Yanay Zohar

Some things just feel right. It can be an old shirt, a stranger in a bar, or in this case, a clever interface.

I consume a ridiculously huge dose of news feeds: tracking technology, design, and other voices that matter to me.

As much as I try to be obsessive-selective with who and what I read – the pile just keeps growing and growing.

I must have tried just about every RSS reader known to mankind, but they all eventually scared me off, feeling those huge amounts of data I still have to read are going to get me. must read all.

Firing up Feedly for the first time, I felt like I can breathe again!

All my feeds were still here, but they cleverly managed to eliminate the stress factor that other tools actually multiply.

The well balanced layout, in a light magazine-like structure results in a psychological effect of clarity, and calmness.

The design team behind Feedly seems to have captured the essence of what people really mean when they decide to follow news and blog feeds:

“Yes, I think I’d like to follow this, but nothing will happen if I won’t get to read all of it.”

You can have your Feedly in 3 flavors (layouts):

The “Digest”:
with “Featured” section, photo and video gallery strips (my favorite)

The “Cover”:
Less text, more visual-intense (great for weekends)

And the “Latest”:
For the anxious “what just happened” junkies

On top of the basic expected functionality (share items, mark to read later, etc.), you’ll also find some nicely integrated social features:

Bottom line: I find using Feedly a near-perfect experience.

I could go on and on raving about it, but it would be much easier if you just try it yourself.

Feedly is a Firefox extension, and you can download it from their website.