Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?

Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by ldigas on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:00AM (#19595663)

Google Reader. I still think RSS was a better way of aggregating news than many alternatives of today, all wrapped up in a solid and practical interface.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by jayalpha on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:36AM (#19595786)

"I still think RSS was a better way"

"I still think RSS is a better way", fixed that for you.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by Deivuh on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:01PM (#19597625)

It was the best way for me until most of the sources I used to follow started to only put the description of the post or article and a “read more” link forcing you open a browser to read it. I know most rss clients now have a built-in browser but it was better when you could read the content right in the client without those intrusive ads or layout.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by zanny on Sunday April 07, 2019 @02:19PM (#19598760)

Which is why providers all added those click through links. They write articles for ad money, and RSS readers don't get the ads.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by Glench on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:24PM (#19597824)

Bazqux is a Google Reader clone that I've been using for 6 years now. It works amazingly well, has all the features I need from Google Reader, and doesn't change. One of the few SaaS I pay for.

https://bazqux.com

(No affiliation, just a big fan)

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by hrdwdmrbl on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:53AM (#19596226)

feedly.com is a decent replacement

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by orkon on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:46AM (#19596200)

Actually, I am working an RSS reader app with built-in discussions and Google Reader was a great inspiration for me. I still use RSS readers as a primary way of aggregating content. Leave your email if it'd like to be notified once I have a beta version: https://forms.gle/Xp47FqQXKwcJakSW8

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by balladeer on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:25PM (#19601715)

Could you please share a link or few screenshots that could tell about what its UI looks like.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by orkon on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:28PM (#19607202)

It's not yet ready to be shared in the form of screenshots. It will be a simple layout with the feeds list in a collapsible menu on the left-hand side and the list of posts on the right-hand side. When you navigate to post details, you will see the post content with media content if available. In addition to it, there will be a discussion section for each post. I'd like to have keyboard navigation in the app, and I don't plan to invest time in native apps. Instead, I'd like to utilize PWA features to make the web app easy to use on mobiles too.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by arkitaip on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:46AM (#19595821)

Google Reader was a success in that it dominated its niche for many years.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by gerenuk on Sunday April 07, 2019 @09:06AM (#19596576)

Have you checked ContentStudio.io

Gives you an option to curate the content or follow with rich query builder.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by gmsiperx on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:57AM (#19603399)

ContentStudio.io is a great option for content curation with different levels of customization.

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