tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post3985827485763349022..comments2024-02-27T03:16:28.992-05:00Comments on Random Thoughts While Running: Goodbye Google Reader, Hello FeedlyBob Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-13279902501872246762013-03-22T01:03:06.927-04:002013-03-22T01:03:06.927-04:00I've just taken a slightly better look at The ...I've just taken a slightly better look at <i>The Old Reader</i>. If you like the way that <i>Google Reader</i> works, you'll probably like <i>The Old Reader</i>. Layout and navigation are almost identical. There is a list of your subscribed blogs on the left and each one shows the number of unread posts. Near the top of that left column is an <i>All items</i> item that allows you to see all unread posts in a seeminly random order. When you click on any of the items in the left, related posts show on the right, taking up about 3/4 of the window on my computer. You can scroll through and read most (maybe all) posts right in <i>The Old Reader</i>. Apparently how much you can see in an RSS reader depends on how the RSS feed is set up and this is similar in all readers that I've reviewed.<br /><br />I've noticed two big differences right away:<br />1. <i>The Old Reader</i> does not show posts that you've already read. <i>Google Reader</i> and <i>Feedly</i> do. It's not hard to see old posts, but you have to click on the link to go to the blog site itself.<br />2. <i>The Old Reader</i> does not update immediately. I added a post to my own blog about 45 minutes ago and it still is not showing up in <i>The Old Reader</i> list. That post showed up immediately in both <i>Feedly</i> and <i>Google Reader</i>.Bob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-87066060294811883482013-03-22T00:33:01.205-04:002013-03-22T00:33:01.205-04:00Thanks, Power Cords, for your comments. The thing ...Thanks, Power Cords, for your comments. The thing that I really like about <i>Google Reader</i> is that it's dead simple to subscribe to blogs and to scroll through and read what I want to read and mark as <i>unread</i> what I don't care about reading. I really like some features of <i>Feedly</i> like the ease of organizing blogs, the fresh layout, the ability for minimum customization of the look, but it does add a some slight complexity.Bob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-84799899489316116082013-03-22T00:27:25.927-04:002013-03-22T00:27:25.927-04:00I just got an e-mail from the The Old Reader folks...I just got an e-mail from the <i>The Old Reader</i> folks that my OPML file of blog RSS feeds has finally been imported — took 5 days. I haven't done much with it, yet, but it looks a lot like a cleaned up, spiffed up <i>Google Reader</i>. I'll give it a try but so far I've been pleased with <i>Feedly</i>.Bob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-57619995311934286082013-03-21T09:43:12.227-04:002013-03-21T09:43:12.227-04:00@Thanks Bob Allen for sharing alternatives of Goog...@Thanks Bob Allen for sharing alternatives of Google Reader. I hope that Google will make some other product/feature in future like Google Reader.Power Cordshttp://www.americord.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-15186254689126326622013-03-17T13:32:32.253-04:002013-03-17T13:32:32.253-04:00Here's another article about Google Reader alt...Here's another article about Google Reader alternatives. In the end, Lifehacker's survey gave a strong nod to Feedly. http://lifehacker.com/5990881/five-best-google-reader-alternativesBob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-87473871296350602702013-03-17T09:16:06.949-04:002013-03-17T09:16:06.949-04:00Just checked my account on "The Old Reader&qu...Just checked my account on "The Old Reader" again and it still hasn't imported my OPML file that contains my blog subscriptions. I also had an issue today logging into Feedly — it finally loaded but I'm not sure what was wrong in the first place nor what I did differently to get it to work.Bob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18674315.post-5272570277501364042013-03-16T23:43:51.566-04:002013-03-16T23:43:51.566-04:00Thanks for the head's up on Smashing Reader. F...Thanks for the head's up on Smashing Reader. Feedly fits my "wants" better and it's up and running now.Bob Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251531486621495599noreply@blogger.com