Early Edition 1.1 update to be submitted at end of week

[bunger]

Just read GlassHouseApps Twitter feed and they are shooting to submit v1.1 bytheend of the week. The best is soon to get better. ;-)

 

[malnar]

Just read GlassHouseApps Twitter feed and they are shooting to submit v1.1 bytheend of the week. The best is soon to get better. ;-)

Finally! "The best" will finally get used on my Ipad. It is FAR from the best until it gets Google Reader support, which it gets in 1.1. I refused to spend all that time inputting the RSS feeds only to use my Google Reader feed in the app later. I was so pissed at myself for buying that thing without realizing it didn't support GR.

 

[MikhailT]

Finally! "The best" will finally get used on my Ipad. It is FAR from the best until it gets Google Reader support, which it gets in 1.1. I refused to spend all that time inputting the RSS feeds only to use my Google Reader feed in the app later. I was so pissed at myself for buying that thing without realizing it didn't support GR.

Just to make it clear for everybody, 1.1 will get GReader RSS Feed Import option. No GR sync support.

 

[srl7741]

That's good news I like the App but don't use it as much because of load times and no GR.

Can't wait, thanks for the information.

 

[bunger]

Just to make it clear for everybody, 1.1 will get GReader RSS Feed Import option. No GR sync support.

Where did you hear that? Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose?

 

[MikhailT]

Where did you hear that? Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose?

From their twitter page,

@justinlevy Google Reader feed importing and feed groups will be in 1.1
6:39 PM May 9th via Tweetie in reply to justinlevy

@Pete716 we're *hoping* to have the 1.1 update with GR feed importing ready to submit to Apple by mid to late this week.
10:46 PM May 8th via Tweetie in reply to Pete716

@glasshouseapps One question: will The Early Edition eventually support Google Reader _syncing_? (not just importing)
9:49 PM May 9th via Tweetie in reply to glasshouseapps

@nickforge quite possibly. It would help if Google's API wasn't still in beta after 5yrs or whatever it is. Anyway, we're not ruling it out.
9:53 PM May 9th via Twitterrific in reply to nickforge

This confirms no syncing and GR Feed import wasn't a misunderstanding.

 

[sassenach74]

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What has Googles API's got to do with anything if other apps can do it? Confused.

 

[bunger]

From their twitter page,







This confirms no syncing and GR Feed import wasn't a misunderstanding.

That's a bummer

 

[Beau10]

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What has Googles API's got to do with anything if other apps can do it? Confused.

You can:

http://blog.martindoms.com/2010/01/20/using-the-google-reader-api-part-3/

 

[bunger]

Just read glasshouse apps Twitter feed and they submitted the 1.1 version of Early Edition to Apple this morning...

 

[boltjames]

Just to make it clear for everybody, 1.1 will get GReader RSS Feed Import option. No GR sync support.

Am I understanding this correctly? That Early Edition will not sync to Google Reader? That if I hit "mark these as read" for 15 or whatever articles have appeared in EE that if I got to GR later in the day on their website or in another app that those articles won't be marked as read?

BJ

 

[ZMRoach]

Am I understanding this correctly? That Early Edition will not sync to Google Reader? That if I hit "mark these as read" for 15 or whatever articles have appeared in EE that if I got to GR later in the day on their website or in another app that those articles won't be marked as read?

BJ

Yeah, it's only for import of your feed list, not syncing your read/unread. I think I read that syncing may come later though.

 

[boltjames]

Yeah, it's only for import of your feed list, not syncing your read/unread. I think I read that syncing may come later though.

What a joke. Instead of waiting time to buy another reader.

BJ

 

[gwynne]

I hate to say it because I know the app gets a lot of love, but it's always seemed a little gimmicky to me. I like it for lightweight news (i.e., showbiz stuff) that I don't care much about, but for heavy lifting I use Newsrack.

 

[GoCubsGo]

I agree with the above poster. The app is very nice no the outside but the inside is another story. It is slow to retrieve fees, no offline reading (like FeedHopper) and page turning is slow. The organization of articles has no rhyme or reason which makes selecting "all feeds" a crapshoot. I'm sure there will be improvements over time but for now its just not the best.

 

[srl7741]

I hate to say it because I know the app gets a lot of love, but it's always seemed a little gimmicky to me. I like it for lightweight news (i.e., showbiz stuff) that I don't care much about, but for heavy lifting I use Newsrack.

I agree with the above poster. The app is very nice no the outside but the inside is another story. It is slow to retrieve fees, no offline reading (like FeedHopper) and page turning is slow. The organization of articles has no rhyme or reason which makes selecting "all feeds" a crapshoot. I'm sure there will be improvements over time but for now its just not the best.

I see it this way also. I do like the App but there is a "but" and falls down just a bit as you have mentioned. I'm hoping it improves over time, it's worth keeping around b/c if polished up some it could be very nice and a first choice.

For now NewsRack is my go-to App and going to be hard to beat.

 

[boltjames]

I agree with the above poster. The app is very nice no the outside but the inside is another story. It is slow to retrieve fees, no offline reading (like FeedHopper) and page turning is slow. The organization of articles has no rhyme or reason which makes selecting "all feeds" a crapshoot. I'm sure there will be improvements over time but for now its just not the best.

Will FeedHopper let me download, say, 514 of my RSS articles from Google Reader for offline reading in an 18 hour flight to Taipei? Newsrack? Any others?

BJ