So what are people using for “read it later” services these days, if anything? I switched from Instapaper to Reeder, but I’m not entirely satisfied. I’m looks for both Mac and iOS clients, although web clients that don’t suck—especially on the Mac—are okay.
@chipotle GoodLinks for me, which serves as both read later and bookmarks. Really been enjoying it, and it has both iOS and Mac versions that you’re looking for.
@peterimoore Pocket works well for me. It is well supported and integrates well with other services that I use.
@chipotle I’m back to Instapaper after a brief switch to Reeder and later GoodLinks. The big factors for me in switching back were Instapaper’s Kindle integration, which I found I missed quite a lot, and Readwise’s ability to pull highlights from Instapaper.
If you don’t need things like that, GoodLinks is awesome.
@chipotle Another vote for Pocket. I use the free version, and it’s more than enough for me. The paid version has some nice perks too if you care about videos and archives. Also, I believe it has Kobo integration!
@chipotle I self–host wallabag, though I’m no better at reading things; have been manually transferring those things I had stored in Readability
@chipotle I absolutely love wallabag. It dove-tails really well with my selhosted feed reader-Miniflux.
@chipotle I decided to just have a notebook in Evernote called Read Soon. My goal each week is to clear it out by each Friday afternoon.
@peterimoore @adamprime @maique Goodlinks is the one I'm giving a try now, I think. I haven't been using my Kindle much since I got the iPad mini last year, so that takes away one of Instapaper's big advantages, and its current developers don't seem to have done a lot of work on its parser or really much of the UX and functionality. (And I would have loved to see an expanded or new selection of fonts, finally, rather than basically the same ones Marco picked over a decade ago. Yes, I'm a type nerd.)
@chipotle I've used Pocket for ages. Or, I mean, I have a Pocket account that I slowly fill with things I never actually read. Before that, I used Instagram until Marco sold it – had the same problem then....
@chipotle @adamprime @maique I’m a type nerd too, so I definitely appreciate not wanting to use an app or service because of shitty fonts.
@peterimoore @chipotle I’m a consistency nerd. I decided Palatino is the font I’ll use for reading and all of the digital apps I read on (RSS, Instapaper, Kindle, reading mode in Safari) use that. When I see text in that font my brain knows it’s time to read. I know that probably sounds weird, but it works for me.
@adamprime That makes total sense, the more a reading environment is tailored consistently and exactly for your habits and aesthetic choices, the more inclined you’ll be to enjoy it.
@adamprime @peterimoore I can definitely see that. I'd probably choose Charter everywhere if more things supported it. (I appreciate minimalism, but I wish more reading apps would just give me a system font picker.)
