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Answer» I'm surprised that they didn't attempt to integrate it into Google Plus. Makes me wonder if Google Plus will be in the next round of spring cleaning.Google Plus is gone this YEAR...forget where i read it...most likely TechSpot.Sounds good to me. Never liked it to start with.Looks like a favorite is emerging. Feedly adds bandwidth, picks up over 500,000 Google Reader users in 48 hours Quote To keep the service up, we 10x our bandwidth and added new servers. I checked out Feedly before starting this topic and it was slooow, maybe due to the Google announcement. I might have to revisit it now that they are beefing up the servers.I am really missing the Google Reader. Even though i have other options.After running RSSOwl along with Google Reader for a few WEEKS I have come to an uncomfortable realization. I should have dumped it long ago. Some feeds never even show up in Google Reader. It may be 1% or even far less but that's still too many. Quote from: evilfantasy on March 15, 2013, 08:32:57 AM I'm thinking about going to a desktop application instead of a browser based one this time. I think I'll STICK with RSSOwl. Too many of the others are not really FEED READERS. They are bloated applications or web pages with features having nothing to do with RSS.Feed Demon and Sharp Reader are worth a looksee...FeedDemon's main function is to synchronize with Google Reader so when GR is gone so is FeedDemon.The more i dig...the more confusing it becomes... RSS alive in Chrome... Go figure.Revisiting this for a moment. Quote from: evilfantasy on March 14, 2013, 08:57:21 AM Update: with Google Reader's demise, FeedDemon's developer has announced FeedDemon's death as well. FeedDemon was given a final update and the release was actually the Pro version but is now free including no ads. The FeedDemon Support pages are still active... Quote from: evilfantasy on April 10, 2013, 07:01:32 AM I think I'll stick with RSSOwl... Ultimately the bugs and stability issues got to be too much and I removed RSSOwl from my computer earlier in the week. I've been running FeedDemon for 4 or 5 days now and while I like the RSSOwl features a little more, FeedDemon is much more stable.

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I'm surprised that they didn't attempt to integrate it into Google Plus. Makes me wonder if Google Plus will be in the next round of spring cleaning.Google Plus is gone this YEAR...forget where i read it...most likely TechSpot.Sounds good to me. Never liked it to start with.Looks like a favorite is emerging. Feedly adds bandwidth, picks up over 500,000 Google Reader users in 48 hours

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To keep the service up, we 10x our bandwidth and added new servers.

I checked out Feedly before starting this topic and it was slooow, maybe due to the Google announcement. I might have to revisit it now that they are beefing up the servers.I am really missing the Google Reader. Even though i have other options.After running RSSOwl along with Google Reader for a few WEEKS I have come to an uncomfortable realization. I should have dumped it long ago. Some feeds never even show up in Google Reader. It may be 1% or even far less but that's still too many.

Quote from: evilfantasy on March 15, 2013, 08:32:57 AM

I'm thinking about going to a desktop application instead of a browser based one this time.

I think I'll STICK with RSSOwl. Too many of the others are not really FEED READERS. They are bloated applications or web pages with features having nothing to do with RSS.Feed Demon and Sharp Reader are worth a looksee...FeedDemon's main function is to synchronize with Google Reader so when GR is gone so is FeedDemon.The more i dig...the more confusing it becomes...

RSS alive in Chrome...

Go figure.Revisiting this for a moment.

Quote from: evilfantasy on March 14, 2013, 08:57:21 AM

Update: with Google Reader's demise, FeedDemon's developer has announced FeedDemon's death as well.

FeedDemon was given a final update and the release was actually the Pro version but is now free including no ads. The FeedDemon Support pages are still active...

Quote from: evilfantasy on April 10, 2013, 07:01:32 AM

I think I'll stick with RSSOwl...

Ultimately the bugs and stability issues got to be too much and I removed RSSOwl from my computer earlier in the week. I've been running FeedDemon for 4 or 5 days now and while I like the RSSOwl features a little more, FeedDemon is much more stable.

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