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Add possible sync with online RSS readers #63

Open feranick opened 11 years ago

feranick commented 11 years ago

It would be very useful to be able to sync the read feeds in Digest with those available in online RSS readers. Right now, if I use Digest to read some feeds, they will look as unread in any other (especially mobile) readers, and viceversa. I am aware that this may be a little daunting, but since Digest is only available in the desktop version of FF, there is quote a strong disconnect with other readers in the mobile world.

Thanks for the good work.

tanriol commented 11 years ago

@feranick, what readers would you suggest to sync with? I'm afraid that no universal method of syncing exists. Furthermore, do these readers support an official API that would make it possible?

feranick commented 11 years ago

Unfortunately there is no universal syncing method, which is very unfortunate. Ideally, Google Reader would have given all the required API. Being dead, Feedly has been taking over a large portion of the Google Reader's community. It doesn't have a public API yet, but it's coming:

http://bomboloni.mit.edu/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=89ecf5e79beef94c9d28bc6a65f8b11d&download

AOL reader has also been used a lot, and they do have an active API:

http://reader.aol.com/api

Digg reader is coming up strong. Again API are not yet available, but they are planned:

http://blog.digg.com/post/45355701332/were-building-a-reader

I guess a solution to this feature request isn't something that can be achieved immediately, but it's definitively something that will become more and more relevant (think pop vs IMAP in email).

tanriol commented 11 years ago

The first link is probably not the one you intended.

OK, this is an interesting idea. However, it's not top priority for me, so probably not very soon. Pull requests are welcome.