Why I like SharpReader better

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Published Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:39 AM by RoyOsherove
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Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:19 AM by Phil Weber

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Interesting. I recently switched to SharpReader from nntp//rss (http://www.methodize.org/nntprss/), which allowed me to use Outlook Express as my aggregator. I switched because nntp//rss doesn't support xhtml:body, which so many MS bloggers are using these days.

There's a lot to like about SharpReader -- xhtml:body support and aggregated categories are my two favorite features -- but I have a few more wishes than you do...

Like you, I'd like to be able to flag items and filter on those items. I also miss the "Size" column in Outlook Express, which allows me to choose which items to read based on their length. In SharpReader, I can't tell how long an item is until I click on it, and then it gets immediately marked as read.

I'd like to be able to save items in folders, as I can e-mails and newsgroup posts.

I'd like to be able to hide read items.

I'd like to be able to select multiple items and mark them all simultaneously as read, unread, locked, etc.

I'd like to be able to specify where SharpReader stores its data, so I can share one set of data files between my desktop and my laptop.

In short, if nntp//rss supported xhtml:body and allowed me to aggregate by category, it would be the perfect aggregator.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:21 AM by Julien CHEYSSIAL

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I also use SharpReader because of it's fast, simple, and the most important for me, the hierarchical organization of subscribed feeds...

I just miss the "Watches" feature of FeedDemon, and the ability to flag "Interesting" posts so that you can find them easily when you need them. I also miss the nice look'n'feel of FeedDemon...

As I'm also building an RSS Reader: MyBlogroll.com (check out the screenshots !), I'll take note of all your feedbacks and will try to implement them in it..
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:30 AM by julie

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#3) Mail To: that hooks into outlook
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:04 AM by Dave Verwer

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I have recently switched to SharpReader from FeedDemon and while I love the hierarchical categories, my major problem so far is that it will not allow me to sort by read status and because blogs come in with different dates on them, when highlighting the top level for new posts you have to really search hard to find the new (unread) posts.

MyBlogRoll looks good Julien, but the beta download didnt work. Is it available anywhere?
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:05 AM by Mel Grubb

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Agreed, it's the only thing I use. My only beef is the drain it puts on my system when starting up. I have SharpReader set to run on startup, and it really drags the system down. A lower thread priority for the fetching process would be very welcome.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:15 AM by Roy Osherove

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Julian - the screenshots are very slick! can't wait to try it out! Make sure it has "Import from sharpreader opml" feature built in, though...
I'm also not seeing the "author" column over there as well.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:59 AM by Adam

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Outlook 2003

* Create search folder only containing unread articles from the newsgator hierarchy
* Click on properties for the search folder and make sure it shows 'show number of unread messages'.

You may be able to do this partially in outlook 2002 but i can't remember.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:07 AM by Manoj Agarwal

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I would also like to see some kind of search capability in SharpReader.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:16 PM by Roy Osherove

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Manoj - you can search right now. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:52 PM by Vadim

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I only have one problem with SharpReader: it doesn't run under Whidbey.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:54 PM by Vadim

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I take that back: I tried on another computer, and everything is fine. Great.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:29 PM by Charles Shopsin

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I love sharp reader and use it all day, every day. My only real problem is that if you have a lot of feeds it consumes a VAST amount of memory. Mine usually runs at about 135mb. It would be nice if it had some sort of paging system so that feeds you weren't reading were not loaded into memory all the time. But other than that, it's fantastic.
Friday, October 10, 2003 3:06 PM by Adam Hill

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Why doesn't Luke release source code so we can add these things?