dambr
Productivity
rss feed reader
SHOW HN2010
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#122of 370 in 2010
Top 33%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 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
Minimalist design
From 1 comment
Give the crawler a few minutes (no more than ten) to catch up - currently new feeds aren't crawled immediately. I'll add that to the list of things to change. You should put a…
pmarin on HN
Objections
Login required before trying the app
From 1 comment
I didn't try it out because you required me to log in. Sorry. Maybe have a 'try it now' button to a demo account, if it's really essential that you have logged in users.
user24 on HN
New feeds take up to ten minutes to appear
From 2 comments
I added a couple RSS feeds but they aren't showing up for me. What advantage does this service have over Google Reader?
jamesteow on HNSnap! I logged in, imported the OPML file and now it shows that you have no new articles to read. Alright, maybe you are attempting to start from now-onwards but at least show me…
kingsidharth on HN
Captcha problems on registration
From 1 comment
I get 'Couldn't validate the captcha, please try again' when trying to register. But there's no captcha visible. (OSX / Opera)
oceanician on HN
Requests
Feed grouping by category
From 1 comment
I'm also looking for a new permanent home for RSS reading now that Bloglines is closing down. I like a cross between "click each feed" vs "all feeds" -- grouping. So if I click…
ZeroMinx on HN
Show old or read articles
From 1 comment
Snap! I logged in, imported the OPML file and now it shows that you have no new articles to read. Alright, maybe you are attempting to start from now-onwards but at least show me…
kingsidharth on HN
Open source release
From 1 comment
Will it be open source?
alexyoung on HN
Questions
What advantage over Google Reader
From 1 comment
I added a couple RSS feeds but they aren't showing up for me. What advantage does this service have over Google Reader?
jamesteow on HN
Will it be open source
From 1 comment
Will it be open source?
alexyoung on HN
Alternatives named
Google Reader mobile version
From 1 comment
Google Reader has mobile version: m.google.com/reader
daliusd on HN
Netvibes
From 1 comment
Mobile Netvibes is like this. It's pretty plain looking, but if your OPML is set up with categories and such, you can drill down or take in a specific site, an entire category,…
rhizome on HN
newsbeuter
From 1 comment
Give a try to newsbeuter which is the real lightweight and useful rss reader.
diamondhead on HN