Re: [ubuntu-in] Some more ideas for a RSS Reader

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Thanks for the encouragement :) The existing feed readers fail to acknowledge the need for real time collaboration. Although a lot of activity is happening on Web (I came across Sumify, Refynr and Eqentia) but being start ups, they are loath to open up to new ideas. I fail to understand why! Thats why I am pushing for an offline model; the content/data stays with the user for all times to come. Please input your suggestions about how this can be achieved. Please see the archives for existing options and whether the code can be forked and a proper GUI built on that. Thanks in advance!
On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:51:45 +0530, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan  wrote:On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Mailing List  wrote:




For some weird reason, I couldn't post from my previous email id. So I have had to create a new one. This is the probable set of features:1)  Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds

2)  Download podcasts and save in the file system. 3)  Freely configure your keyboard shortcuts4)  Search through all downloaded articles5)  Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system

6)  Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system possibly through "extension system" (Opera/Chromium). Firefox is still running in a terrible beta and I really don't mind shifting to a "browser" if it gets my work done. For the time being, I am in Opera. 

7)  Automatically remove unwanted articles through a "killfile" (this is something that no one has implemented)8)  Define "meta feeds" using a powerful query language9)  Port and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format

10) Keep all your feeds in sync with Google Reader (they have an API for that!)11) Download all the articles in one single pane; for example the you tube videos and fetch complete articles.12) There is a lot of things happening in medical field. For example, there is a web site called as Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) which allows one to store the articles and meta data. Suppose the feed reader were to be integrated with Mendeley AND Twitter, the existing data/RSS feeds can be cross checked in REAL time. I think, one has to port their API (someone has to think about making a plug in for this!). 

This RSS Reader, in my humble opinion, would then become a "content discovery platform". You can use this reader to search for stuff of your choice. Get an API of say "Hacker News or Digg", tag by keywords say "ruby" and everything related to "ruby" would be there in it. 

Then see for the contextual linkage- how well the articles are related by means of a simple tag cloud. Voila! You have the best content offline :) Is this possible?The listed suggestions are not cool. It has to be either implemented from ground up or some other way. Or a GUI needs to be provided. 

What is the opinion? Interesting project idea. Many of us could get together and build a fresh new reader from ground up. That would be fun :) 

Please provide suggestions!---
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Re: [ubuntu-in] Some more ideas for a RSS Reader

[Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Mailing List wrote:

>  For some weird reason, I couldn't post from my previous email id. So I
> have had to create a new one.
>
>
> This is the probable set of features:
> 1) Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds
> 2) Download podcasts and save in the file system.
> 3) Freely configure your keyboard shortcuts
> 4) Search through all downloaded articles
> 5) Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system
> 6) Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system
> possibly through "extension system" (Opera/Chromium). Firefox is still
> running in a terrible beta and I really don't mind shifting to a "browser"
> if it gets my work done. For the time being, I am in Opera.
> 7) Automatically remove unwanted articles through a "killfile" (this is
> something that no one has implemented)
> 8) Define "meta feeds" using a powerful query language
> 9) Port and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format
> 10) Keep all your feeds in sync with Google Reader (they have an API for
> that!)
> 11) Download all the articles in one single pane; for example the you tube
> videos and fetch complete articles.
> 12) There is a lot of things happening in medical field. For example, there
> is a web site called as Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) which allows one to
> store the articles and meta data. Suppose the feed reader were to be
> integrated with Mendeley AND Twitter, the existing data/RSS feeds can be
> cross checked in REAL time. I think, one has to port their API (someone has
> to think about making a plug in for this!).
> This RSS Reader, in my humble opinion, would then become a "content
> discovery platform". You can use this reader to search for stuff of your
> choice. Get an API of say "Hacker News or Digg", tag by keywords say "ruby"
> and everything related to "ruby" would be there in it.
> Then see for the contextual linkage- how well the articles are related by
> means of a simple tag cloud. Voila! You have the best content offline :)
> Is this possible?
>
> The listed suggestions are not cool. It has to be either implemented from
> ground up or some other way. Or a GUI needs to be provided.
>
> What is the opinion?
>
> Interesting project idea. Many of us could get together and build a fresh
new reader from ground up. That would be fun :)


> Please provide suggestions!
>
> -
>
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[ubuntu-in] Some more ideas for a RSS Reader

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For some weird reason, I couldn't post from my previous email id. So I have had to create a new one. This is the probable set of features:1)  Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds2)  Download podcasts and save in the file system. 3)  Freely configure your keyboard shortcuts4)  Search through all downloaded articles5)  Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system6)  Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system possibly through "extension system" (Opera/Chromium). Firefox is still running in a terrible beta and I really don't mind shifting to a "browser" if it gets my work done. For the time being, I am in Opera. 7)  Automatically remove unwanted articles through a "killfile" (this is something that no one has implemented)8)  Define "meta feeds" using a powerful query language9)  Port and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format10) Keep all your feeds in sync with Google Reader (they have an API for that!)11) Download all the articles in one single pane; for example the you tube videos and fetch complete articles.12) There is a lot of things happening in medical field. For example, there is a web site called as Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) which allows one to store the articles and meta data. Suppose the feed reader were to be integrated with Mendeley AND Twitter, the existing data/RSS feeds can be cross checked in REAL time. I think, one has to port their API (someone has to think about making a plug in for this!). This RSS Reader, in my humble opinion, would then become a "content discovery platform". You can use this reader to search for stuff of your choice. Get an API of say "Hacker News or Digg", tag by keywords say "ruby" and everything related to "ruby" would be there in it. Then see for the contextual linkage- how well the articles are related by means of a simple tag cloud. Voila! You have the best content offline :) Is this possible?The listed suggestions are not cool. It has to be either implemented from ground up or some other way. Or a GUI needs to be provided. What is the opinion? Please provide suggestions!--- 
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