Comments on: Feed reading - Liferea, Google Reader

By: Callum

Callum — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:44:43 +0000

Google Reader support for Liferea is coming. However, I’d prefer to host something myself, so I don’t want to be tied to the Google Reader API either.

It seems like a killer feature, being able to sync read status between multiple locations. I’m considering embedding something into the feed itself to track read / unread status and somehow posting that back to my own server so I can access the data from anywhere.

Not sure how that would integrate with an offline read though…

By: rolfs.no: Experiencing weblogging

rolfs.no: Experiencing weblogging — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:35:33 +0000

Sync Liferea - How to synchronize what items you have read between two pcs

I’m going to make some ideas/thoughts about how to synchronize what you have read of your RSS feeds between two computers. I have wanted to do this for a while now.
First part is if you want to do the sql-stuff to export and import the items that…

By: Lars Lindner

Lars Lindner — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:21:59 +0000

I want to correct myself. After reading some more documentation about the unofficial API (or is it officially documented somewhere?), I now know that practically full synchronisation can be implemented for Google Reader… Just needs someone to do it :-)

By: Lars Lindner

Lars Lindner — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:52:17 +0000

No support for Google Reader in Liferea because Google does not provide a synchronization API (they only provide a feed cache API). BTW Liferea already does Bloglines OPML synchronization.

By: cos

cos — Tue, 22 May 2007 09:52:14 +0000

Don’t get your hopes up about the E61i. It feels like you’re using beta software on the E-series devices. I had to go back and buy a k800i so i didn’t punch something.

Still, if you need help with E60/E61/E70 and voip, lemme know - i punished the 3 of them into submission with our Cisco CallManager Express router. Nokia still don’t answer e-mails asking about the SCCP client, but SIP seems to work, if your environment (and the phase of the moon) is right. Pop by our office when yer in Melbourne ;)

By: Jace

Jace — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:11:49 +0000

NNW with NewsGator here too, although I don’t use the website — its just for crash recovery from the NNW3 betas (which, thankfully enough, have never actually crashed and lost data).

By: Flo

Flo — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:50:08 +0000

Well, if it was up to the author I’m sure it would be done. But Newsgator will act like a corporation after all :(

It just would be so nice if I could read feeds on my cellphone, or from any other computer via GoogleReader and then have it synced to my read/unread items when I’m at my laptop.
…or sync with any other half decent online feedreader.

ps: I paid for NNW too, just because it is a piece of software I use numerous times during the day and well, all the other programs that get used that often came with OS X or they are free software.

By: byte

byte — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:43:49 +0000

I think thats the beauty of open source software and the future of software lies in it. People want choices and options. NetNewsWire is a great offline news reader. Heck, I even ponied up for the paid version because it did more stuff for me.

But just being tied to Newsgator, is a bad idea. Users need sensible defaults, yes, but users also like choice.

Google Reader does have an API. NetNewsWire should allow plugging into it. Will it happen? I doubt it. But if it was still independent Mac software, maybe it’ll have just a smattering of a chance. After all, the author is a really nice & sensible bloke ;-)

By: Flo

Flo — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:29:33 +0000

Why don’t all readers sync with GoogleReader?
I mean NNWs ability to sync to Newsgator is pretty handy, but their website interface is too ugly and uncomfortable to really use.
GoogleReader does have an API, doesn’t it? So where are the Desktop implementation that use it?

Though, I guess I’m out of luck with hoping for something like that for my beloved NNW since it got acquired by Newsgator :/