1) Go to, Preferences > General > Default view: Full Aricles

4) Go to, Preferences > General > Side Area: 
Facebook Newsfeed: No
Twitter Module: No

Can’t help with issues 2,3 or 5.

1) Images are shrunk, even when the content area size does not force this. I follow a lot of webcomic RSS feeds, and the shrunken size renders them unreadable.  The custom CSS hack does not affect this, not to mention that it’d have to be enacted on every computer I use.
2) Opening link with middle-click or ctrl-click does not mark entry as read.

3) Even in list view, the entries are separated by date.

4) Prominent location for “Facebook and Google+ likes,” with no way to turn it off.

5) No way that I could find to get rid of the “featured” section at the top (though that is absent in list view of specific folders)

How annoying.

When you log into Feedly, rather than registering an account, you’re using Oauth 2.0 to securely pull account data from Google to make you an account on Feedly. At this time, Feedly registers you with an account on their server that can only be logged into using the Google Oauth. They then pull your data from Google Reader and import it into their backend, which works exactly like the Google Reader backend.

Once GReader goes away, you will be able log in and continue to use Feedly in the same way as ever, since they are simply authenticating your login using Google’s OAuth (which isnt’ going anywhere) and your data that had been mirrored on their backend. So, even though it seems like you’re not logging into a Feedly/Normandy account, you really are.

I hope that explains it more clearly.

http://www.lostsaloon.com/technology/use-css-to-customize-feedly-to-use-full-width-of-the-screen-version-8/

Buh-bye Google!

Currently the permissions it needs, according to Google’s security page, is “Profile Information, Google Reader”. So, probably your name and UID, as well as your GReader feeds and settings. Their blog has more information about Normandy, although not much. It seems they snag the info, mirror it with both Google AND Normandy, and when GReader shuts down everything will be going through Normandy. It should still allow you to log in with Google and act as normal after GReader shuts down, since the data is now on Normandy, and Google Authentication isn’t going anywhere.

Feedly needs a browser extension and I don’t like any of the layouts they provide.

Netvibes doesn’t seem to have a way to import starred items. Also I vastly prefer Google’s keyboard shortcuts. The seeming lack of starred items support is more important to me however.

Feeddemon is being shut down. Sync won’t work after Google shuts down Reader.

Sage and other browser hosted readers don’t sync the state of read items.

In addition all the Chrome RSS reader addons that I tried lacked important features like folder support or starring.

I follow a lot of feeds, so Newsblur would cost money. I’m a cheap bastard and I’m maxed out on the amount I’m willing to spend on the internet.

I’ll probably to move my starred items over to something like Pocket and then use Netvibes or Feedly for reading feeds. I dread the thought of what will  happen when any of those services shut down.