RSS readers
I’ve been using Bloglines as my main RSS aggregator for several years now… and I’m wondering if there’s anything new/better out there. So far I’ve tried a few client-based (for OS X) and web-based solutions, like FastLadder, Vienna, NetNewsWire, Google Reader, AmphetaDesk, etc… but I don’t really see anything new that has significant benefits over Bloglines.
Am I not looking in the right places, or is this kind of software simply running out of innovation? Maybe there are only so many things you can do with RSS feeds. But if you know of an RSS reader not listed here that you particularly like, please list it in the comments.
Masklinn said,
January 19, 2009 @ 7:23 am
If you’re into terminal/console stuff (and especially if you like Mutt), you might find Newsbeuter (http://www.newsbeuter.org/) interesting.
I also finally switched to Google Reader myself (from bloglines) and found it much better, especially the numerous keyboard shortcuts (http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?answer=69973&topic=12012), precisely j and k, which are killers. Makes browsing feeds much faster, and in combination with s (star/favorite) and t (tag article) for safekeeping/later reading, the reading flow improves a thousandfolds over bloglines’
Dougal Matthews said,
January 19, 2009 @ 8:39 am
I use Google reader… The main benefit for me is a bunch of my friends use it and you can share articles. You can also get a RSS feed of your shared items too. I use that to display them on my website.
It also integrates nicely with iGoogle and the Google reader for mobile devices is OK. It works at least.
So if you use GTalk for example, and those people use Google reader you can share stuff.
Mike Pirnat said,
January 19, 2009 @ 9:34 am
+1 for Google Reader… The big win for me is that it makes it easy to switch between computers. The keyboard shortcuts are nice too.
Brandon Corfman said,
January 19, 2009 @ 11:02 am
I like BlogBridge. It has a number of unique features.
http://www.blogbridge.com/products-services/blogbridge/visual-tour/
Edin Salković said,
January 21, 2009 @ 5:14 am
You might like feedly:
http://feedly.com/
It’s a Firefox extension.
To be honest, I just use its Google search integration, because it nicely integrates the search results from Google reader into the main Google search page.