Okay, since we began talking about RSS here several months have passed. I'm curious what people have settled on for readers. I've been using Firefox's RSS and then Sage readers, but now I've got an appetite for something that will alert me to new entries, like FeedReader. But I'm open to other avenues. So tell me: what RSS reader do you use?

I use fastbuzz because I like the browser interface.
And MobileRSS for my Palm RSS reading.

Oh.... no notification from these, but I don't have that itch yet. I like to browse lots of news whenever I get the time.

I use FeedDemon (http://www.feeddemon.com/). While there are tons of OSS/freeware feed readers out there, I still thought that the 30 euro for the license was well worth it. (No connection to Nick Bradbury, just a very satisfied customer.)

Away from the laptop, I use my own viewer for newsfeed reading on my Palm.

Take your pick, there are a LOT of rss readers out there (http://www.rssjobs.com/rssreaders.jsp). I prefer Straw, but thats because it runs on my iPAQ and my desktop/servers, so I don't have to relearn a new interface depending on where I'm reading it.

Of course, I also read my RSS in Plucker, using some of my own Perl-based conversion tools (a bit "smarter" than the current ones out there that try to convert RSS to HTML for mobile reading).

In fact, I just added RSS support to the Plucker Email Reflector (http://plkr.org/index.plkr?a=links) last night. It took me about 3 minutes to add and test. Perl makes all of this remarkably easy.

The Plucker Email Reflector allows you to use Plucker through email only, for those who do not have all of the required packages and tools installed, or who want to use Plucker on a platform that does not natively support Plucker. In fact, this is the first tool of its kind like this. No other reader has this capability.

Personally, I don't get the draw (fad?) to RSS feeds, but other people want them, so I dropped in support for them.

Laurens I second that. On Windows platforms, Nick's FeedDemon is the most intutitive and stable RSS reader I've tried (and I've tried a lot of them).

Wow, I downloaded FeedDemon this morning and you guys are right, it rules. I was hoping for a free solution to this problem, but FeedDemon seems to beat them all. Might have to break down and shell out for it.

Fastbuzz. I switch computers alot, so it's nice to have something web-based that you don't have to constantly install/reprogram.

Hey All,

How about for mac? Preferably Mac Os 9?

I'm not all super-duper RSS-y, but I do like NewsMac, especially for the "Sync PDA" feature using iSiloXC. It takes a while to convert my 54 channels on my old iMac DV 400mhz G3, but it's a nice option to having to create all those channels in iSilo.
POL9A

I've only just started playing with RSS, and not on my PC at all. I've installed RSSSync on my ipaq, which works nicely. I just wish there was a little more info for each entry before requiring you to go online to read the rest.

I'd like to use Mobipocket Reader to try reading some RSS feeds, but I'm not keen on having to register the reader _and_ the enews creator software (seems like I'm being stung twice.... all my other software of this sort requires you to register the reader _or_ the creation software, not _both_)

I must try some of the other readers mentioned above on my PC....

Craig.

You don't need to register Mobipocket Reader Pro to read eNews ! And the eNews Creator is used only to create your own channels.
If you subscribe to existing channels, you don't need to pay anything.

I've only just started playing with RSS, and not on my PC at all. I've installed RSSSync on my ipaq, which works nicely. I just wish there was a little more info for each entry before requiring you to go online to read the rest.

I'd like to use Mobipocket Reader to try reading some RSS feeds, but I'm not keen on having to register the reader _and_ the enews creator software (seems like I'm being stung twice.... all my other software of this sort requires you to register the reader _or_ the creation software, not _both_)

I must try some of the other readers mentioned above on my PC....

Craig.

You don't need to register Mobipocket Reader Pro to read eNews ! And the eNews Creator is used only to create your own channels.
If you subscribe to existing channels, you don't need to pay anything.

True, I already use Mobi reader to read a lot of enews (especially as isilox won't work through my firewall at work but the Mobi Web Companion does :wink:

There are a lot of RSS feeds out there that haven't had enews channels created for them yet. While I think Mobi reader is very good value (and have registered it), I can't justify paying more for a util to create news channels for me (especially when isilox does it for nothing, though to be fair, it can't handle RSS). Being in Australia only increases the cost, and I have a boss, er, I mean wife to answer to when I want to spend money on me "hobbies" :p

Of course this is all just my personal opinion, and prone to change at any moment! :dizzy2:

Craig.

Palm: Hand/RSS
MacOS X: Built-in RSS feature of OmniWeb 5.0. Make sure you add your RSS feeds in a folder on the favorites bar so you can right-click to check for new content or mark all as read. The best way to fly is having Web-browser and RSS working in unison as one app.

And you can also do that with Firefox and Mozilla as well, which looks a LOT nicer than OmniWeb's version. You can see some samples over here (http://sage.mozdev.org/).

"Sage is a lightweight RSS and ATOM feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It's got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don't."

Try Web RSS Reader - http://rss.plech.net (<a href="http://rss.plech.net">http://rss.plech.net </a>) it's my favourite one.

I've recently begun using Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com) and find that it's a very good solution and it's FREE. I'm a light user, and I like having the same settings at home and at work. Their server is a bit slow, but not terrible. It's certainly a lot faster than the invitation-only rojo.com (http://www.rojo.com), which I found too slow to be functional at all. The Bloglines interface is also pretty simple and makes it easy to clip or email entries that you're interested in.

I've recently begun using Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com) and find that it's a very good solution and it's FREE. I'm a light user, and I like having the same settings at home and at work. Their server is a bit slow, but not terrible. It's certainly a lot faster than the invitation-only rojo.com (http://www.rojo.com), which I found too slow to be functional at all. The Bloglines interface is also pretty simple and makes it easy to clip or email entries that you're interested in.
I agree, the Royo.com server is way to slow to be useful right now.

We have just started a free public preview of a new Java based RSS reader for mobile phones and PDAs. It's called FreeNews and is available at www.freerangeinc.com.

We'd love all feedback!

I've recently begun using Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com) and find that it's a very good solution and it's FREE. I'm a light user, and I like having the same settings at home and at work. Their server is a bit slow, but not terrible. It's certainly a lot faster than the invitation-only rojo.com (http://www.rojo.com), which I found too slow to be functional at all. The Bloglines interface is also pretty simple and makes it easy to clip or email entries that you're interested in.

I'm still trying various ones out, but for a web-based one Newsisfree.com is very good. The free version allows multiple pages, newspaper views, clipping, email notifications, and OMPL import. In addition they have some very unique news views.

Unfortunately you have to pay for the ability to use feeds not in their (huge) directory, but for that you also get OPML export, build your own feed, and some other syndication options that I don't fully understand.

I haven't forked over the $$$ yet, but they are one of the top candidates....

Steve T.

FeedDemon has recently been acquired (http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/newsgator_acqui.html) by NewsGator.

Right now, it's unclear whether it will continue to be available in standalone form or whether it will be folded into a NewsGator subscription plan. While I still consider FD to be an "essential" app, this new development makes me hesitant to recommend it to new users. I definitely got my money's worth, though. (I bought it about a year ago.)

I think we (FeedDemon customers) will receive a free NewsGator 2-years subscription plan.

http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/newsgator_acqui.html

Here is a second mention of Hand/RSS (now Quick News) for the PalmOS platform. Seems to work fairly well, though it hijacks the four PALM buttons on one of the views....

I'm still trying out Tiger's Safari RSS...

-Paul