Show HN: FeedRebel.com - Your Google Reader Replacement? - Thoughts/Feedback?
hey Everyone,
I built FeedRebel [ http://www.feedrebel.com ] partly because I needed a feed reader myself but mainly because it ties in nicely with an idea that I've been working on. For those of you that are still on the fence when it comes to choosing a Google Reader alternative, I would love it if you could give FeedRebel a try and let me know your thoughts.
I realize that there are quite a few options out there already with some big launches yet to come. I look forward to your comments and thoughts.
Thank you
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[ 0.24 ms ] story [ 40.5 ms ] threadQuick notes: - Why required a minimum of 6 letters for a username? - Defiantly needs an option to make Feed Version the default view (unless it's there and I missed it) - It seems like Unicode is not supported (http://d.pr/i/Ptwk)
The last two would make me ditch theoldreader for FeedRebel :)
Yes, you can set the default view to be the feed version. Currently it is at a feed level, simply click on the settings icon for the feed and change the last option Story/Article view to always show the feed version.
Will definitely fix the Unicode issue.
Keep it running and good luck
Couple of other points:
- Thanks a lot for the folder support. I've tried a lot of good Google Reader alternatives lately but none of them (for some strange reason) had folder support. That's such an essential feature.
- Chrome/Firefox extensions would be great. Nothing too complicated. Just one to let us know how many unread items we have.
- It'd be much better if you place the notification window right below. It sometimes gets in the way.
- I couldn't see any export option. Am I missing it or it's not there?
- Drag and drop would be much more practical to move the feeds between folders.
Best of luck!
[1] http://i.imgur.com/xJjFOnY.png
I agree with the show more feeds link, will be making changes to that pretty soon.
With regards to the space utilization, the reason you see the extra blank space next to a feed is coz it is currently ear marked for showing the feed unread count if you should turn it on in your account settings (by default the unread count display is set to don't show) and also to accommodate the feed settings icon which pops up when you hover over the feed.
I believe I have a solution that will create a better user experience, plan to do that as soon as I'm done with the below.
Chrome/Firefox extension, export and drag and drop are all features that will be added shortly. Currently working on getting a mobile version out.
Thanks again!
By the way, I wasn't talking about the horizontal space. That's fine as it is and looks OK with the unread numbers next to the feeds. My issue was with the vertical space. Even with a lot of feeds, vertically I have a very big (tall) space available. That's why "Show/Hide feeds" option didn't make any sense to me. Although I can see the need for that option once I have a lot of folders to fill the sidebar, but you can surely automate that option to be available once the sidebar doesn't have any available space left, right? I'm not a programmer but it sounds like that's something technically possible to do (adjusting it for different screen sizes might be a pain though).
Great to hear those features are coming!
One small suggestion: if you want some more publicity, you may want to add Reeder support. I have no idea whether that's something easy to do or not, but feedbin's gotten a lot of free publicity over their support for Reeder.
Thanks for the heads up about Reader, sometimes I wish there were more than 24 hrs in a day...
Subsequent iterations of FeedRebel will provide additional functionality and features more targeted towards publishers that will have a subscription fee.