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What's the Best RSS Reader Not Named Google Reader?

Posted by Unknown on from the that's-our-job dept.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "The news that that Google is killing off Google Reader in their annual spring cleaning means hordes of abandoned RSS users will need a new home to get their news fix before July 1, 2013. Sure, Google Reader may not have been the most beautifully designed product to come out of Mountain View, Calif., but it sure was convenient. And now that it's going away, it's evident just how valuable it has been. 'It's a tough question that's not unlike asking what's the best planet to live on not named Earth or the best thing to breathe not named air,' writes Casey Chan. 'Google Reader was that obvious a choice.' So what's the best RSS reader not named Google Reader? Is it Reeder? Or NetNewsWire? Maybe Feedly? Or should we all just ditch RSS and get with Twitter?" Personally, I've taken a liking to Akregator on my desktop and Sparse RSS on my phone (syncing done woefully manually by exporting the list of feeds from my desktop reader and importing into the phone reader now and then). Update: 03/14 14:43 GMT by T : Depending on your aesthetics and platform of choice, you might like one of these four options, too.

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  1. Tiny Tiny RSS by DarkSkiez · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Run your own google reader:

    tt-rss.org

    1. Re:Tiny Tiny RSS by bWareiWare.co.uk · · Score: 3, Interesting

      This really is superb. Has a really nice Android client as well as the web interface.

  2. Re:1kpl.us by flingbob · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hi, I created 1kpl.us, I'd love it if some /. users checked it out. Thanks!

  3. Outlook by happylight · · Score: 3, Interesting

    *gasp* Yes I use MS Outlook. Just so it's all sorted together with my email.

  4. Re:1kpl.us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looks great, but I can't find a way to make it display just the titles of items and have them expand by clicking on them. My Google Reader looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/M8Td2mU.png
    It's much easier to go through a lot of items like that.

  5. Re:Feedly looks ok by apoc.famine · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This has been a pet peeve of mine for ages now as well. However, this particular instance is what convinced me to finally get off my ass and do what I've been meaning to do for about 2 years now:

    1) New Gmail account
    2) Fake Facebook account
    3) Fake Twitter account
    4) Use these for every sign-in thing on all the stupid websites that have a boner for social media.

    These accounts will never have friends. They won't have any followers to spam. "Will you allow us to post to your feed?" 'Sure. Even I will never ever see it.' I'm happily experimenting with a couple news readers now despite their asinine requirement that I sign in or otherwise attach one of the above.

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