prldr

Productivity

rss reader

SHOW HN2010

15points
8comments
#95of 370 in 2010
Top 26%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Keyboard navigation with j and k is fast and simple

    From 2 comments
    • I have to say that the idea of prldr.com is very nice. Of course there are multiple RSS readers but I have not found any which preloaded my pages and had very basic, yet very…
      bastijn on HN
    • In your case it might be less useful, though you are making a lot of extra actions (?). Sure, you might achieve the same doing it your way, but people tend to reduce the number…
      bastijn on HN
  • Preloading of pages is the key feature

    From 2 comments
    • I have to say that the idea of prldr.com is very nice. Of course there are multiple RSS readers but I have not found any which preloaded my pages and had very basic, yet very…
      bastijn on HN
    • In your case it might be less useful, though you are making a lot of extra actions (?). Sure, you might achieve the same doing it your way, but people tend to reduce the number…
      bastijn on HN
  • Clean, usable interface

    From 1 comment
    • This is very nice. Would help if you used colours on the buttons, moved the button at the top-left so it wasn't touching the edge of the window, stuff like that. Black everywhere…
      m0nty on HN

Objections

  • Not useful over Google Reader with middle-click tabs

    From 1 comment
    • This does not seem very useful to me. I read my feeds by using Google Reader with Firefox, and middle-mouse clicking on any link that I want to actually read. By the time I've…
      thejash on HN
  • Preloading was disabled, reducing its main value

    From 1 comment
    • I have to say that the idea of prldr.com is very nice. Of course there are multiple RSS readers but I have not found any which preloaded my pages and had very basic, yet very…
      bastijn on HN
  • Interface is too black; needs colour on buttons

    From 1 comment
    • This is very nice. Would help if you used colours on the buttons, moved the button at the top-left so it wasn't touching the edge of the window, stuff like that. Black everywhere…
      m0nty on HN

Requests

  • Bring back preloading

    From 1 comment
    • I have to say that the idea of prldr.com is very nice. Of course there are multiple RSS readers but I have not found any which preloaded my pages and had very basic, yet very…
      bastijn on HN
  • Better listing of content in the left menu

    From 1 comment
    • I have to say that the idea of prldr.com is very nice. Of course there are multiple RSS readers but I have not found any which preloaded my pages and had very basic, yet very…
      bastijn on HN

Questions

  • Why would someone use it over middle-clicking links in a feed reader

    From 1 comment
    • This does not seem very useful to me. I read my feeds by using Google Reader with Firefox, and middle-mouse clicking on any link that I want to actually read. By the time I've…
      thejash on HN

Alternatives named

  • Google Reader with Firefox and tab extensions

    From 1 comment
    • This does not seem very useful to me. I read my feeds by using Google Reader with Firefox, and middle-mouse clicking on any link that I want to actually read. By the time I've…
      thejash on HN

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