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i’ve been playing with byline for iphone for the last few days. it’s not bad, but not perfect. consequently, i emailed their support team with my comments. the email makes a fairly good commentary, so i’m publishing the text of my message here:

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been playing with byline. truly this will be killer if apple ever turns on the background process so that it will stay in sync.

i like byline, but there are a few annoyances.

i have feeds not in folders, how do i access these?

also, sometimes, i want to access specific feeds that ARE within a folder, how can i do that?

eg, read all RWW items within the tech folder?

hiding empty folders (or sorting according to items unread) is highly desirable.

inline browser is greater, as is permanent previous/next arrows at top right.

right now i end up bouncing between byline and google reader to accomplish tasks, which unfortunately increases the syncing burden. so if no wifi around… screwed.

ironically, i set up my folders in part to optimize google reader on iphone. i don’t want to do it again.
apps should adjust to me not vice-versa.

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