Geoff, you're right: the caching of articles by Lire can be very slow indeed.
I haven't used Feeddler's "Download for offline reading" option. Is this perhaps some kind of article cache? Craig On 7/9/13, Geoff Stephens <geoffsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a bit of a late reply. However, for those wanting to know, one of > the key differences in the way Feeddler and Lire work is with regard to > caching. Lire caches full text of RSS articles. Feeddler does not. > > I have moved back to primarily using Feeddler because of its integration > with web-based services such as TheOldreader. I am not completely satisfied > with the way Feeddler works with Theoldreader, but I do prefer the ability > to access my feeds from a browser. > > I became extremely unhappy with the way Lire was working on my iPhone 5. It > was extremely sluggish when updating and caching to the point where it was > unusable. Even after articles were cached, it would sometimes take 30 > seconds or so to open a folder/article. However, after following a tip > posted by someone here, I removed and reinstalled Lire and most of that > sluggishness has been corrected! > > I really love the way Lire works with VoiceOver. I also love the way > Feeddler works with agregators. And Feeddler is not too bad with VoiceOver > either. > > I will probably continue to be slightly undecided. > > > Sent from mobile device > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 11:43 PM, "Craig Werner" <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, Jonathan, and thank you for writing. >> >> I too have noticed that it can take a while for multiple feeds to be >> retrieved via Lire. Actually, I think it's the caching that takes the >> most time; the refreshing happens pretty quickly for me. I realize >> that the characterization of "pretty quickly" is relative and >> subjective. Would you say that the refresh and cache operations are >> considerably faster with Feeddler? >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> Craig >> >> On 7/3/13, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: >>> Hi Craig, I agree. The developer of the Lire app is incredible, and what >>> you >>> hear with VoiceOver can be customised in great detail. >>> >>> There are two reasons why I continue to use Feeddler primarily. >>> >>> First, I find Lire takes a very long time to retrieve new content, and I >>> have a large number of feeds. >>> >>> Second, Feeddler syncs with a bunch of cloud-based services. It formerly >>> used Google Reader, and I had apps on my Mac and PC that would also sync >>> with it. So if I read an article on one device, it would be marked as >>> read >>> on all of them. I've not yet found apps for Mac and Windows that support >>> any >>> of the new services Feeddler is supporting, but things are still shaking >>> down after the Google Reader shut-down so I'm sure that will all sort >>> itself >>> out in time. >>> Jonathan Mosen >>> Mosen Consulting >>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>> http://Mosen.org >>> >>> On 3/07/2013, at 4:22 AM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, everyone. >>>> >>>> I am wondering how Feeddler compares with Lire in terms of features. >>>> I'm very pleased wit Lire, but being new to the world of iOS RSS >>>> readers, I'm wondering what features Feedler may have that Lire lacks. >>>> I heartily recommend Lire. Its developer, Kunal Sood, is very >>>> responsive to the needs of VoiceOver users. 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