Feeddler on iOS is supporting 3 cloud-based RSS services and plans to add more. I really hope there's a Mac client that will support at least one of the services Feeddler does. For me, syncing across devices is important. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 6/07/2013, at 10:45 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > Just checked out Luck News. At first glance it is very accessible. I will > need to play around with it a little, as it looks like there is an extra step > to open a link than there was in Newsrack. Also if you want to import more > than 8 feeds, it will cost you .99 not bad at all just wanted to mention this > to the board. I also haven't noticed if there is a direct way to post to > Facebook or Twitter, but that can be done easy enough by opening the article > in safari and doing so. Thanks for mentioning this again. > On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Nektarios Mallas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok no problem. >> Actually, about news rack, You know that you can use it in standalone mode >> and not depend on syncing with Google reader. Don't you? >> That's another possibility as well. >> >> Regards. >> Nektarios. >> >> On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:25 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the suggestion Nek, and thanks for letting us know Alex. I will >>> probably check it out this weekend. Bummed about Newsrack, but Newsrack >>> wasn't a hundred percent accessible. Ideally, would love to find something >>> that syncs, but that could take awhile. >>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's free, so I gave it a look. I have not added any subscriptions yet >>>> (I'm really, really hoping that it and Lire will one day support the same >>>> syncing service) but it seems fine. You have two tables, I assume one for >>>> folders and one for articles in the selected folder, then an HTML content >>>> area where the article is shown. There are hotkeys for a lot of things, >>>> though there could be more, and nothing is unlabeled. There are even >>>> keystrokes for next and previous article, so you could probably skip >>>> through articles very quickly without leaving the HMTL content. Give it a >>>> shot, at least - as I said, it's free, so you have nothing to lose. Thank >>>> you, Nektarios, for the great suggestion. I've been looking for an >>>> easy-to-use, free RSS reader for the mac for a while, and this one seems >>>> to fit the bill beautifully. As I said, I am not just hoping it and Lire >>>> will one day sync with the same service so I can keep all my feeds up to >>>> date across devices. >>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Nektarios Mallas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello. >>>>> Try luck news. I haven't tried it personally, but from the description I >>>>> have read must be accessible. >>>>> A blind mac user from the Greek mac community told me about this. >>>>> >>>>> Here is the description. >>>>> >>>>> LuckNews is a fully featured, easy to use, fast, news reader for your >>>>> Mac. Try out LuckNews - you'll appreciate its elegance. Some of its >>>>> features are: folders, search, notification center, easy navigation, full >>>>> screen. There is much, much more. LuckNews does not use Google Reader. >>>>> (Google has announced that they are going to retire the Google Reader >>>>> service in July 2013.) Selected features: • Article navigation is very >>>>> easy - use the swipe gesture to advance to the next article. Navigating >>>>> through articles in LuckNews is a pleasure • Enhanced for Retina display >>>>> • Organize your subscriptions into folders • Article Search. Quickly >>>>> search for articles that contain keywords • Retrieve RSS subscriptions >>>>> that were in Mail before Mountain Lion (prior to 10.8) • Supports >>>>> Notification Center • Read articles offline • Import/Export of OPML files >>>>> (OPML is a subscription interchange format) • Able to display RSS content >>>>> in any language • Online help is available at the support site LuckNews >>>>> has many additional features and nice touches which need to be used to be >>>>> appreciated. LuckNews has been designed to provide a quality news reading >>>>> experience >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey all, As an avid RSS user, I just found out that Newsrack is going >>>>>> bye bye. I mostly follow my RSS feeds on my iPhone now with Lire, but >>>>>> would like to have the option to go through them on the mac as well. I >>>>>> don't believe any app on the mac will sync up with Lire, so I guess just >>>>>> find a cheap accessible mac rss client would be the way to go. Any >>>>>> suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> I also have Newsify on the iPhone, but haven't really used it lately as >>>>>> I am enjoying using Lire. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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