Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Oh that worked just fine. Will be an interesting experiment as I have never used feeds before. Thanks! On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: I use theoldreader.com. it costs money after a certain number of feeds, but I've never hit that. It may be more screen-reader friendly

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Dave, Testing chrome as you did would due to the adaptive technology required stimulate the dizzy centres of my brain...literary. so, I will e-mail them asking about low graphics environments. could be too Java dependent for my use. Kare On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, David Collier-Brown via tal

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Evan, The heart and soul of PC is the personal. I am thrilled it works for you. I however am still getting the same oops statement about feedly not loading. I will send them an e-mail with questions. Cheers, Kare On Thu, 24 Jan 2019, Evan Leibovitch wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 15:5

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
I use theoldreader.com. it costs money after a certain number of feeds, but I've never hit that. It may be more screen-reader friendly than Feedly Cheers Stewart --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread David Collier-Brown via talk
Odd, Chrome 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Fedora FC27 went to https://feedly.com/i/welcome from www.feedly.com I don't like it, but it does seem to work. --dave On 2019-01-24 3:56 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: Hi Evan, granted I prefer my phones to be as dumb as possible, I

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 15:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: > My efforts to visit feedly, > www.feedly.com/ > produce a failure to load error, regardless of browser I try. > very strange. I just re-tested on my desktops with no problem. Try this URL: https://feedly.com/ Maybe they don't use 'www' any

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Evan, granted I prefer my phones to be as dumb as possible, I do not own a smart phone for many reasons. I do however as a reporter prefer to draw from as many diverse news sources as I can, articles not podcasts. My efforts to visit feedly, www.feedly.com/ produce a failure to load error,

Re: [GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-24 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi all. I consume a lot of news and podcasts on both mobile and desktops. I have found Feedly to be a great resource at aggregation of RSS feeds and other sources. Its Android app is good if not spectacular and my podcast player can import directly from it. There is a free account that will be e

[GTALUG] google news alternatives?

2019-01-23 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi folks, Late new year wishes all around. I ask the question because I believe? someone posted a list of service alternatives a while back. Up until late December I was using theoldgnews.com Apparently google discovered the service though. Anyone know of a comparative alternative? Cheers, Kare