Feedly - As Google Reader Replacement

[spacelord]

I'm finally coming to terms that Google Reader will be gone shortly, and need to move onto another front end for my RSS fix.
Feedly seems nice, but I don't quite understand why it needs to run in Chrome in the background, even when Chrome, the browser isn't running. At least thats what it seems to indicate.
Does anyone have a clue why it needs to run like that, or recommend a better online/cloud RSS solution?

 

[gizbug]

Never was a fan of feedly.
still looking for an alternative to Google Reader

 

[Train]

ya I heard feedly was good so I go to feedly.com and it's like "Click here for Apple App store, Click here for Android App store..."

Umm, can't I just use the site, or do I have to install an app? I just want it in mah browser. (Ya it has a FireFox plugin but I don't want that either)

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

any good web based rss readers?

i tried one that was OK but I can't remember what it was. digg is supposedly working on their own reader.

 

[Train]

I'm currently using Yoleo, it's meh so far.

Was as simple as 2 clicks to import from Google, but overall the interface is too simplistic for me.

Still looking for something better.

 

[vshah]

www.reader2000.com

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

facebook might be working on an rss reader according to this
http://tom.waddington.me/blog/2013/06/13/facebook-rss-to-replace-google-reader/

I wouldn't be able to use that though.

 

[Wyndru]

I'm still waiting on digg's replacement reader.

 

[spacelord]

I am going to be lost in a couple weeks when Google Reader goes away..

Here are some other options to consider:
Feed Wrangler.. $19/year.. I wish they had 30 day free trial.
http://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html

Tiny Tiny RSS.. setup on own hosting.. might try that.
They say they don't support shared hosting but I heard it works..
http://tt-rss.org/

 

[Train]

Apparently feedly DOES have a web only option:

http://cloud.feedly.com

Trying it out now. So far so good, beats yoleo right out of the gate.

 

[Viper GTS]

The cloud version of feedly is very new, it didn't exist before the 19th of this month.

Feedly has come a long ways in a very short period of time, I didn't like it much when I started my scramble for a replacement but it's quite usable now. It still doesn't sync as reliably as Reader did, but I've been using it exclusively for a few weeks now.

I just exported my Reader data and don't plan to use it again. I'll use Feedly for now and explore other options as they become available on Android (I'm looking at you Digg - And I will pay if I like you better).

Viper GTS

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

aol just came out with a reader. Looks very similar to the google reader.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/aol-launches-its-own-reader/

digg's reader comes out on the 26th.

 

[zokudu]

I'm banking on Digg. If not I'll resort to feedly. I really don't like it though.