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I have a crazy love of cars and technology. I am not afraid to speak the truth when needed. Born a Hoosier but now a proud West Virginian.
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NewsBlur, flush with Google Reader refugees, rolls out redesign by Adrianne Jeffries
Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 9:28 AM

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The independent RSS reader NewsBlur, popular with power users, is getting a major facelift two months after the announcement of the Google Reader shutdown. While NewsBlur is one of the most powerful RSS readers available, it’s not known for being the prettiest — and its hefty feature set made for some tradeoff in usability.

The redesign has been available for beta testers to try out, but today it will roll out to all users. The new NewsBlur is faster and includes a number of user interface tweaks such as a unified notifications popover and a new list view for brisk scanning. The iOS and Android apps also got a refresh.

While the redesign looks slightly better, the reasons for using NewsBlur are the same. It fetches feeds quickly,...

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tedders
3991 days ago
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Newsblur redesign is out. I am still trying to use it and Feedly.
Morgantown, WV, USA
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henrypootel
3989 days ago
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the new newsblur update thingy is rather lovely
Auckland, New Zealand
synapsecracklepop
3990 days ago
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I've been really, really happy with NewsBlur. The redesign is icing on the cake.
ATL again
Zaphod717
3991 days ago
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Redesign looks nice
The Belly of the Beast
MotherHydra
3991 days ago
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How about that new iOS update? Very slick and very quick!
Space City, USA
DMack
3991 days ago
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erm, ahem, this article is very well written. I like your hair, Adrianne~
Victoria, BC
jackwiplock
3991 days ago
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I love the changes. It just keeps getting better and better.
emrikol
3991 days ago
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My reader of choice just got better.
Linton
jdgonzalez
3991 days ago
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This may make me want to come back.
Cedar Park, Texas
BiG_E_DuB
3991 days ago
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Congrats. Love the service but please keep adding features (searching, custom keyboard shortcuts, on/off preview pane permanently, etc)
Charlotte, NC, USA
samuel
3991 days ago
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Big story of the day!
Cambridge, Massachusetts
mgeraci
3991 days ago
Congrats! Glad to see it live, and glad to see a great publication cover it.
MotherHydra
3991 days ago
This is great coverage! Woo!
rgsunico
3990 days ago
Been enjoying this in the dev channel but glad to see it live! So pretty! So much reading space!
hansolosays
3991 days ago
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<3 newsblur
Norfolk, Virginia
irunfrombears
3991 days ago
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The redesign is pretty awesome and I've noticed it's a lot easier to use, and less frustrating, since the redesign. NewsBlur just went up in the "Who will replace Google Reader?" standings by A LOT.
DC
autocorrelation
3991 days ago
Still needs a mark all as read option at the bottom of a feed's item list (so you don't have to scroll back up to clear a feed)
irunfrombears
3991 days ago
Still needs a lot of things but I'm pretty impressed with it.
autocorrelation
3991 days ago
Oh, don't get me wrong, I think it is a very good redesign overall. I am pretty impressed as well. It was just one of those things that I thought they would have caught.
Courtney
3991 days ago
@autocorrelation you can mark-as-read right from the folder/feed list -- hover over a feed, click the arrow, kaboom.
WorldMaker
3991 days ago
@{autocorrect,Courtney} or double click the unread counter in the folder pane.
samuel
3991 days ago
or hit shift+a
autocorrelation
3991 days ago
You guys are blowing my mind. So glad I went for premium.Thanks for the suggestions.

Five Best Google Reader Alternatives by Alan Henry
Sunday March 17th, 2013 at 1:25 PM

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We're all seriously bummed about Google Reader shutting down, but it's not the end of the world, and there are a number of great news reading apps and services out there stepping up to replace it with syncing features and easy import tools to keep you organized. This week we're going to look at five of the best, based on your nominations. More »


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tedders
4056 days ago
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Right now, I'm using NewsBlur. I really like it so far, but it is a lot different from Google Reader.
Morgantown, WV, USA
4056 days ago
Same, I like it, but there is something special about the concoction of a simplistic interface and a super fast on demand refresh button, I think I may need to switch to a client rss feeder instead. To premium users: does your river of feeds update as fast as google reader?
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KieraKujisawa
4055 days ago
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@NewsBlur is the app to use for RSS. Nice to see it still getting mentioning on Lifehacker
Fredericksburg, VA 22408 USA
adamteece
4056 days ago
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Definitely digging NewsBlur. Go vote for them.
Lehigh Acres, FL
thameera
4056 days ago
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I'd be going for the first one that gets an IFTTT channel and NewsBlur better be that.
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