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muriel_volestrangler

(102,476 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 07:02 PM Mar 2013

Can anyone recommend a good RSS program?

Google Reader has just announced it's going away in July.

I preferred it to the one I was using before (as far as I remember, that was the RSS feature of my email program, which was, at the time, Mozilla Thunderbird I think - but maybe it was far enough back that it was Outlook Express. Anyway, it had a rather low limit for the number of unread articles per feed, so I switched to Google Reader).

I don't need anything fancy; and I want it to be free (it's a pretty basic functionality I'm after). Has anyone any comments?

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Can anyone recommend a good RSS program? (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 OP

Greatnews handles lots of feeds bananas Mar 2013 #1

This looks really promising... ChromeFoundry Mar 2013 #2

What other Google Reader users are thinking... ChromeFoundry Mar 2013 #3

Liferea and rawdog are my favorites Recursion Mar 2013 #4

This is why we can't have nice things pokerfan Mar 2013 #5

At last - a Downfall parody about *my* problem! muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #6

An article for people looking for alternatives muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #7

Five Best Google Reader Alternatives pokerfan Mar 2013 #8

bananas

(27,509 posts)

1. Greatnews handles lots of feeds

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 08:25 PM

Mar 2013

Thanks for letting me know about google news.
http://www.curiostudio.com/

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

2. This looks really promising...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 08:40 PM

Mar 2013

http://theoldreader.com/

Welcome to The Old Reader, the ultimate social RSS reader. It's just like the old google reader, only better. We're in beta right now, but we're constantly working on improvements and new features.

You can sign in and start using The Old Reader with a single click. However, if you are too shy, please feel free to take a look at our tour or peek at the top posts of the day.

Can I transfer my subscriptions?
Yes, you can import your feeds directly from your Google Reader account or use our OPML import feature if you're sensitive about your security.

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

3. What other Google Reader users are thinking...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 09:34 PM

Mar 2013

http://bringgooglereaderback.com/

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

4. Liferea and rawdog are my favorites

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 11:53 PM

Mar 2013

http://offog.org/code/rawdog.html

Liferea is Linux-only, though.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

5. This is why we can't have nice things

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:32 AM

Mar 2013

Like Hitler, I've got my XML downloaded and will be looking around.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,476 posts)

6. At last - a Downfall parody about *my* problem!

Reply to pokerfan (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 14, 2013, 05:17 AM

Mar 2013

(even if the problem is a first world one). It's a good one. Thanks.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,476 posts)

7. An article for people looking for alternatives

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2013, 08:59 AM

Mar 2013

http://lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-the-best-alternatives

I'm just one one Windows machine, so I'm going to check out FeedReader.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

8. Five Best Google Reader Alternatives

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 10:56 AM

Mar 2013

as nominated by Lifehacker followers.

http://lifehacker.com/5990881/five-best-google-reader-alternatives

Feedly looks the most interesting right now...

Feedly was one of your top choices in the Call for Contenders thread, and many of you used Feedly long before Google announced it was shuttering Reader. Feedly has long been one of your favorite RSS news readers and news aggregators. We've mentioned them several times as the service has grown and updated. In addition to having a rich news suggestion algorithm that makes it easy to surface articles that you'll find interesting, it's a rich social tool that lets you share stories with your friends and post them to your favorite social networks. Saving stories for future reading is easy, and Feedly offers layout choices that let you read the news in the manner you choose—whether it's straight headlines from top to bottom, full articles, neatly arranged tiles, or pretty images all laid out on a page. Best of all, Feedly has said that while right now they connect to Google Reader and sync with it, they're building a new syncing engine so Feedly users can seamlessly continue using the service long after Google Reader turns off the lights. Stay tuned for that. Feedly is less webapp as it is browser extension and mobile app: there are add-ons for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, and mobile apps for iOS and Android.

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