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It's here! The RSS reader we've all been waiting for!
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Your right I missed that one. You can't change their order. That's a miss I would hope makes it into the next update.
I tend to re-order feeds often after adding or deleting.
It took me a while to find this too. I would really like this to be a one-step process. Hit a button. Not hit a button and make a choice. Hope they change that in a future update. It's not that it's a bunch more work...is more that I'm a lazy bastard.
Steve
Yes thats what I have already mentioned. But the point is that you have to scroll all the way down to reach it. And once you click it you stay on the same screen instead of being moved back to your other feeds like in Newsrack.
I hope the developer will make these changes to enhance usability.
I've actually deleted MobileRSS for now. It simply needs to be improved a little more. Another thing I'm a little concerned about or was anyway, I emailed them the day the iPad was launched asking if they had any plans on creating an iPad App and never did hear back from them. When you release a paid App I would expect at least some type of reply. Since I did not hear back I went ahead and purchased NetNewsRack which turned out to be a flop. That pushed me to NewsRack and it hit me like a ton of bricks, I had been missing out on a great RSS App.
My thoughts about the two remain the same. NewsRack is better even tho I did like MobileRSS. I hope they improve after getting feedback and I hope they listen. I'm not holding my breath on the listening part tho.
Dammit! I thought Reeder was approved!
BTW (for those who don't know), you can follow the guy on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/reederapp
unfortunately he posted earlier that he was notified that the review process will need additional time.
I got both early edition and Pulse
Early Edition can have LOADS of feeds but Pulse is MUCH slicker and really make use of the iPad's screen size.
This is the main page, you flick down for more "channels", each horizontal line is 1 feed, and flick sideways to see older posts, and when you do that, only THAT line is moving, the rest stays stationary on the page.
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You can read the feed mostly text or like it on its original site, for example here. Depends if the feed or story you are reading is a text rich or photo rich content.
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tap the bottom left (blue triangle) and the feed's thumbnail bar will pop up again.
Early Edition can have LOADS of feeds but Pulse is MUCH slicker and really make use of the iPad's screen size.
This is the main page, you flick down for more "channels", each horizontal line is 1 feed, and flick sideways to see older posts, and when you do that, only THAT line is moving, the rest stays stationary on the page.
You can read the feed mostly text or like it on its original site, for example here. Depends if the feed or story you are reading is a text rich or photo rich content.
tap the bottom left (blue triangle) and the feed's thumbnail bar will pop up again.
hahahaha
If anyone has both Mobile RSS and Reeder, I'd love to hear your 'honest' review and comparisons please ie sync speed, navigation, scrolling speeds, offline reading (Mobile RSS has it), how well is image caching etc..
Ok. Since I'm the OP of this thread, I thought I should be prudent to purchase the Reeder app and see what the hoopla is all about.
But actually, I've known about Reeder for a while but have not bought if for my iPhone since I'm already using MobileRSS, and mainly I wasn't too hot on the colour of the paper they used for background (personal taste) and lack of offline viewing at one point.
Initial Impressions:
Sync speeds: Both apps are the same. Fast! Feed headlines and article load times are fast on both. But Reeder finished syncing before MobileRSS as Reeder appears it doesn't download images until you go to the actual article. MobileRSS downloads all images so unread articles are ready with content. This is important for offline viewing and I'll get to that in a moment.
MobileRSS wins
Navigation:
Both apps are fast in terms of navigating around and vertical flipping to next/previous page. Reeder's approach instead of a list/menu uses thumbnails for your subscription groups. For some reason, touch holding the thumbnail did not expand the like grouped photos/albums in Photo app as shown in the App Store's screenshot. I guess the thumbnail setup is unique and is what distinguishes Reeder apart from other readers. It's different, but if you have a lot of subscription groups like I do, plain white thumbnails populate the entire dark screen. Too boring for my taste. Since you cant change the thumbnail colours or move them around, finding your subscriptions can be challenging like I have. If the developers can improve on this I may give Reeder's navigation a second look but for now MobileRSS wins.
Images/Cached Images:
As mentioned in Sync speeds above, both apps behaves differently in this section. MobileRSS has the advantage by downloading all the images of new/unread feeds as you're reading while Reeder downloads images only when you get to the actual article. However I found a bug in Reeder as some articles had text loaded on top of the images (one good example is appshopper rss feeds and some photo blogs I follow) in Reeder.
MobileRSS wins
Offline Viewing:
Because MobileRSS downloads all content (if available) for every article you get full offline viewing. Reeder you get the text with a bunch of blue boxes with a question mark.
MobileRSS wins
External Integration / Services:
Both can export articles to Twitter, Instapaper, Delicous, Read it Later, Mail Link etc (11 total) but Reeder does 12 with Pinboard being the difference.
Reeder wins for having 12.
Ad Filtering:
MobileRSS has some filtering but Reeder does not.
Mobile RSS wins
Readability:
Although Reeder tries to make the background look like newsprint, I have issues with the layout and font. There's just too much wasted space in the layout. For example, articles in both portrait and landscape have huge surrounding borders of blank space this makes the text small and there's no way in adjusting the font size. Reader does not utilise the iPad's screen very well in this regards. You can't even pinch to zoom! If you pinch you get out to thumbnails screen.
MobileRSS has a light grey background but the text can be adjusted to 5 different sizes from Small to Giant and the layout of the article extends almost to the edge of the paper. You can also pinch to zoom to read smaller text and also enlarging photos.
MobleRSS wins
Price:
Currently both are $4.99
Conclusion:
I really wanted Reeder to best MobileRSS for spending another $4.99. I really hoped for not sounding biased by giving examples. But MobleRSS is still by far, THE BEST READER available today for iPad. Really I wasted of $4.99 looking for the answer I knew already. So if you haven't both apps and still deciding on a full feature RSS Reader, look no further than MobileRSS. I hope this helped some of you.
But actually, I've known about Reeder for a while but have not bought if for my iPhone since I'm already using MobileRSS, and mainly I wasn't too hot on the colour of the paper they used for background (personal taste) and lack of offline viewing at one point.
Initial Impressions:
Sync speeds: Both apps are the same. Fast! Feed headlines and article load times are fast on both. But Reeder finished syncing before MobileRSS as Reeder appears it doesn't download images until you go to the actual article. MobileRSS downloads all images so unread articles are ready with content. This is important for offline viewing and I'll get to that in a moment.
MobileRSS wins
Navigation:
Both apps are fast in terms of navigating around and vertical flipping to next/previous page. Reeder's approach instead of a list/menu uses thumbnails for your subscription groups. For some reason, touch holding the thumbnail did not expand the like grouped photos/albums in Photo app as shown in the App Store's screenshot. I guess the thumbnail setup is unique and is what distinguishes Reeder apart from other readers. It's different, but if you have a lot of subscription groups like I do, plain white thumbnails populate the entire dark screen. Too boring for my taste. Since you cant change the thumbnail colours or move them around, finding your subscriptions can be challenging like I have. If the developers can improve on this I may give Reeder's navigation a second look but for now MobileRSS wins.
Images/Cached Images:
As mentioned in Sync speeds above, both apps behaves differently in this section. MobileRSS has the advantage by downloading all the images of new/unread feeds as you're reading while Reeder downloads images only when you get to the actual article. However I found a bug in Reeder as some articles had text loaded on top of the images (one good example is appshopper rss feeds and some photo blogs I follow) in Reeder.
MobileRSS wins
Offline Viewing:
Because MobileRSS downloads all content (if available) for every article you get full offline viewing. Reeder you get the text with a bunch of blue boxes with a question mark.
MobileRSS wins
External Integration / Services:
Both can export articles to Twitter, Instapaper, Delicous, Read it Later, Mail Link etc (11 total) but Reeder does 12 with Pinboard being the difference.
Reeder wins for having 12.
Ad Filtering:
MobileRSS has some filtering but Reeder does not.
Mobile RSS wins
Readability:
Although Reeder tries to make the background look like newsprint, I have issues with the layout and font. There's just too much wasted space in the layout. For example, articles in both portrait and landscape have huge surrounding borders of blank space this makes the text small and there's no way in adjusting the font size. Reader does not utilise the iPad's screen very well in this regards. You can't even pinch to zoom! If you pinch you get out to thumbnails screen.
MobileRSS has a light grey background but the text can be adjusted to 5 different sizes from Small to Giant and the layout of the article extends almost to the edge of the paper. You can also pinch to zoom to read smaller text and also enlarging photos.
MobleRSS wins
Price:
Currently both are $4.99
Conclusion:
I really wanted Reeder to best MobileRSS for spending another $4.99. I really hoped for not sounding biased by giving examples. But MobleRSS is still by far, THE BEST READER available today for iPad. Really I wasted of $4.99 looking for the answer I knew already. So if you haven't both apps and still deciding on a full feature RSS Reader, look no further than MobileRSS. I hope this helped some of you.
I bought Reeder thinking I could do the RSS thing without a google account, ala NewsRack. But I guess not?
I have both in addition to NewsRack and have since removed MobileRSS from both the iPhone and iPad. NewsRack has replaced MobileRSS.
NewsRack seems to be a little ahead of MobileRSS in over all fit and finish.
Reeder on the iPad has been a great second option and seems very light and fast. When I look at the fine details such as load times, navigation, page transitions, load times of built in browser, images loaded, etc Reeder is great and should make anyone happy. About the only thing I can see others not liking about Reeder is the visuals of the App like you have mentioned.
I've always read or heard others say Reeder is the best and while I thinks it's great the best would have to be left for your personal tastes, etc. That's why I say it's great and works well. Cosmetically speaking it's the users call according to their own taste.