Review Of News Alloy – Gmail like Online Feed Reader
NewsAlloy, which is an online feed reader and closely resembles to Gmail and looks as a promising online feed reader service. NewsAlloy uses Ajax based UI and that gives the feeling as if we are using a local software. Lets look at the PROS & CONS of News Alloy :
PROS of NewsAlloy :
1. Familiar & easy to use interface : By far this is the best part of NewsAlloy that it has got the interface which looks like an email application and on top of it, it looks very similar to Gmail and I’m sure most of the Gmail lovers will just bounce from their seats after looking at the closeness of the interface. What impresses the most is that you won’t even get a feeling that you are reading the feeds but it will make it completely look like email as it has got folders, inbox, trash ability to pin the items and almost all the things which are possible in an email.
2. Easy Navigation : Familiar interface makes the navigation quite simple and the availability of correct buttons and options at the right places makes the navigation quite quick. Shortcut keys are also available and thus keyboard is more than enough for the complete navigation.
3. Feature rich : NewsAlloy is feature rich and has got all the major features. It can easily import and export OPML file and thus switching to this service from an existing one will not be a big problem. Has got all sort of options to make your life simple and easy while reading a list of feeds. A mobile version of the service is also available and thus you can read the list of your feeds while you are on the move too. Automatic updates of feed and auto discovery of feeds makes it easy to go through all the feeds.
4. Supports RSS & ATOM : Just like other services and feed reading softwares, NewsAlloy supports both types and all types of version of feeds. This makes it convenient for the users as they don’t have to depend on other services or softwares.
CONS of NewsAlloy :
1. No option of listening to podcasts : NewsAlloy doesn’t allow you to listen to podcasts as it misses an audio player. This is one option which podcast listeners will definitely miss in this service.
Overall Rating & Views :
NewsAlloy is a perfect and almost complete replacement of any desktop software of feeds. It just needs one thing and that is the ability to play podcasts and it will become the complete replacement and by far this has been the most impressive online feed reader.
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