RSS Feed Reader Needed
by Jeremy on May.06, 2008, under Uncategorized
I’m in the market for an RSS Feed Reader. Something light-weight that lives on my PC (sorry Google Reader fans). I’m a huge fan of Opera’s built-in RSS Support, but I’ve been using Firefox again lately. Firefox’s Live Bookmarks just aren’t cutting it for me, anymore. My RSS Feed list has gotten extensive to the point that whenever I start my browser, it will hang for about 2 – 3 minutes while it does a massive update check against all my RSS Feeds.
I’m thinking about giving Thunderbird a shot to see how well it manages feeds. I’ll report back with my feelings on its performance and whatnot. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
May 6th, 2008 on 10:02 am
Firefox extension – Sage. The information all lies within your Bookmarks manager; which unfortunately is also the only way you can create folders within the view. The shortcut to access its view is ALT+Z, but for some reason if you have the Zend Studio Toolbar installed, it conflicts with it somehow to where the shortcut no longer works.
For a desktop-only RSS client (for Windows), I do like Feed Demon which is now free.
May 6th, 2008 on 10:16 am
Thanks, Brendon. I’ve got the Zend Studio Toolbar and I’m not a big fan of keeping my feeds in the browser anymore, as simultaneous updates have a negative impact on the browsing experience. Thunderbird seems to be working out okay, so far. I’ll take a look at Feed Demon when I get a chance to see if I like it any better.
May 6th, 2008 on 1:19 pm
I like Thunderbird. Its interface is not ideal. I like, however, the ability to toggle whether or not it displays the entire page or just the summary (when available). This gives me the flexibility to read whole things like A List Apart articles, but then only load the Dilbert comic itself and not the entire slow Flash-heavy Dilbert page. I mostly use it for convenience though, since I use Thunderbird for email, so it keeps everything in one place.