The Old Reader Notifier

The Old Reader Notifier

Notifies you about unread items in your The Old Reader account

What is The Old Reader Notifier?
"The Old Reader Notifier" is a Chrome extension designed to keep you updated with unread items in your The Old Reader account. It features a toolbar icon for notifications and context menu items for quick access to subscribing or bookmarking pages. The extension also supports the [b] shortcut in The Old Reader for background opening.
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Stats
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.63 (152)
Version: 1.5.3 (Last updated: 2021-01-22)
Creation date: 2017-09-05
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • *://theoldreader.com/
Size: 74.70K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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The Old Reader Notifier
The Old Reader Notifier (v1.5.3)
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This extension provides a toolbar icon to notify you about unread items in your The Old Reader account, and context menu items to quickly subscribe to or bookmark a page.

Also provides support for [b] shortcut in The Old Reader (open in background)

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Restoration of Google Reader
  • Works well with The Old Reader
  • Simple and reliable
Cons
  • Crashes on Ubuntu 13.10
  • No option to open to Subscriptions folder
  • A little bit slow
Most mentioned
  • Google Reader
  • Notifier works well
  • Works well with The Old Reader
Recent reviews
It should be able to display in a popup window the unread feeds to I give 5 stars. ------------- Debería poder mostrar en una ventana popup los feeds no leídos para darle 5 estrellas.
by A Google user, 2014-03-12

Does what it should, can't really complain.
by A Google user, 2014-01-25

Goede vervanger van Google Reader. Guys werken keihard eraan!
by A Google user, 2013-06-16
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Safety
Risk impact

The Old Reader Notifier may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

The Old Reader Notifier has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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