Feedbin isn’t a desktop client, but it’s working hard to feel awfully close. Keyboard shortcuts let you open the current story in another tab, including an option (Shift-V) to open that tab in the background. There’s built-in Readability integration, so if a site’s RSS feed doesn’t include the complete article, you can click a button to load the rest of the story in many cases. The keyboard shortcuts are plentiful, and include excellent arrow key support, which warms my heart. Your folders become tags in Feedbin’s parlance, and there are plenty of settings to tweak how the Web app organizes and sorts your feeds. It’s the first Web service I tried that I felt I could make work. While it ostensibly works, it’s hard to recommend.įeedbin charges, too it costs $2 per month, or $20 per year. There’s decent, omnipresent keyboard control, but no current folder support, mangled timestamps, and other problems. But the open-source service’s plain-Jane interface would disappoint even a hardcore Linux-lover. That semblance of a business model goes in the pro column. I mean, if you really want to.įeedHQ, on the other hand, charges money-$12 per year. Newsify app with Feedly that offers a pleasant enough browsing experience on iOS, but leaves you without a great reading solution on your Mac. To its credit, the service does support a slew of keyboard shortcuts, handles folders well, and uses a clean layout-just one that doesn’t work for me. It doesn’t help that I’m no fan of Feedly’s interface on the Web: I basically want something that looks like NetNewsWire, and Feedly isn’t it. If Google-Google!-couldn’t figure out a way to monetize this kind of service, I’m not sure anyone can. As Google Reader’s demise gets closer, expect more apps to announce support for new services.įeedly is free. Reader supports every service mentioned above on the iPad. The iPad version) currently works with Feedbin and Fever. (BazQux clearly didn’t get the “start name with F” memo.)ĭifferent apps work with different services.

Young upstartsįeedly, FeedHQ, Feedbin, Feed Wrangler, Fever, and BazQux Reader are all smaller companies looking to usurp Google Reader’s old place in our hearts and software. That may be because Google, one of the biggest big guys, just left me high and dry. In some ways, though, I’m more intrigued by the little guys entering the space. Some of the companies are huge-we’ll get to them in a bit. There are several companies aiming to replace Google Reader both as Web services and as backend APIs for third-party apps to connect to. Then click Create Archive, wait a minute or three, and click Download to grab the completed archive. Click the Choose Services tab, and then find Reader in the alphabetical list. Google Takeout, and re-enter your password if prompted. If you use an app like NetNewsWire, you can use its Export OPML options. If you haven’t exported them yet, do so before July 1 rolls around. But listen-and this is important- the time to export your Google Reader subscriptions is now. Many services can import your Google Reader subscriptions. Google may still offer the option to export your data after July 1, but there are no guarantees. Export your Google Reader data now, before July 1.

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