# replacing Google Reader **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [May 9, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952 "2013-05-09T05:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/1 "2013-05-09T05:56:33Z")
So … the end is in about 6 weeks. ☹ I’ve used it a lot to get interesting tech news, etc. via RSS feed. Haven’t found out a way to add RSS feeds to G+ … if there is a way at all to do that. Any suggestions on an alternative? TIA. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/2 "2013-05-09T06:54:15Z")
[http://lifehacker.com/5990881/five-best-google-reader-alternatives](http://lifehacker.com/5990881/five-best-google-reader-alternatives) is a list from LifeHacker. I’ve tried several different ones, and none of them comes close to being as easy and quirk-free as Google Reader. I use a Kindle fire for news reading, and tried Pulse, which I hated, Flipboard which I can’t even remember what it was like, and settle on something called Taptu. Taptu was the closest I found to Google Reader, and it’s not close enough. Navigation is somewhat quirky, in trying to use it the way I’d like to. So I’m bummed. I keep hoping someone will take over Google Reader and just call it something else. I think if G+ could handle RSS, Google would have mentioned that in their announcement about the reader, but I’ll be happy to be proven wrong, if someone knows otherwise. Have you tried any other readers? : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/3 "2013-05-09T08:00:28Z")
Thanks for the feedback. Upon hearing the news of iGoogle being shut down (done next November), I moved my RSS feeds to Reader … only to hear that is shutting down! Aaarrrrgggghhh! I’m sure that there are millions of Google account holders who wish iGoogle & Reader were sticking around. Like a lot of Google account features, they are very useful. I was trying to not create /another/ on line account. Looks like I’ll need on to have a web based feed aggregation. I’ll check the LifeHacker article. I’d previously found this another LH article on replacing Reader. [http://lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-](http://lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-) the-best-alternatives Web based: NetVibes, Newsblur, Feedly, & The Old Reader (which gets good reviews) The article comment section has some good feedback too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/4 "2013-05-09T18:15:13Z")
I use the RSS reader in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/5 "2013-05-09T19:18:35Z")
[color=blue] > I use the RSS reader in Firefox.[/color] How? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/6 "2013-05-09T19:23:07Z")
I’d love to try NetVibes and The Old Reader, but neither have a version that works on the Kindle. So I’ll just keep using the Google Reader until they take it away. I already had links to everything I read on the reader, so won’t lose the list. Maybe by then there will be something closer to the Google Reader to switch to. : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/7 "2013-05-09T19:28:37Z")
On 09/05/2013 16:15, GofBorg wrote:[color=blue] > I use the RSS reader in Firefox. > [/color] > NewsFox? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/8 "2013-05-09T22:44:46Z")
On Thu, 09 May 2013 02:56:33 +0000, Mark G. Harvey wrote: [color=blue] > So … the end is in about 6 weeks. ☹ > > I’ve used it a lot to get interesting tech news, etc. via RSS feed. > > Haven’t found out a way to add RSS feeds to G+ … if there is a way at > all to do that. > > Any suggestions on an alternative? > > TIA.[/color] I use Feedly now, found it to be an easy migration, and it’ll import your Reader feeds. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/9 "2013-05-10T01:14:16Z")
I also like the web based RSS feeds. Got away from desktop apps when I started using all the features that come with a Google account. There is a way to capture feeds from Reader. Google Takeout. You can export your data from selected or all services. Then import the RSS feeds into something else. [https://www.google.com/takeout/?pli=1](https://www.google.com/takeout/?pli=1) I have hope too that Reader will remain. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/10 "2013-05-10T01:17:22Z")
I plan to try Feedly, Old Reader, NetVibes, & NetBlur Haven’t tried browser plugins … yet. This article should prove helpful. [http://lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-](http://lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-) the-best-alternatives ---
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[color=blue][color=green] > > I use the RSS reader in Firefox.[/color] > > How?[/color] Add a new bookmark and point it at the RSS feed URL. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/replacing-google-reader/23952/12 "2013-05-16T20:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mark G. Harvey;13539]So … the end is in about 6 weeks. ☹ I’ve used it a lot to get interesting tech news, etc. via RSS feed. Haven’t found out a way to add RSS feeds to G+ … if there is a way at all to do that. Any suggestions on an alternative? TIA.[/QUOTE] I’ve been using [eldonreader](http://eldonreader.com) for a while now, and it’s really great and I think if you like beautiful interfaces, you’ll love it !