Comments on The Book Vixen: WANTED: Replacement Feed Aggregator [UPDATED]

I sort by Oldest first, that way I'm not missing a...

2010-09-13T06:21:21.702-07:00

I sort by Oldest first, that way I'm not missing anything from the previous days posts.

The followers thing is someone who's following you, which basically means that if you hit the "share" or "share with a note" or add anything to Google Buzz those people will see what you've shared.

Most are just random ppl with nothing better to do. I just ignore them. :)

If you're having trouble getting into Google Reade...

2010-09-12T08:37:21.682-07:00

If you're having trouble getting into Google Reader, give Activorous (http://activoro.us) a try; it uses a totally re-imagined interface for RSS reading, and has full item tagging support, flexible feed filtering, better mobile support, and many other features missing in Google Reader.

I've only ever used Google Reader, and while there...

2010-09-11T17:11:09.011-07:00

I've only ever used Google Reader, and while there are some things I don't love about it, I have gotten it to work for me pretty well.

Looks like you found the 'star' items!

Now, for your sorting. I have blogs grouped into (probably too many) folders. For each folder, you can decide how you want it to sort. I only have unread items show up so if I sort by 'oldest' the first post I see will be the oldest, unread ones. It's usually only a couple of days old since I check in on blogs just about everyday.

I just changed my settings to check for you AND if you do view 'all items' (not just 'new items') and you set your sort to 'sort by oldest' you will see 30 days worth of posts -- at the top of my feeds it says "Sort by oldest only shows items from the last 30 days"

Also - there is a setting on the upper right hand side of the feed window that I often use. It's the "Show: Expanded - List". Expanded view will show you the entire post right off the bat - List will only show the Title and a first sentence or so. Clicking on the title will then expand the view to the entire post. (or not, if the specific blogger as their settings set to only show truncated views in their feed).

Ok - I'm babbling now :) Let me know if you want some screen shots or have any other questions I (might?) be able to help you with!

And here I just use my dashboard :( I just can't g...

2010-09-11T11:15:32.139-07:00

And here I just use my dashboard :( I just can't get into google reader, me and it doesn't click

Michelle - I found my starred items! Thank you :) ...

2010-09-10T20:24:53.348-07:00

Michelle - I found my starred items! Thank you :)

Twimom227 - Thanks for the tips!

I use Google Reader and have folders. One for auth...

2010-09-10T19:32:20.508-07:00

I use Google Reader and have folders. One for authors, one for friend's blogs (aka non-book sites) and then one for my favorite book blogs. Then I collapse the "blogs I'm following" section so I can't see it. I like having it there b/c sometime I like to check in on the blogs I follow, but because it's collapsed, I don't have to look at it. Good Luck!

Your starred items are over on the left in the men...

2010-09-10T18:28:22.987-07:00

Your starred items are over on the left in the menu where it says "starred items".

I keep mine set to new items and either mark as "keep unread" if it's something I need to deal with more immediately or "star" it if I want to save something to refer back to later. I only wish the "keep unread" posts could be filtered into a separate folder. They probably can, but I haven't found out how yet.

The followers on Google reader are usually people who follow via Google Buzz, but I'm not 100% sure so don't quote me on it!

If you find out from anyone how to create a separate folder for the "keep unread" posts, let me know. Thanks!

Hope I was of some help. =O)

carrieactually.com - I think I'm going to bite my ...

2010-09-10T15:26:12.730-07:00

carrieactually.com - I think I'm going to bite my lip and try that.

google reader can still work for you. when you're ...

2010-09-10T15:05:35.050-07:00

google reader can still work for you. when you're in google reader click on the settings link the upper right hand corner and then the second setting from the bottom on the first page you can uncheck to not show all those blogs you follow

Thanks aromagik! I'm actually trying Feed Demon ou...

2010-09-10T14:17:43.549-07:00

Thanks aromagik! I'm actually trying Feed Demon out right now.

I use FeedDemon and I really like it. I'm not sure...

2010-09-10T14:15:32.846-07:00

I use FeedDemon and I really like it. I'm not sure if it'll do everything you want, but you can check it out:

http://www.feeddemon.com/

~Lindy