03-14-2013, 06:37 PM | #46 |
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I made the mistake of reading the news that Google was shutting down Reader right before going to bed last night, not conducive to winding down. I've been using it ever since switching from Bloglines in 2006.
I've switched to Fever (feedafever.com) today, as it works with Reeder for iPhone. If you've got a jailbroken iPad the iPhone version of Reeder runs in fullscreen quite well, which does in a pinch until/if the new version of Reeder for iPad is released. Basically this worked for me as I'm effectively swapping out the back-end stuff whilst keeping the reading experience I'm used to. I'm finding that if I ignore the "Hot" and "Sparks" lists it works just like Google Reader from Reeder's point of view. Fever is PHP + MySQL based so you will need a server or hosting to run it off, but it's totally worth it not to have to deal with cloud based services simply going away. |
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Here's a link to a list of feed readers posted in a comment on Feedly.
http://www.rss-readers.org/list-of-rs-feed-reader/ |
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03-14-2013, 06:51 PM | #48 | |
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I'm not sure what "open source" stuff you're referring to, as Google Reader isn't open source. They're reimplemening the (sort of) documented interface using their own code behind it. I seriously hope Feedly can pull it off (and provide a web-based-without-extensions platform for viewing), but it's good to stay skeptical. |
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You bring up some good points about re-implementation; I get what you mean now. I'll cross my fingers that all goes as planned; if it does, Feedly will be a very nice replacement for me. |
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03-14-2013, 08:33 PM | #52 |
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Its all a bit of a pain. They bought feedburner and killed that off...
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That said, there are open source readers like Tiny Tiny RSS and NewsBlur (both linked elsewhere in this thread). NewsBlur looks more developed, refined, and interesting, but it's also nearly impossible to install on your own right now (it has a lot of hard-coded dependencies on Amazon S3, for example, which costs money and is overkill for an instance hosting a handful of users). Maybe, hopefully, this will spur development of NewsBlur to be more easily installable. Tiny Tiny RSS looks much easier to install, but also less feature-rich. Given the prevalence of CherryPy-based python web apps in various circles (if you're a couchpotato, you're probably aware of what they are ...), I'm somewhat surprised that nobody's whipped up a simple RSS reader using python yet. Something in between the stark simplicity of TTR and the overbuild massiveness of NewsBlur. |
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Feedly will be an acceptable replacement for me, once I get used to it. The only thing I really hate about it is the lack of a share to G+ function. Share to Instapaper, EverNote, LinkedIn, Delicious...ok. Pocket? Never heard of it, whatever. No G+, Twitter, or F%^&book? Odd.
Google provided a year advance notice when they shut down Google Wave, and a year for iGoogle... I wonder why the rush for the demise of Google Reader. I also wonder why they don't just integrate Google Reader's functionality into Google Plus. It seems (to me) a logical extension of G+. On a similar vein, I predict Blogger will be next. It's rather pointless with G+. |
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I'm a perfect case in point. I'm pissed that Reader is dying. I'm a professional software developer by trade. I'm not likely to spin off my own project to replace it, because between work, family, and other stuff I want to do there's no time to build a Reader replacement. |
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In my opinion, the hardest hit will be creators who rely on RSS to communicate with their readers, or who sell advertisement space in their RSS feeds. This move will fragment the reading base and cause a lot of people to simply abandon the protocol in favour of Twitter or other services like Zite and Flipboard. The absolute worst case scenario for average users would be the emergence of a format war between new competitors. The beauty of Google Reader was that it worked with every app and OS and that data was easily migrated from one to the other. |
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