Comments on: RSS readers

By: sheepeatingtaz

sheepeatingtaz — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:00:42 +0000

I know this post is old now, but thought you may want to have a look at Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader) They’ve recently updated it so it acts (IMO) like a ‘normal desktop RSS reader. I’m very impressed with the new version.

By: Tanny O'Haley

Tanny O'Haley — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:22:38 +0000

I’ve used Bloglines for a while now. I like it because I can use it with just about any browser, including the Blazer browser on my Palm Treo. I rarely see the plumber and never let my count get to 200. If it gets that high, I think it’s time to delete a bunch of entries and start over or maybe delete the feed because you aren’t reading it often enough.

By: Dennis Fisher

Dennis Fisher — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:41:37 +0000

Newshutch seems to have gotten it’s server situation in line finally, and seems much more stable, but I’m actually seriously hoping you’ll write your own at this point. While I still can’t decide between Newshutch and Netvibes myself, it’s because I can’t decide which one sucks least, and the more choices there are the better. :P

I’m sure you’re already aware of it, but if your custom reader were to be a webapp instead of a desktop app, there’s Rails for Python: http://www.djangoproject.com/

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:57:26 +0000

Well, nobody suggested it, but what about planet?

You’ll have to mantain it by yourself and adding feeds requires file editing. You might want to check Sam Ruby’s branch

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:06:51 +0000

I’ve been trying out the web-based Newshutch as an alternative to Bloglines. They’re still barely 10 days old, but it seems pretty slick with a simple, clean interface and easy OPML imports.

By: Joe Clark

Joe Clark — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:31:01 +0000

Kinja.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:42:06 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been using Bloglines for a while now and I agree; the plumber shows up much less often. As for broken feeds and 200 item limits - I subscribed to enough feeds that temporary glitches don’t bother me and if I get 200 behind on a feed, I won’t have time for it anyway.

By: Ian Bicking

Ian Bicking — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:39:07 +0000

I almost left Bloglines myself a month or two back, but they seem to suck much less now, and generally speaking “suck much less” is good enough for me on most counts. I haven’t seen the plumber in a while, most feeds act reasonably, and I vaguely prefer the way articles are presented on it. Their new way of showing podcasts pisses me off, because it can crash my browser with their stupid flash or whatever it is, but otherwise things are okay.

By: Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:19:52 +0000

I’m using gregarius on angel currently, and whilst it is sometimes a little slow, and chokes on the odd odd feed, it works fine for me.

Check out http://www.dellah.com/gregarius/as_days_pass_by/

cut down the items displayed to 25 at most and it is fairly speedy. You can also view each feed individually if you like and use a plugin in to mark as read as you go.

I also have a 2nd firefox window with it open in the background, so fetches stuff as you want (I think I have it every 3 hours) so it behaves to me like bloglines used to. You can also set up a cron job to fetch every so often as well.

By: Peter VK

Peter VK — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:32:43 +0000

I use the sage RSS reader plugin for firefox. Check it out. Your feeds are stored in a bookmarks folder, so its really easy to add new feeds from the browser. It also supports custom css styles for viewing the feeds, and all the functionality of the firefox rendering engine.