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    news reader (RSS) software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by charlienyc, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. charlienyc

    charlienyc Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi. i want to stay up to date on what's happening in the world, technology and music and have recently been collecting a list of RSS feeds. i use Google's web clips function so feeds show up on top of my email screen, but was thinking it would be cool to have a dedicated non-browser-based news reader. there are tons out there - what do you suggest?
     
    charlienyc, Apr 14, 2008
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  2. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    AveDesk or Yahoo Widgets RSS feeders. SO That i don't have to open FF3.5 to view latest news
     
    Shadowfate, Apr 14, 2008
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  3. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Do you want online RSS readers or offline ones? I hear Sharpreader is great - I haven't used it myself, but if you do end up using it, let us know how well it suits your needs and some pros/cons if you can.

    For online reader, I guess it's Google Reader.

    Edit: You might also want to check out FeedDemon
     
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Outlook 2007 ...but it sucks..

    so go with the Guy above..
     
    Nocturnal310, Apr 14, 2008
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    I like RSS Bandit.
     
    swarmer, Apr 15, 2008
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    I'd also have to go with Amol-FeedDemon is really, really, good. It has more powerful features than SharpReader, not to say that SharpReader isn't good and all.
     
    booboo12, Apr 16, 2008
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    charlienyc Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm using Google Desktop so i'd rather avoid adding Yahoo's version of it or AveDesk. unfortunately i haven't an RSS viewing gadget to my liking as of yet.

    i'll check the other suggestion out - thanks!
     
    charlienyc, Apr 16, 2008
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  9. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    See the RSS page on my website.

    Also, this is a resource.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 16, 2008
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  10. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    UPDATE: It looks like the Sage add-on to Firefox is DOA for Firefox V3, so I've begun looking into replacements (again). At this point, it appears that I may go back to either FeedReader or RSSOwl, both of which I have used before.

    UPDATE #2: I tried both and decided to use FeedReader for now.

    UPDATE #3: I decided to switch to FeedGhost.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 18, 2008
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  11. swarmer

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    This thread belongs in the Windows forum.
     
    swarmer, Apr 18, 2008
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    Arki Super Moderator

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    Yup, don't know why I didn't catch it earlier. Thanks swarmer.

    Moved.
     
    Arki, Apr 18, 2008
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  13. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Where was it? I didn't notice.
     
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  14. swarmer

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    It was in the off-topic forum.
     
    swarmer, Apr 18, 2008
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Seems like this is a better location than that was.

    And I'm trying out FeedGhost now, too.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 18, 2008
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    knightingmagic Notebook Deity

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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    After trying a number of them (again) I have left FeedGhost installed. It is pretty slick! Thanks for the suggestion.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 19, 2008
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