While not answering the question of a desktop RSS client for Aaron, I would like to add a "me too" to the conversation, Google Reader is my cup-of-tea.
I find the shortcut keys essential, so much so that I keep trying to hit "j" when reading blogs on other sites to get to the next entry. I typically get a few hundred of entries a day, many of which I can go next, next, next right past, then star the deeper stories for later reading. There's a "share" button on each story that kicks out a feed of its own (mine is at: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/06590123718657996201/state/com.google/broadcast). You can find a little widget on my blog (http://www.dopefly.com/techblog/) with my latest shared items. I like the idea of sharing what I find that's cool, so there's fresh content on my blog even if I'm not writing anything. Others have mentioned the Google Reader tools on the iGoogle homepage - I use the "reader" panel and have a few individual RSS feeds directly in their own pods. iGoogle is the first homepage I've used since yahoo circa 1996 - I had about:blank until about a year ago. Perhaps the most fun and obscure feature of Google Reader is the Wii version. It makes reading my feeds simple and fun from the couch. This very responsive interface has naturally easy controls, which I love. -- nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ On 5/24/07, Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After a conversation I had with Sean Corfield the other day and being > asked me, "Don't you read my blog?" and I had to admit that I hadn't > in a long while, I starting thinking about how much I am missing by > not having a good system in place for reading RSS feeds. > > I have tried using the built in readers in FF and IE7, but they don't > really cater to my madness (mainly because I have to manually check > the live bookmarks for new feeds). I also tried some online readers > but I have to log in and manually check the feeds. The closest thing > to working for me was the RSS reader built into Thunderbird, but it > cluttered my folder pain (I have too many folders cluttering it as it > is). > > I guess I'm looking for a desktop client dedicated to RSS feeds that > will behave like Thunderbird but would play a sound in Windows and in > Mac animate the icon (and play a sound, optionally) when a feed is > updated. In order to be effective for my lack of aggressiveness, it > would be nice if the client started on boot. > > What do you use that works for you? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279292 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
