![]() Clicking the cog icon in the top right corner (is it a cog?) calls up the settings. In the screenshot below, you can see my feed folders on the left. The Feedly developers are currently working on the backend to ensure a seamless transition from feeds coming from Google Reader to the feeds residing inside of Feedly itself. Feedly was originally built to connect to Google Reader, and you can still do that now. If you try Feedly before Jwhen Google Reader is scheduled to take its last breath, your Google Reader feeds will be automatically imported. The third button lets you switch between the article preview mode depicted in the screenshot above and title mode where you only get the list of titles.įeedly has a different feel. The toolbar to the right of the screen lets you use buttons to navigate up and down through the articles. As for the reading experience, if you’re coming in from Google Reader, the keyboard shortcuts are the same. As of this writing (), TheOldReader has a pretty big backlog of import requests. Instructions on getting your Google Reader news feeds into a format TheOldReader can use, see this blog post. Click the “import” button in the top right corner to import your news feeds from another service, like Google Reader. The bottom of the left navigation bar shows the feeds. On the left you can click the top button to add a subscription. They say that this project started just as something for their friends who liked the original Google Reader. In fact, it looks pretty much how Google Reader used to look. When you look at TheOldReader, you’ll see that it looks a lot like Google Reader. I want to read information, not look at pretty pictures – not that I have anything against pretty pictures. The other readers that are getting buzz, like NewsBlur, NetVibes, and Pulse, are too magazine-y for me. I know TheOldReader developers are working their butts off right now it’s a side project for them that is suddenly taking up much more of their time. TheOldReader feels comfortable since it looks and acts much like Google Reader, but some functioning isn’t quite there yet, like social media integration. I really like its mobile app, but I’m still not sure how I feel about the web interface. Feedly has been getting a lot of good press. I’ve been reading reviews of the top contenders for replacing Google Reader ( one review from LifeHacker). You’re invited to add your voice to the thousands. [For those who aren’t quite ready to let Google Reader go, there are several petitions at. I dip into it several times during the day. I know that sounds dramatic, but Reader is always open in my browser. And the amount of response Google’s announcement regarding the shutting down of Google Reader () has generated, it’s nice to see that I’m not alone in my grieving. Google Reader has been my RSS feed reader of choice from the beginning. I can sift through it quickly, filtering out stuff to try. I use an RSS feed reader to deliver information to me from tech blogs, the popular press, and other sources. ![]() Many of you have asked me where I learn about the technologies and tips I share in this blog. It will bring you up to speed on how an RSS reader can help you manage how you learn about what’s new in the world. If you’re not familiar with the concept, please check out that post. This is such an essential piece of technology that Google Reader was the subject of one of my very first blog post back in April 2009. If you haven’t been using an RSS reader, you may be wondering what the hubbub is all about. If you’ve been bopping around the tech blogs, you’ve been hearing a lot about RSS feed readers lately.
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