21 January 2004

RSS Readers

Ok, time to admit my ignorance.  Actually I feel silly, I've been blogging for about six months now and I've yet to try one of the RSS Readers. What are people's favorites?  Also, are their any RSS Readers for cell phones?  Perhaps a asp.net based rss reader the outputs mobile web pages might be a good project if there aren't any already.  At least it would dramatically help meetings that are a bit dry. 

Comments

# Shannon J Hager said:

I can't say anything intelligent about the web-based aggragators, I only know what I have used. I prefer SharpReader, personally. Dare's RSS Bandit is quite popular. I've never gotten RSS Bandit to work for me but most people don't have the problems I have had.

In the paid arena, NewsGator may be the king. I am not down with the Outlook plug-in model so I won't be using it, but there are those who swear by it.

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:38 PM
# Scott Galloway said:

My favourite is feeddemon...most professional interface, very robust (http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/index.asp) - from the guy who wrote HomeSite

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:00 PM
# SBC said:

http://www.sharpreader.net/ - another good one.

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:40 PM
# guest said:

See http://www.PerfectXML.com/RSSConnect - an open source C# feed reader. The feed reading expereince might not be that great, but it is a good tool to learn, and has some unique features.

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:54 PM
# Greg Reinacker said:

Someone already mentioned NewsGator...also take a look at NewsGator Online Services (http://services.newsgator.com) which provides a mobile interface as well, that will run on your cell phone.

Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:38 AM
# David Stone said:

Greg's da man...NewsGator rules. :) Haven't tried the online services yet. But reading blog posts while appearing to be busy responding to e-mail is a plus. ;)

No seriously, I totally recommend it. After purchasing it only a few days ago, I've already fallen in love with it.

Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:06 AM
# Matthias Cavigelli said:

If you use Mozilla or any of its derivatives, try rss reader panel.
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info.php/rssreaderpanel

Good integration with bookmarks and just the basic functionality you need. If you need something advanced, look for another reader.

Matthias

Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:09 AM
# Stefano Demiliani said:

I like open source projects, so i think RSSConnect is a good tool...

Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:35 AM
# Greg Chappell said:

I spend my entire day deep inside of Outlook, so I find Newsgator is the RSS Aggregator of choice. If you're a heavy outlook user, I highly recommend it!

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:03 PM
# Ryan J. Bonnell said:

The best NewsReader on any platform is Ranchero's NetNewsWire (for OS X), trust me on this - I've looked all over.

If you're stuck on a Windows box (which I'm guessing you are) FeedDemon is probalby your best bet - but it'll cost you a nice $30.

WidGrape.net's NewDesk is another great free news aggregator, as well as the aforementioned SharpReader and FeedReader, but don't just take my word for it.

See what many others like me have to say: http://www.9rules.com/whitespace/our_thoughts/nonscientific_poll_rss_readers.php

Monday, April 05, 2004 12:06 AM

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