google "released" the source.

Google's Chrome extensions are BSD like license Assuming you've installed the extension you can grab its source from Chrome .config directory * which I imported and updated to github: https://github.com/justinkelly/chrome-rss The actual original source in SVN/Git may already be public but i've no idea where it is - somewhere deep in the chromium repo??

It isn't that I don't believe you, but I don't see a license file in any of the Google-owned extensions I have installed. Source?
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