Ask HN: What do you use to read RSS feeds (other than Google Reader)?
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I use Google Reader for low-volume feeds that I care about (i.e., I want to read every post).
I set up a Planet Venus[1] page for high-volume feeds where I don't care if I miss some posts. It shows only the 100 most recent items, so if I don't check it for a few days they don't pile up. A cron job updates it every 6 hours, so I don't keep checking it for new items all the time. It's a static web page, and I included a simple version with no stylesheet for reading on my phone.
1. http://intertwingly.net/code/venus/
I set up a Planet Venus[1] page for high-volume feeds where I don't care if I miss some posts. It shows only the 100 most recent items, so if I don't check it for a few days they don't pile up. A cron job updates it every 6 hours, so I don't keep checking it for new items all the time. It's a static web page, and I included a simple version with no stylesheet for reading on my phone.
1. http://intertwingly.net/code/venus/
I used to use RSSBandig (http://rssbandit.org/) before switching over completely to Google Reader.
Of course, it's desktop based, so doesn't fit your requirements. It does have a nice sync option with web-based readers - http://rssbandit.org/features/synchronizing-feeds-with-googl...
I switched to Newsgator Online because they had a good iPhone web version and the full web reader was comparable to Bloglines. Now it's being discontinued (http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2009/07/hearty-welcome-to-newsgator-users.html).
I don't want to use Google Reader because 1) it's tied to my Google account and I log in and out of Google accounts multiple times a day and I want to be able to check RSS without logging in all the time 2) the iPhone version is horrible.
Any alternatives out there I don't know about? I'd prefer to keep it all web-based (iPhone apps are too slow and I spend a lot of time on multiple computers and I don't like waiting for desktop syncing).