Google Reader Play is finally the feature that made me switch to rss stuff

[Tieno]

In the pat I've repeatedly tried browsing the net via RSS feeds, but it never convinced me. All those different feeds with their unread counts...I always had the urge to mark all items as read to bring those counters to zero. I also found it cumbersome to have a lot of feeds, it didn't feel right.

Google Reader Play gives a very compelling experience browsing the net. Initial setup of subscribing to some feeds, made easy by the different bundles google reader provides, and then just browse in google reader play, in chrome full screen. I especially like the photoblogs in this mode. Google Reader Play is like a cross between TV and the internet.


Google More and more I find myself using google services/websites, they got me by the balls. What a fantastic company.

Google.com/iGoogle.com
Gmail
Google docs
Google Reader
Youtube
Google maps
Google earth
Picasa
Google Calendar
Google Scholar
Chrome
Google Alerts

[Tieno]

can you list them? I'm a novice in this area. The fact that it's browser based is a pretty big plus. So far I've only been using Google Reader Play to browse the feeds.

[Tieno]

Feedly is pretty impressive from what I've seen so far in giving a slick overview of the different feeds, but what I like about Reader Play is that it's basically zapping your way through the different articles, almost like a TV. It doesn't require any decision, it's pretty passive. It's a more laid back way of browsing the internet, with minimal intereaction (star, like, share, next).

[recursivelyenumerable]

there needs to be a catchier name than 'iDevice'

[Tieno]

Jinfash, I checked out Feedly some more and it's impressive. I don't think I'm grasping in its entirety. Is there some place that lays out the different features and capabilities?

what are rss feeds?

 

RSS (most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.[2] An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.


Basically it's a very efficient and user friendly way of checking up on a lot of websites, from one place. It makes it more manageable. Instead of you checking the websites, the updates get pushed to your RSS reader.

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[Tieno]

Woot, found exactly what I needed to know regarding Feedly (how the different stuff translates to the google reader buttons like save it later and stuff, how it handles the feeds and what the different tabs are)

http://www.andy-gibson.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/10/feedly-rss-reinvented/

[demi]

what are rss feeds?

 

digg.com

reddit.com

[Cormacaroni]

Tieno, do you use Google Fast Flip? Sounds like you'd like it. No RSS involved at all.

Just go to news.google.com and scroll down to the bottom 'til you get to Fast Flip.

p.s. Jinfash - it works on iPad too, somewhat to my surprise!