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Originally Posted by Katja (Post 20426978)

I'm currently trying out NewsBlur, NetVibes and Feedly. I also wanted to try TheOldReader, but it's been unable to keep up with demand.

And the winner is (for me only, YMMV) is NetVibes.

TheOldReader never managed to import my feeds (overloaded servers). Feedly seems to be the front runner for a lot of people, but I couldn't persuade it to just list articles chronologically - it insisted on being clever and giving me a magazine type layout. NewsBlur was down a lot and just tended to take a long time to refresh and notice new articles. Sadly, none of them do what Google Reader used to do well and still manages to do poorly - provide code to populate a blogroll on my website.

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Originally Posted by LIH Prem (Post 20423451)

I tried feedly today, it's pretty good, I may stick with it. They are creating their own back end, meanwhile it's seamless with google reader credentials and subs. (use your google login, it will just pick up all your subs, do it now, before July 1).

I've tried a few others, none of them really panned out.

-David

+1 for Feedly. Transferring over was fast and painless. The real test will be when Google Reader shuts down and Feedly will have rely on their own back end sytem.

I made a video to help people switch from Google Reader to Feedly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZwBB90IZuc

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Originally Posted by Katja (Post 20442754)

Feedly seems to be the front runner for a lot of people, but I couldn't persuade it to just list articles chronologically - it insisted on being clever and giving me a magazine type layout.

I had the same problem. I just want the headlines, so I can skim through them fast. This article off the Feedly blog should help solve that problem:

Tips for Google Reader users migrating to feedly

Click on the "gear" icon in the upper right to get into the settings. Under "Views," click on "Titles." That will give you the headline-only view similar to Google Reader. This screenshot should clear things up.

http://i.imgur.com/plE4kQO.png

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Originally Posted by StreetSmartTraveler (Post 20443003)

Click on the "gear" icon in the upper right to get into the settings. Under "Views," click on "Titles." That will give you the headline-only view similar to Google Reader.

Yup, I tried that a dozen times. Either I have really poor mouse skills (always a possibility) or ...

I'm disappointed in this news too. I'm trying Feedly. So far I don't like it as well as Reader, but hopefully it will grow on me as I get used to it.

I use Goodnoows for all of my news feeds. Haven't experimented much with importing other feeds but it presents articles in a very clean manner.

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Originally Posted by SRQ Guy (Post 20447063)

I'm disappointed in this news too. I'm trying Feedly. So far I don't like it as well as Reader, but hopefully it will grow on me as I get used to it.

Did you read this?

http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/ti...ing-to-feedly/

switch the view to titles, and it looks like reader.

-David

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Originally Posted by LIH Prem (Post 20450411)

Did you read this?

http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/ti...ing-to-feedly/

switch the view to titles, and it looks like reader.

-David

I did that before I posted and it's still not quite the same as Google Reader. That said, it's growing on me. I got the Android app set up how I like it and that's helping too.

Has anyone tried out the Google Currents app? Looks interesting.