What's your favorite RSS reader?

SteveDallas · 11-05-2004, 10:30 AM

I'm not happy with the RSS readers I've tried so far. Bloglines seems kludgy and is hard to manage. SharpReader, which a lot of people seem to like, struck me as bloated and slow, and I didn't like the interface.

So what's your favorite?

Troubleshooter · 11-05-2004, 10:36 AM

Firefox is supposed to have an extension for it but I haven't tried it yet. No favorite really, I'm not subscribed to any.

Kitsune · 11-05-2004, 10:54 AM

Firefox's Sage plugin has been my choice for sometime. Simple, small, no-frills. The recent releases of FF support "RSS Live Bookmarks", but I haven't played around with those, yet.

11-05-2004, 11:12 AM

Firefox's live bookmark feature is nice, but it's most likely not what you're looking for in an RSS reader. It doesn't notify you of new articles, it just downloads the headers and puts them under a menu, nice for some sites not for others.

I've been using Thunderbirds RSS feature, but I can't compare it to other RSS readers so I won't recommend it. Also the new My yahoo is basically a RSS reader on a web page. It allows you to accept feeds from any site and put it on your my yahoo page, a very cool feature IMHO.

Radar · 11-05-2004, 12:18 PM

I've never been able to get any RSS reader to work. I always get the following message:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

Radar · 11-05-2004, 12:32 PM

Scratch that, I got Sage working.

SteveDallas · 11-05-2004, 02:56 PM

OK, I downloaded Firefox and Sage. (I'd been using Mozilla before.) So far I'm liking it.

Troubleshooter · 11-05-2004, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

OK, I downloaded Firefox and Sage. (I'd been using Mozilla before.) So far I'm liking it.

Firefox should change your internect experience all by iteself.

SteveDallas · 11-05-2004, 07:04 PM

Yeah it does have some nice features over Mozilla 1.7.

Now I just need to figure out a clever way to park my list of crap I read out on the Internets somewhere so I can access it from multiple computers. (This was the one thing I really liked about Bloglines.)

Sperlock · 11-05-2004, 10:18 PM

I'm using Liferea Feed Reader (Linux).

11-05-2004, 10:30 AM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	What's your favorite RSS reader? I'm not happy with the RSS readers I've tried so far. Bloglines seems kludgy and is hard to manage. SharpReader, which a lot of people seem to like, struck me as bloated and slow, and I didn't like the interface. So what's your favorite?

11-05-2004, 10:36 AM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Firefox is supposed to have an extension for it but I haven't tried it yet. No favorite really, I'm not subscribed to any. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

11-05-2004, 12:18 PM	#5
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I've never been able to get any RSS reader to work. I always get the following message: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

11-05-2004, 12:32 PM	#6
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Scratch that, I got Sage working. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

11-05-2004, 10:18 PM	#10
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	I'm using Liferea Feed Reader (Linux). __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

11-05-2004, 10:54 AM	#3
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Firefox's Sage plugin has been my choice for sometime. Simple, small, no-frills. The recent releases of FF support "RSS Live Bookmarks", but I haven't played around with those, yet.

11-05-2004, 11:12 AM	#4
cam2 Guest Posts: n/a	Firefox's live bookmark feature is nice, but it's most likely not what you're looking for in an RSS reader. It doesn't notify you of new articles, it just downloads the headers and puts them under a menu, nice for some sites not for others. I've been using Thunderbirds RSS feature, but I can't compare it to other RSS readers so I won't recommend it. Also the new My yahoo is basically a RSS reader on a web page. It allows you to accept feeds from any site and put it on your my yahoo page, a very cool feature IMHO.

11-05-2004, 02:56 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	OK, I downloaded Firefox and Sage. (I'd been using Mozilla before.) So far I'm liking it.

11-05-2004, 07:04 PM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yeah it does have some nice features over Mozilla 1.7. Now I just need to figure out a clever way to park my list of crap I read out on the Internets somewhere so I can access it from multiple computers. (This was the one thing I really liked about Bloglines.)

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