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Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Mar 18, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>In my desperation to look for a Google Reader replacement, I downloaded
>and installed Omea Reader today, and it still seems to be v. 2.2, build
>2/2/07…
>
>There are a lots of recommendations flying around these days for
>replacing Google Reader but I’m having a hard time finding a decent
>online service that’s not full of bloat and is fast and simple enough to
>use. I went back to my old Bloglines account, but unfortunately it’s far
>too slow in getting the feeds in.
>
>Any suggestions for a decent online RSS reader? “Decent” meaning that it
>is more or less like Google Reader in its speed and simplicity…
It’ll probably be a few weeks before “fast” can be used to describe any online RSS Readers. They’ve pretty much all had their servers melt in the ensuing panic that followed Google’s closure announcement.
Personally, I’m digging Newsblur, though the (only) developer behind it is still struggling to get the site back to normal following the hammering the servers took.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 18, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Worrabout Feedly? Seems pretty stable/well developed to me?
Posted by jimspoon
Mar 19, 2013 at 03:24 AM
I’ve read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google’s announcement. Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and I’m very impressed.
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 19, 2013 at 08:16 AM
jimspoon wrote:
I’ve read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google’s announcement.
> Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and I’m
>very impressed.
It seems though you need to pay if you want the real thing?
Posted by JohnK
Mar 23, 2013 at 03:27 PM
I spend much of my online life in Google Reader (well, actually in programs that use Google Reader to sync: Feeddemon on Windows and various Android apps). I read this forum, and most online content, via RSS.
Like many people, I’ve learned a lesson from the closure of Google Reader—the unexpected closure of cloud services is much more disruptive to your life than the disappearance of a piece of desktop software. At least you can keep using the final version of the desktop software (look at the number of people on this forum still using Grandview or Ecco).
I already use my own domain for email, and use a paid email service to host that domain. I’ll certainly avoid free cloud services in the future, or services which are not core to the provider’s business.
If you have a server where you can host your own RSS service, I’d recommend looking at Tiny Tiny RSS (free) of Fever ($30). I’m currently running both and switching between them to see which I prefer. Fever is a lot easier to set up than TT-RSS.
Fever: http://www.feedafever.com
TT-RSS: http://tt-rss.org/