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[georgeoliver]

I looked at 10 or 15 readers and am using Feedly at the moment. I tweaked it a little to get a minimal and compact layout.

http://wp.me/aseR-cs

I added an extension [1] to open articles in a background tab (their keyboard shortcut foregrounds the new tab).

I made a simple new style in Stylish [2] to streamline the UI:

  #feedlyTitleBar {display:none !important;}
  #feedlyPageHeader {display:none !important;}
  #systemBar {display:none !important;}

So far this works for me.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/feedly-will-open-e...

[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmke...

[Kopion → georgeoliver]

So much relative effort and baggage compared to how Reader works. Reader's death continues to sadden me.

[georgeoliver → Kopion]

Actually I had to make the same changes to Reader.

[k3n → georgeoliver]

For background tabs, Reader doesn't require an extension. All links should be normal <a> tags, just middle-click (or right-click > new tab) and it opens behind Reader.

[georgeoliver → k3n]

It has been a long time since I checked, but it didn't work for the keyboard shortcut ('v' I think in Reader?)