Recent statement by Google to write off the scrap was loved by many online RSS-reader sparked a wave of discontent among the technologically savvy Internet audience and force users to look for a suitable replacement. We examined the available options and select worthwhile alternative products.
The reason for the fact that the IT-giant took so unexpected to all, let us recall, allegedly served as reduced popularity of the service and the desire to focus on corporate development projects demand network audience. Gathered a huge army of fans and had time in the eight years of its existence, to become a recognized standard in online RSS-aggregator, Google Reader suddenly lost relevance and added to the list of products, confounding expectations for a developer.
Closing of the place the company has planned for July 1st, 2013, and provide users with more than three months to find a viable alternative.Term ample to examine strengths and weaknesses presented in the global network counterparts and make a choice in favor of one of them.To readers 3DNews easier to navigate in this issue, we have compiled a selection of suitable replacement for Google Reader online solutions.Our main criteria for selection were: the functionality, accessibility, ease of interface, speed, availability of client applications for mobile devices, and support for the format OPML, which provides a simple transfer of RSS-flows between the various services. In addition, priority emphasis on the interaction with all popular browsers on the market and no need to install any additional extensions. Unfortunately, the products are more or less satisfied all our requirements, was not so much.
Free RSS-reader, a key feature of which is tiled user interface made in the spirit of Windows 8 and created with a focus on devices with touch screens. About cloistered service under the control of the fingers also show extensive menu items, and the large arrow keys, the location of which clearly indicates that the creation of a hand in Pulse experienced designers.
Pulse is quite good and from a functional point of view. Service is not only different colorful visualization aggregatable content on the main page, but it also allows you to view the newscast as journal articles and share interesting publications with others. Pulse also supports the management of gestures in Internet Explorer 10, admits breakdown RSS-feeds by category and includes the ability to quickly check through Facebook. Special mention deserve the directory with the function of news sources in one click subscriptions and options to customize fonts and colors for the ribbons.
How we try to find any mention of support Pulse OPML format and have the appropriate import / export functions we could not. Nevertheless, the possibility of transfer tapes Google Reader in the service provided. You can take advantage of it, by having recourse to the available for Android and Apple iOS mobile client applications. Simply sign up for any of the programs to the account Google, and the system will automatically copy subscriptions, which can then be viewed in a Web version of Pulse on any computer.
Online RSS-aggregator with a classic three-pane interface and rich features, most of which are available to anyone with premium accounts (annual subscription $ 24). NewsBlur supports different modes of viewing content, the mechanism of the "hot" keys to quickly switch between accounts, the comment tapes and other functions up to filter RSS-feeds in the interests of the user. Service is able to import and export data using file OPML, and borrow directly from subscriptions Google Reader. We should also note the presence of client applications for Android and iOS, and support for secure protocol HTTPS, TLS encrypts communications between the user device and the data server. This feature protects against hacker attacks based on listening to the network connection, and prevents spying on users.
On the demand of the audience NewsBlur network can be judged by the number of users, the increased tenfold after the announcement of the closure of its Google RSS-reader. Such rapid growth in the number of fans of the service has played a cruel joke with the project, and at the moment because of the enormous stress it is very unstable. Developer NewsBlur aware of the problem and already is expanding server capacity on which the software is deployed.
Information Aggregator, interacting with various online services and supports RSS-feeds. Netvibes can operate in two modes - Widget and Reader, differing form of the material - in the form of individual units or a list of feeds from news headlines. The first option will be interesting to fans of widgets, the second - a hardened aesthetes who are used to brief and simple interface solution. The assets of the service - the presence of the export and import OPML, the ability to quickly transfer vending materials by e-mail and publish on social networks, support of various themes and a flexible adjustment of the working environment. Mobile client for Netvibes is not provided, the lack thereof compensated by specialized sites android.netvibes.com , iphone.netvibes.com and ipad.netvibes.com , adapted for viewing on portable devices.
In fairness, we note that read RSS - just one of the capabilities of the platform Netvibes, which also includes tools for analysts and team work with the information. To evaluate all the available tools in the service offered by commercial developer of premium edition software solution.
Another well-designed and fine-cut reader, access to which can be used not just a browser, but mobile devices running Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS, as well as manufactured by Barnes & Noble Gadgets Nook. Prerogatives of the Taptu are fast user interface that works almost the fastest services listed in the article, the mechanism automatically search for related articles, support for SSL-encryption, an impressive catalog of RSS-feeds and functions import subscriptions from Google Reader. From the observed defects, we note the absence of OPML-export and stakeout capabilities add feeds by category. To log in, allowed the use of accounts Google, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Money for the use of Taptu of charge.
Most controversial in our reader survey. On the one hand, the appealing simplicity of implementation, for free and providing all the necessary tools to work with RSS, on the other - disappointing terrible Cyrillic fonts and empty squares "broken" pictures on the site which should feature logos are browsing the site. Bloglovin allows you to combine tape group, supports OPML / XML, import from Google Reader, and integration with Facebook. Available for mobile audience iOS-version of the client application.
Domestic service, like Google Reader was launched in 2005 and allows you to follow the news on websites, blog entries, and other frequently updated online content. As its name suggests, "Yandeks.Lenta" allows us to reduce the various RSS-streams into a single tape where the messages in order of descending date (news feeds in this way in the film "intermixed" You can create multiple tapes, beat them, for example, the themes and full of interesting content for themselves. To add a new source to " Yandeks.Lente " just select the address of the information flow in RSS or Atom. Meanwhile, a search streams by their name, address or description, and subscription queries "Yandex . "Import subscriptions from OPML-file is not provided, which can make it difficult to transfer them some of Google Reader. Mobile service is available at m.lenta.yandex.ru , no separate client application.
"Yandeks.Lenta" integrated with the postal service "Yandex" and does not require for their work penny. There is detailed help documentation in Russian, explaining the nuances of technology RSS.
To sum up, which can not be called encouraging. Of the more than three decades we've tested online RSS-aggregators compete with Google's product could be only in the material of these six projects. Not much, when you consider that the vast majority of services or does not hold water, or simply did not work because of the huge flow of migrants c Google Reader, creating unimaginable burden on server platforms. Pre-existing in the shadow of the popular reader alternative solutions were simply not prepared for such an eventuality. That is one side. On the other - the developers of Pulse, NewsBlur, Netvibes and other analogues Google Reader got a great chance to win over more users and show themselves to software market. Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say.
And the last. Only since the first "spring cleaning" in 2011, Google has refused 70 products, among which includes Cloud Connect, Voice App for Blackberry, Building Maker, Search API for Shopping, Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows, CalDAV API, Apps Script and many other services. Such scale of the action reflects not only the principled renowned corporations in recent years have increasingly guided by the principle of "owner - a gentleman," but also about the importance of backups stored in online services data. The relevant tools we covered in the survey "Virtual backup: backup social sites" . Happy reading!
The reason for the fact that the IT-giant took so unexpected to all, let us recall, allegedly served as reduced popularity of the service and the desire to focus on corporate development projects demand network audience. Gathered a huge army of fans and had time in the eight years of its existence, to become a recognized standard in online RSS-aggregator, Google Reader suddenly lost relevance and added to the list of products, confounding expectations for a developer.
Closing of the place the company has planned for July 1st, 2013, and provide users with more than three months to find a viable alternative.Term ample to examine strengths and weaknesses presented in the global network counterparts and make a choice in favor of one of them.To readers 3DNews easier to navigate in this issue, we have compiled a selection of suitable replacement for Google Reader online solutions.Our main criteria for selection were: the functionality, accessibility, ease of interface, speed, availability of client applications for mobile devices, and support for the format OPML, which provides a simple transfer of RSS-flows between the various services. In addition, priority emphasis on the interaction with all popular browsers on the market and no need to install any additional extensions. Unfortunately, the products are more or less satisfied all our requirements, was not so much.
Pulse
Free RSS-reader, a key feature of which is tiled user interface made in the spirit of Windows 8 and created with a focus on devices with touch screens. About cloistered service under the control of the fingers also show extensive menu items, and the large arrow keys, the location of which clearly indicates that the creation of a hand in Pulse experienced designers.
Pulse is quite good and from a functional point of view. Service is not only different colorful visualization aggregatable content on the main page, but it also allows you to view the newscast as journal articles and share interesting publications with others. Pulse also supports the management of gestures in Internet Explorer 10, admits breakdown RSS-feeds by category and includes the ability to quickly check through Facebook. Special mention deserve the directory with the function of news sources in one click subscriptions and options to customize fonts and colors for the ribbons.
How we try to find any mention of support Pulse OPML format and have the appropriate import / export functions we could not. Nevertheless, the possibility of transfer tapes Google Reader in the service provided. You can take advantage of it, by having recourse to the available for Android and Apple iOS mobile client applications. Simply sign up for any of the programs to the account Google, and the system will automatically copy subscriptions, which can then be viewed in a Web version of Pulse on any computer.
NewsBlur
Online RSS-aggregator with a classic three-pane interface and rich features, most of which are available to anyone with premium accounts (annual subscription $ 24). NewsBlur supports different modes of viewing content, the mechanism of the "hot" keys to quickly switch between accounts, the comment tapes and other functions up to filter RSS-feeds in the interests of the user. Service is able to import and export data using file OPML, and borrow directly from subscriptions Google Reader. We should also note the presence of client applications for Android and iOS, and support for secure protocol HTTPS, TLS encrypts communications between the user device and the data server. This feature protects against hacker attacks based on listening to the network connection, and prevents spying on users.
On the demand of the audience NewsBlur network can be judged by the number of users, the increased tenfold after the announcement of the closure of its Google RSS-reader. Such rapid growth in the number of fans of the service has played a cruel joke with the project, and at the moment because of the enormous stress it is very unstable. Developer NewsBlur aware of the problem and already is expanding server capacity on which the software is deployed.
Netvibes
Information Aggregator, interacting with various online services and supports RSS-feeds. Netvibes can operate in two modes - Widget and Reader, differing form of the material - in the form of individual units or a list of feeds from news headlines. The first option will be interesting to fans of widgets, the second - a hardened aesthetes who are used to brief and simple interface solution. The assets of the service - the presence of the export and import OPML, the ability to quickly transfer vending materials by e-mail and publish on social networks, support of various themes and a flexible adjustment of the working environment. Mobile client for Netvibes is not provided, the lack thereof compensated by specialized sites android.netvibes.com , iphone.netvibes.com and ipad.netvibes.com , adapted for viewing on portable devices.
In fairness, we note that read RSS - just one of the capabilities of the platform Netvibes, which also includes tools for analysts and team work with the information. To evaluate all the available tools in the service offered by commercial developer of premium edition software solution.
Taptu
Another well-designed and fine-cut reader, access to which can be used not just a browser, but mobile devices running Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS, as well as manufactured by Barnes & Noble Gadgets Nook. Prerogatives of the Taptu are fast user interface that works almost the fastest services listed in the article, the mechanism automatically search for related articles, support for SSL-encryption, an impressive catalog of RSS-feeds and functions import subscriptions from Google Reader. From the observed defects, we note the absence of OPML-export and stakeout capabilities add feeds by category. To log in, allowed the use of accounts Google, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Money for the use of Taptu of charge.
Bloglovin
Most controversial in our reader survey. On the one hand, the appealing simplicity of implementation, for free and providing all the necessary tools to work with RSS, on the other - disappointing terrible Cyrillic fonts and empty squares "broken" pictures on the site which should feature logos are browsing the site. Bloglovin allows you to combine tape group, supports OPML / XML, import from Google Reader, and integration with Facebook. Available for mobile audience iOS-version of the client application.
"Yandeks.Lenta"
Domestic service, like Google Reader was launched in 2005 and allows you to follow the news on websites, blog entries, and other frequently updated online content. As its name suggests, "Yandeks.Lenta" allows us to reduce the various RSS-streams into a single tape where the messages in order of descending date (news feeds in this way in the film "intermixed" You can create multiple tapes, beat them, for example, the themes and full of interesting content for themselves. To add a new source to " Yandeks.Lente " just select the address of the information flow in RSS or Atom. Meanwhile, a search streams by their name, address or description, and subscription queries "Yandex . "Import subscriptions from OPML-file is not provided, which can make it difficult to transfer them some of Google Reader. Mobile service is available at m.lenta.yandex.ru , no separate client application.
"Yandeks.Lenta" integrated with the postal service "Yandex" and does not require for their work penny. There is detailed help documentation in Russian, explaining the nuances of technology RSS.
To sum up, which can not be called encouraging. Of the more than three decades we've tested online RSS-aggregators compete with Google's product could be only in the material of these six projects. Not much, when you consider that the vast majority of services or does not hold water, or simply did not work because of the huge flow of migrants c Google Reader, creating unimaginable burden on server platforms. Pre-existing in the shadow of the popular reader alternative solutions were simply not prepared for such an eventuality. That is one side. On the other - the developers of Pulse, NewsBlur, Netvibes and other analogues Google Reader got a great chance to win over more users and show themselves to software market. Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say.
And the last. Only since the first "spring cleaning" in 2011, Google has refused 70 products, among which includes Cloud Connect, Voice App for Blackberry, Building Maker, Search API for Shopping, Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows, CalDAV API, Apps Script and many other services. Such scale of the action reflects not only the principled renowned corporations in recent years have increasingly guided by the principle of "owner - a gentleman," but also about the importance of backups stored in online services data. The relevant tools we covered in the survey "Virtual backup: backup social sites" . Happy reading!
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