Nextgen Reader is a Google Reader client for Windows 8, with a grid-based touch layout and a three-column classic view for traditional PCs. Readers can choose whether each feed opens as a summary, webpage, or mobilized article, and use keyboard shortcuts, swipe navigation, live tiles, and incremental syncing.
| Author: | Next Matters |
| License: | Commercial |
| Price: | $2.99 |
| Released: | Jan 10, 2013 |
| File size: | 1.00 MB |
| Downloads: | 385 |
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| Author URL: | http://nextmatters.com/ |
Nextgen Reader is a feed-reading app built as a client for Google Reader, aimed at Windows 8 users who want to follow RSS feeds on a touchscreen tablet or a traditional PC. It offers two layouts for different devices: a grid-based modern view for touch, and a three-column classic view for desktop use. Its purpose is to bring subscribed news and articles together for browsing and reading in one place.
The app lets readers choose how articles open for each feed: as a summary, on the original webpage, or in a mobilized reading view. Built-in Readability support and Instapaper and Google mobilizer options provide alternatives to loading a full webpage. In the modern view, swiping moves between articles; the classic view supports keyboard shortcuts, with the question-mark key showing available commands. Incremental synchronization updates feed items and can limit how many entries are downloaded from each feed, helping control the amount of content brought into the app.
For quick access, individual live tiles can be pinned to the Windows Start screen from either layout. The design can be personalized with eight accent colors. A Share charm passes articles to compatible Windows apps for actions such as emailing, saving, or posting to social networks. OAuth 2.0 web authentication handles account sign-in, and roaming lets users log in once and use the app on multiple Windows 8 PCs.
Nextgen Reader is suited to keeping up with multiple news and blog feeds, skimming summaries, and opening selected stories in a reader-friendly format. Touch gestures and tiles support casual browsing on a tablet, while the three-column layout and keyboard controls suit longer reading sessions at a desk. Its feed access depends on Google Reader, a service that Google discontinued in 2013, so the original service is no longer available for syncing subscriptions.
The app was made for Windows 8 and sold under a commercial license. The provided platform information does not establish compatibility with later Windows releases, so users should verify whether it runs on their system before relying on it.