January 29, 2010
Feedly - A Surprise
Feedly turned up as a mini-toolbar in my Firefox 3.6 today. I suppose I had installed it and forgotten about it. What an intriguing tool!
Feedly works with Google Reader to present sites and feeds on a freshly designed page that is quite colourful and more like a magazine. Feedly titles it "My Digest". It's more interesting than Google Reader's display. It's a reminder, however, of the importance of keeping Google Reader honed to following the sites that are truly important to one - otherwise this will become a time sink.
A mini-toolbar will show in the bottom corner of the browser (Firefox or Chrome) for a web page or search results page. This makes it easy to quickly add a page to feedly/Google Reader or share a discovery through other social media. You're never more than a click away from Twitter or Facebook.
Feedly can be trained to show you what you most want. In Optimizing your feedly experience, Feedly has some instructions:
"Feedly collects the unread articles from the sites you subscribe to, filters the best ones and displays them in the cover and digest page. The filtering is a combination of freshness, how many times it has been shared by feedly/Google Reader users, the time of the day you are accessing your feedly and your personal reading/recommendation pattern. The best ways to influence the filtering are …1) to go to the organize sources page (aka dashboard) and marking the sources you like the best as favorites by clicking on the star next to the source name and …2) to recommend individual articles you find interesting. The more you use feedly, the better the recommendations."
Posted by Gwen at January 29, 2010 03:19 PM