Beyond Google Reader: CommaFeed

Now that Google Reader is officially  gone, most folks have settled on a  replacement of some sort. ln fact, a few  months ago I even went through the  process of installing Tiny Tiny RSS as a  viable and powerful replacement. At the  time, there was only one feature I sorely  missed, the "ne×t unread blog" link.  Approximately three days before Google  Reader shut down for good, I found the  holy grail of RSS readers: CommaFeed.  CommaFeed is an open-source  project written in Java. lt's offered  as a free Web-based solution at  https://www.commafeed.com.  Although the interface is similar  to Google Reader, it feels slightly  stripped down. Thankfully, it provides a  really good mobile interface, and it's  lacking features in its Android app, but  improvements are being made on both  fronts. l must admit, however, that even  more important than the "next unread  blog" link feature, is the ability to  download the source code from GitHub  and compile CommaFeed for self-hosting  (https://github.com/Athou/commafeed).  I don't ever want to get "Google  Reader'ed" again. Hosting is complicated,  because it's a Java application, but the  instructions on the GitHub site make it  fairly painless. I recommend trying out  https://www.commafeed.com before  compiling and self-hosting, because  CommaFeed's interface might not be  for everyone.-snnwu Pownns