[FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Tom Johnson
All: If you're looking for an alternative to Google Reader, check out http://www.feedly.com -tj -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USAhttp://www.analyticjournalism.com/ 505.577.6482(c)

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Owen Densmore
Are you using it as a chrome extension or webapp? Or is it separate from the browser? I beamed in and subscribed asking to transfer google feeds but saw no results. -- Owen On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Tom Johnson t...@jtjohnson.com wrote: All: If you're looking for an alternative

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Russ Abbott
It's really very pretty. I've been using it both on Chrome and Galaxy S3. The problem I have with it on chrome is that the text is mainly in grey, and there seems to be no way to make it darker. Also, it's a bit confusing how to adjust the settings as you want them. Finally, there is Help and a

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Tom Johnson
Russ: Did you upgrade Feedly? I think the latest version may take care of -- or help with -- the contrast thing. -tom On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Russ Abbott russ.abb...@gmail.com wrote: It's really very pretty. I've been using it both on Chrome and Galaxy S3. The problem I have with

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Russ Abbott
Thanks, Tom, This is related to one of my complaints. I see no way to ask Feedly (on Chrome) to upgrade itself. I went to the list of Chrome extensions, which has a link to the Feedly website. (When I run Feedly, I don't see a link to the Feedly website from the tab in which it is running.) On

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Owen Densmore
Agree w/ Russ. I found it quite confusing and really have no idea whether or not I've got it right. I tried just using their site, presuming there'd be a webapp like Google had. I couldn't find one so I enabled the chrome extension. That brought up a page that looked promising. There is a

Re: [FRIAM] Alternative to Google Reader

2013-03-30 Thread Russ Abbott
I liked the look and feel of the Galaxy app, but I was unable to find one for Windows. As I said, the Chrome extension is really quite pretty. Much nicer than Google Reader. I expect that I'll be happy with it. I just wish I could make the font darker. (Tom, I don't have a problem with font