After all, there’s a reason why the previous version of the app was so popular: It was simple and easy to use, and it made you feel in control of the news-reading process. Still, Reeder 2 feels much like the original Reeder-and that’s not, in itself, a bad thing. The share panel is too small for big fingers and can’t fit most URLs. (A Macworld colleague also complains that it’s too easy to accidentally activate the sharing panel when trying to simply scroll around a web page.) Also, the panel is narrow enough that it practically guarantees that the URL of the story you’re trying to share will be truncated-a minor but annoying issue if you’re trying to get a quick look at the URL behind a link. However, if you happen to have big fingers, as I do, this new interface element is not as good a thing as it might seem-it can be a challenge to tap the right item in the list of sharing actions. For example, sharing options are now presented in a small slide-in panel, instead of the popover sheet used in the past. If you own the previous version of Reeder, you’ll notice that a few things have changed. Being one of those users, I would warmly welcome the capability to find articles instead of just reading them. ![]() In all fairness, search would probably be of interest mainly to a small subset of users who need to find stories across a large number of subscriptions. I was hoping that this major update would bring a search feature, but such an improvement is nowhere to be seen. ![]() You can filter your subscriptions so that they show only those articles that are unread, or only those articles that you’ve favorited. ![]() The app conveniently caches story excerpts for you and displays them in an elegant format. You sync your RSS subscriptions with a feed service, and then browse stories either by individual source or by making your way through a single list of unread items. Like its predecessor, Reeder is a deceptively simple app. Although updated to match iOS 7’s visual paradigms, Reeder 2’s interface is largely unchanged from its predecessor’s. Reeder 2 supports the same sync services as its predecessor, which means that a future failure of any one player in this market is unlikely to cause a repeat of the same snafu that Google Reader’s demise brought us last July.
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