frustrated with the "URL control" Reader takes when you try and go to
the Original source of a feed. It never takes you straight to a clean
URL in a browser and instead continues to control things by keeping
the original feed within it's URL with "gwt.feed.url%www...."(crap
like that).
In addition, if someone posts a link to a picasa folder with photos it
would take me to my personal picasa folder and not the one of my
friend's link. IMO, Google has failed miserably with this "app".
I simply just reached the point of The Donald, and said:"Youre fired".
(NOTE: I still use Google Reader on the web as main collection point,
and the apps below all pull from there.)
So from left to right, READER is the one I fired, and then I
downloaded 3 free ones to review that still just grab all the data
from my master Google Reader account on the web.
- RSS Runner - way oversimplified. No ability to just view Unread
Items, no way to mark something as Unread, no ability to Star.
Essentially, no nothing. I fired this one too, due to over
simplification. You're Fired!
- RSS Flash g - is the dumb'd down free version of the $2.99 (or was
it $4.99) full blown version. It was overkill even at FREE. It has
features like a slideshow(why would I ever want automated rotation of
something I'm trying to read??), it has confusing buttons: Horizontal
Arrow, Two Vertical Arrows, and Two vertical triangles to confuse you
amongst their gazillion bells and whistles. If you're the uber RSS
Feed - Feature Rich lovin' fool, then this app's for you. As far as
I'm concerned... You're Fired!
- Readello - seems to have everything I want. I added a few screen
shots of the features.
Note Gems like : Showing me on the App's icon if i have new untead
items, 4 View options along the bottom, Mark all as Read, Mark and
Unread, and my reason for all of this... "View in Safari ".
Ahhhh! Life is grand!
There are dozens of non-free apps out there, but I don't want to buy
one. Readello may just be my new best friend, and friends are free.
2 comments:
This is the most useful post you've written since you taught us all that the Tricorder has finally been invented (although it has only been approved for use in Sweden, and even there it is relegated to the lowly role of grocery shopping tool).
If I had a Digg account I would use it to let the Apple fan-folks know about your reviews.
I'm not really out here to deliver "useful" information.
I write and post about things I care to write and post about. If it's dumb to some, or a waste of time to others, then I've achieved my goal!
However, thanks for the compliment! I appreciate it!!
: )
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