757 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Plejaden, 7 years agoI'm was looking for a replacment of Sage++ and found Feedbro to be the best alternative. A sidebar and a more lightweight looking design would be cool. My problem right know with Feedbro is that new articles are not listed (since update to FF 60.0b5 (64-Bit)!? I don't know). My news feed is zero and I'm sure that there are new articles. The manual refresh isn't working either. I got the pop-up that the scanning for new articles started scanning but nothing is found.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoSounds like your Firefox profile has been corrupted which breaks IndexedDB functionality (which then prevents Feedbro from saving articles). You can fix your profile by opening URL about:support and then press "Refresh Firefox". Warning! This will remove your extensions and their settings so backup them first if you need to. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13875380, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13079211, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13312508, 7 years agoQuite happy with Feedbro as replacement for Sage++, however I find it very scary to hear media playing when opening some rss feeds. Can this be blocked somehow or can you add an option to not download article bodies at all? I'm using mode 2 view only showing the headers and I don't read the articles in Feedbro as I open the links with Firefox in new tabs where I've blocked such things using uMatrix dynamic filtering.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoAny chance you could isolate which feed URL has those autoplaying videos/audio clips so we could take a look if it can be blocked somehow. Please send the URLs to feedbro.reader@gmail.com. Thanks! - Rated 4 out of 5by Mariusz, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13829821, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12792321, 7 years ago@ Developer(s):"Come possiamo migliorare questo prodotto?"
IT: Un' ottima estensione per FF, quindi un grande elogio agli sviluppatori e 3** di 5! 2 ** Deduzione, poiché l' intero menu è solo in inglese. Multilingue (compreso il tedesco) = 5**
DE/A/CH: Eine sehr gute Erweiterung für FF, daher ein grosses Lob an den bzw. die Entwickler und 3** von 5! 2 ** Abzug, da die gesamte Menüführung lediglich in Englisch ist. Multilingual (inklusive Deutsch) = 5**
UK: A very good extension for FF, therefore a big praise to the developer (s) and 3** of 5! 2 ** Deduction, since the entire menu is only in English. Multilingual (including German) = 5**
ES: Una muy buena extensión para FF, por lo tanto un gran elogio a los desarrolladores y 3** de 5! 2 ** Deducción, ya que todo el menú es sólo en inglés. Multilingüe (incluido el alemán) = 5**
FR: Une très bonne extension pour FF, donc un gros compliment aux développeurs et 3** de 5! 2 ** Déduction, puisque le menu complet n'est qu'en anglais. Multilingue (y compris l'allemand) = 5** - Rated 4 out of 5by Ervit, 7 years agoI previously posted a 3-star rating, but I am seeing improvements and the developer is responsive, so I'm upgrading my rating up a notch. Sidebar support would get the fifth star from me as this is what I really need. Otherwise this is a very good feed reader.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Dino Conte, 7 years agoFeedbro has become my perfect feed reader. Clear interface, no advertising. What more could you ask for?
What I miss:
->Synchronization with FirefoxSync, so that I have the same data at home and in the office.
->Which would also be nice: support for Android.
->ReadLater/Bookmarks
"You can "bookmark" articles by starring them."
Yes, I know that. But it would be nice to use Feedbro as Pocket or Instapaper alternative. So, save websites outside of Feedbro in Feedbro: -))Developer response
posted 7 years agoYou can "bookmark" articles by starring them. Click the star icon on the title row or at the end of the article. Alternatively you can use Pocket (Send To-menu). - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13753803, 7 years agoInstalled my feeds, looks good.
How do I know if a feed’s been updated?
I’ve set notifications & sounds, but if I miss those, how do I check? - Rated 4 out of 5by ff201307, 7 years agonice alternativ for Bamboo!
can i automaticly hide a new feed if is marked as read (nice feature from Bamboo) ? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13550846, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13729572, 7 years agoI like it. Former Bamboo user, this is a better solution.
***Bug Report! I am unable to Export my subscriptions. I could not find a place to file a bug report, so here it is.
"This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."
I really want to use this on other systems. I don't want go to the effort of recreating all of my stuff over again.
thanks!
***Bug fixed, thanks!Developer response
posted 7 years agoThank you for the review.
I suppose you are using Linux? Firefox on Linux has a bug that prevents "download a file" functionality from working. As a workaround, Feedbro just opens the feed subscriptions data in a separate tab. You need to right-click the area and select "Save As" to save your subscriptions to the disk.
PS. Our official support email is feedbro.reader@gmail.com - all issue reports and feature requests are welcome there. - Rated 5 out of 5by Siem, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ailothaen, 7 years agoGreat extension we have there! That reader is very easy to use, but we have a huge customisation potential if we look into the settings. Especially with the Rules panel.
Just a suggestion : It would be nice if we had the ability to create our own themes (I mean, import and export our own CSS sheets).
Also, I think there should be an option to make the Feedbro icon "uncolorized". Most of the buttons in Firefox are in shades of grey by default, and the icon of the extension adds some visual "noise", making sometimes hard to see the number of updates with a fast glance :/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Tor K., 7 years agoThis addon is awesome. Old Bamboo user, I really loved its Popup option, not the default "Tab" one which was the standard and only type for Feedbro. Nonetheless, I made do.
Thanks anyways, best feedreader for FF Quantum :) - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13707739, 7 years agoPlease, 3 very simple requests:
- Make article titles (3-panel view titles list) to fit in just 1 line (including favicons option "on").
There is no need for 2 lines per title. If an individual user wants to see sources under article titles, then should be optional for him (but not forced for all users).
With the present 2 lines per title layout, it is very uncomfortable to use in small screens or mobiles (specially when we use lot of RSS). BTW, sources are described at the the first left-column, so it is redundant to put it again in title column.
- Make for the article titles, the same option articles have allowing customization of body font size and body line height.
- Make all columns 100% sizeable.
I use the "mode use 3". Columns have a small option to be resized. It will be nice to have 100% size control of the 3 columns.
I will give 5 stars if my 3 very simple requests are done.
Also, I will make a donation if it is done in the next days.
Thks - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 11640498, 7 years agoFEEDBRO is a hell of thousand tracking cookies invading privacy. Nowadays this is also a dangerous cybersecurity problem.
I tested FEEDBRO by blocking all cookies in FF. And all my feeds worked perfect at FEEDBRO. No cookies at all.
But the problem is that I need cookies enabled at FF.
So, if FEEDBRO works with cookies blocked, why FEEDBRO doesn't block cookies by it self?
In fact, in the option or settings page, FEEDBRO can block scripts, objects, applet, iframe, embed... but not cookies! Why is that?
FEEDBRO needs a simple option to load articles as text-only, or a simple option for blocking cookies. This will improve resources, and will solve privacy and security risks.
* Cookie add-ons are not working over cookies of other add-ons. Cookie AutoDelete doesn't work on FEEDBRO. I tested other different cookie addon-s and all of them don't recognize FEEDBRO as a "tab" or "window". The best scenario with these cookie add-ons is deleting cookies when FF closes, but dangerous FEEDBRO cookies might live hours and days. UMatrix is the only add-on deleting localstorage before FF closes, but is ridiculous to install 2MiB only because of FEEDBRO.
* I have more than 200 feeds, so is impossible to white-list cookies. Also, FF built-in cookies manager doesn't allow to import/export or synchronized blocked/unblocked cookies. No one is going to expend days doing this inefficient task.
** I am raising my stars qualification considering author' predisposition to: a) Solve problems b) Attend user requests c) Quick answers. Thank you.
** 2MiB is not a matter of size in the HD, but it is a huge matter of browser system resources. And in principle, isn't right to force the use of other add-ons in order to use FEEDBRO.
FEEDBRO perfectly can work without cookies. And not approved cookies are a big privacy and security issue. So, a simple option loading articles as text-only is the perfect solution. Thank you.Developer response
posted 7 years agoWe created an improved Cookie Manager called Cookiebro which can automatically and periodically drop unwanted cookies (also cookies that originate from WebExtension HTTP(S) requests). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/cookiebro/
It is also possible to integrate cookie filtering to Feedbro but then it will be "all or nothing" without any whitelist/blacklist type functionality. We'll most likely add that possibility + image filtering option in the following releases. - Rated 5 out of 5by Tomek(DemoNCS), 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13683250, 7 years agoDoes the job, but missing critical features: preload next post, jump to specific feed from article.
Edit: Thanks Nodetics. I was aware of the link to the source site on the "from"-line; there is no way to go direct to the _feed_ of a particular post while in the "All Items" view.
As for preloading, what is it a waste /of/? A waste of my bandwidth for the single next post I didn't read, or a waste of my time spent waiting for each and every new post to begin and finish loading?
Edit 2: I don't want to open the feed XML URL, but the feed itself within Feedbro. E.g., I see a particular article in the All Items view, then I want to stop reading All Items and read only that particular feed, within Feedbro.
The viewmode I use (and that needs the preloading feature) is #3, "List of article titles + selected article".
Edit 3: Thanks Nodetics! Perhaps some words & a link, placed at the end of the existing "from"-line, e.g.:
from _reddit: the front page of the internet_ _(Open Feed)_
or
from _reddit: the front page of the internet_ _(Open Site)_
Not sure which would be more popular - keeping the site name link pointed to the site, or switching it to the feed. FWIW, another aggregator (NewsBlur) doesn't link to site homepages from articles, but only from the site's feed.Developer response
posted 7 years agoEdit: you can now click the feed icon on the "from line" (if you have "Use favicons in the article 'from line'" enabled in Options) to open that particular feed in Feedbro. - Rated 5 out of 5by Osvaldo3, 7 years agoGreetings. The criticisms are good because they help you understand what you should improve, but I personally do not agree with some that have been made to this addon. Currently this is one of the best feed readers. I have previously used Bamboo feed Reader, very good as well, but not compatible with Quantum.
And that the developer provides support for Quantum, that says a lot about it. This addon is among the best feed readers currently.
JEJEJE, now.
It would be possible to add to future versions the possibility of limiting the amount of feed that is loaded at the same time, example, one at a time, or two at a time, or all at the same time?Developer response
posted 7 years agoThank you for your kind words. The feature you described (number of concurrent update threads) is now available in Feedbro 3.36.3. - Rated 5 out of 5by George Thomas, 7 years agoThanks for the best RSS reader on the web! You guys rock
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5605776, 7 years agoWell done, this extension is user friendly, easy to use and import OPML, also easy to customize. I like the preset ways to view feeds.