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General => Internet, Science, & Technology => Topic started by: [hedy]Zidone on March 16, 2013, 02:16:58 AM

Title: rest in piss reader
Post by: [hedy]Zidone on March 16, 2013, 02:16:58 AM
Disclaimer: I never actually used it, or any RSS aggregator before this week

How do you feel about Boogle discontinuing something (http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html) that people actually liked and used (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/the-end-of-google-reader-sends-internet-into-an-uproar/)?

and are there truly great alternatives? I've been trying out netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com) since I feel like RSS aggregation is superior than my current methods of consuming worthless Internet shit

it seems alright but hella slow, but then again I don't have a standard of comparison. I may also try feedly (http://www.feedly.com/) since people say it's going to be the most like reader
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: don't let's on March 16, 2013, 03:14:00 AM
How I'll miss you :(

And yeah, I've been hearing feedly mentioned ever since
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: ncba93ivyase on March 16, 2013, 10:24:56 AM
I used jewgle reader for about 2 years to get video game news.

Then more and more game news sites started turning to shit and I stopped caring about basically all major releases and so I stopped using reader as a consequence.

so i would've been pissed but i'm not
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: strongbad on March 16, 2013, 04:56:25 PM
fuckin' a i just started using google reader like 3 weeks ago

that is stupid
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: bluaki on March 16, 2013, 08:59:04 PM
the only thing I use google reader for is webcomics
I also use RSS for torrent feeds, but I handle that with scripts to autodownload them instead of using something manual like reader

I'll probably switch to some local RSS application once Reader is dead
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: strongbad on March 17, 2013, 02:01:38 PM
Quote from: bluaki on March 16, 2013, 08:59:04 PM
the only thing I use google reader for is webcomics
I also use RSS for torrent feeds, but I handle that with scripts to autodownload them instead of using something manual like reader

I'll probably switch to some local RSS application once Reader is dead

that's a good idea for torrents. do you have it automatically download certain artists when they release new material? i'd be really interested in a mini-guide on how to do that if that is what you do.

do you know any good local rss apps?
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: Mando Pandango on March 17, 2013, 05:25:15 PM
Never heard of it. What did it do?
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: strongbad on March 17, 2013, 05:51:09 PM
Quote from: Sir Popsicle the Sesquipedalian on March 17, 2013, 05:25:15 PM
Never heard of it. What did it do?

it was a pretty solid web-based rss reader
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: Hiro on March 19, 2013, 10:41:32 AM
I've always use Netvibes and will continue to do so
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: snoorkel on March 20, 2013, 03:52:52 AM
i use the rss feed screensaver for os x
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: bluaki on March 21, 2013, 01:13:35 AM
I wonder why Schemer still exists

On a mostly unrelated note, today Google released a new service and Android app: Keep, which is basically a notes service that also supports voice memos with automatic transcription.

Quote from: Comfortdog on March 20, 2013, 03:52:52 AM
i use the rss feed screensaver for os x
Aren't screensavers supposed to run when you're away from the computer? How could one that lists things you might want to open possibly be useful?

I haven't even seen people use screensavers (outside of a simple blank screen) for years
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: silvertone on March 21, 2013, 12:31:56 PM
i use a screen saver
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: PLEASEHELP1991 on March 21, 2013, 12:34:44 PM
Quote from: bluaki on March 21, 2013, 01:13:35 AM

I haven't even seen people use screensavers (outside of a simple blank screen) for years
because they have become redundant with the abundance of lcd screens
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: don't let's on March 21, 2013, 02:27:57 PM
I just realized, getting scroogled :(
Title: Re: rest in piss reader
Post by: snoorkel on March 21, 2013, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: bluaki on March 21, 2013, 01:13:35 AM
Aren't screensavers supposed to run when you're away from the computer? How could one that lists things you might want to open possibly be useful?

I haven't even seen people use screensavers (outside of a simple blank screen) for years

n_u