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Panda 5 Beta — A smart news reader, powered by integrations.
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Panda nailed it once again!
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@rssems Sweet. How far are you sitting away from Zucks - maybe tell him to give it a spin? :D
Twitter, Product Hunt, Reddit have kind of supplanted my Google Reader days but this new version of Panda is beautiful, super intuitive. Excited to make it a part of my routine.
We're back! I think you guys will enjoy this update. You may even taste the blood, sweat and tears that went into this. And a big thank you to those that gave invaluable feedback.
Hey everyone!
We’re back with the most exciting update of Panda. We’ve been improving it every day and today we’re happy to show you what new features we’ve built. We decided to launch it as beta since it’s still early days and many features you can enjoy until we deliver a whole new experience for reading the news.
So far we’ve added
- Brand new layout where you can easily view the content without leaving Panda.
- Search within Panda featured feeds. (Includes the content of the article)
- Customize your new tab. You can choose amongst 8 options including Photo, To Do List, Notepad and clock. (Only available for Chrome Extension)
- Distraction free reading on Reader Layout just like Safari Reader View experience.
- Integrations including Pocket (Unread, Archive, Favorites), Twitter (Home, Likes), Instagram (Home), Dribbble (Following, Likes)
And we launched a PRO subscription which early adopters will have 40% OFF until we come out of our beta.
Here is what you can expect when we come out of beta
- More integrations (Instapaper, Buffer, GitHub and more)
- More layouts
- More launchers (We’ll hear from you)
- Complete redesign making it as simple as possible
Looking forward to hearing your feedback!
Panda Team
( For chrome extension users please refer to the article on how to update your extension https://medium.com/@usepanda/upd... )
@ahmetsulek @usepanda amazing UI now, much sleeker! Does it take longer to load the feeds for everyone at the moment?
@john_tans @usepanda thanks for the kind words! yeah we're having an extra load due to launch and new features, but will sort them out in the upcoming days. already resizing the servers :)
@ahmetsulek @usepanda Awesome! Can't wait to use it daily. This is potentially a Feedly killer if speed permits!
@john_tans @ahmetsulek @usepanda Would love to hear from other Feedly users to see if it's an option worth trying. Constantly looking for a Feedly alternative.
@ahmetsulek @usepanda Great update - I see there is a chrome extension or web viewing - why hasn't there been a separate browser created for this that is native - would that be faster? Love it!
@ahmetsulek @usepanda Amazing, I fell in love the second I installed. Any chance of letting me import other feeds OPML files? I want to migrate from feedly. If this is available but I didn't noticed then the feedback is to make it more prominent cause I looked in every corner.
All time, unbeatable favorite which is well-designed and customisable. Congratulations William, Ahmet and team on another great update!
Love the launchers! One of the downsides of using Panda was not being able to use extensions like Momentum. No longer a problem!
Hey great relaunch - I actually just rediscovered Panda 4 yesterday after being an early adopter, so this is great timing. Just noticed a few bugs, including being unable to delete legacy RSS feeds (they keep re-appearing) but I'm sure these will be ironed out in the coming days. Please don't become another Feedly, the inspiration part of Panda is one of it's strongest features, not the fact that you are an RSS reader - looks like you have struck the right balance so far.
@studavis Thanks for pointing out the bugs. We're squashing them now. Yup, inspiration is super important for us :)
That is it. Trying to follow what happens is quite tiring, cognitively. Cut my cognitive load in half -and already was halved with the previous version. Congrats! Will I be able to add my own resources any time soon?
@aakars You can right now! Just click to add feeds button and type title or url of your favourite websites. :)
Looks great, is it possible to bundle (external) RSS feeds? I only see the "Panda feeds" when creating a new bundle.
@sharifkhalladi Right now only Panda feeds are bundle-able. We are working on it.
Love Panda and use it on a daily basis :-)
Interesting update and move more towards Feedly and such it seems. Tried it out quickly in the morning and works ok with some minor kinks. However not totally sold it is for me right now and a little low limits for the free tier.
Any plans for new/unread status count for feeds or not possible with current setup? The only way I think the list view in reader mode would work for me. Big plus for not limiting current product and keeping that in place!
@jacoblo thanks jacob. still early days :) re: status count - that's a neat idea. will share with the team.
The distraction free reading works great - did you guys use an API for that or build it in house?
@eytanbuchman Thanks man. We have an internal solution and use an API for a fallback.
Brilliant product I'd love to use more, but I'm Safari orientated to work across my devices / common bookmarks etc. Any plans for a Safari plugin?
Awesome app - surprise everyone by selling during X days a "for life" subscription for XX bucks just as Feedly did once.
