I created a site-specific bookmark on my iPad, which is something I do regularly for webapps. While it is possible, it was not enjoyable. I attempted to use Feedbin on my iPad through Safari. Changing between these two views also takes a considerable amount of time. It doesn’t do that very well either.Īs the image above illustrates, the sidebar formatting is mangled and the content is rearranged in an awkward way. That means the inline view doesn’t show the post from the feed but rather loads the page it links to. For example, the article above uses a linked-list style title. The alternative is the “Original” view and attempts to load the title URL into the reading frame. This boils down to a simple reading experience too.įeedbin has two ways to read articles but I really only found the feed view useful. The color palette is simple: there’s grey, black and white. The design of Feedbin is attractive enough and I think it is far superior to Google Reader. I’m sure all of the new feed reader sync services are struggling with the inlfux of new users but overall I was not thrilled with the Feedbin performance. Of course, Reeder for iPhone is a better experience for reading with Feedbin but the article sync is still much slower than Google and slightly slower than Fever. Switching between the unread and all-article list takes about 2 seconds. Switching between feeds has a noticeable delay in the web app. I’d recommend it to anyone that really just wants a plain version of Google Reader.īut there are some problems that I just can’t ignore. Moving around in Feedbin is straigt forward. The hotkey shortcuts I’ve grown familiar with are there in Feedbin. Browsing is easy and clicking the “show” button on the group exposes all of the underlying sources and their unread count. Much like Google Reader and Fever, you can bundle feed sources into groups. It’s less frustrating than having to recreate all of my groups, but it’s still not a great experience. In reality, many of my feed sources ended up in that tag after import. For example, according to feebin, I must really have a lot of sources in my “food” tag (folder). Unfortunately, Feedbin did a poor job bringing in my feed list. Export your feed list from Google or Fever in OPML format and import that file into Feedbin. Getting StartedĪs with every service I will cover, getting started with Feedbin is easy. That means on the iPad the only good option to use Feedbin is in the browser. In this review, I will focus on the web app because “planning to support Feedbin” is not the same thing as supporting it. But, right now only Reeder for iPhone supports Feedbin as a sync service. Reader on iOS can support it in the future. That means apps like Reeder for iPad and Mr. It provides most of the basic controls and similar API of Google Reader, but with a muted aesthetic. Previously I covered Newsblur.įeedbin is a $2 per month replacement for Google Reader.
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