Proposed mobile phone RSS feed reader interface

Bob Russell · 04-05-2006, 06:23 PM

Russell Beattie has thrown together a sample mobile application called "Grazr" that is a really slick interface to news. It is "a free web page widget for browsing RSS and OPML files. The Grazr web panel is just the start of the Grazr.com project."

This looks like something I'd really like to see on a mobile phone. You can find his demo Javascript application shown in a picture of a mobile phone shell here.

He's also offering a free copy for your web pages, if you want to provide this interface to users. He says there are some bugs, but encourages people to give it a test drive.

It will be interesting to see where this leads. There is clearly a lot of competition in the area of content interfaces on devices. But I'm sure we are all quite happy to see a multitude of new and improved interfaces for mobile devices, especially those who are using devices with smaller screens. Whether successful on their own or not, a wide variety of early solutions will certainly help to make the our future solutions better.

Antoine of MMM · 04-06-2006, 04:14 PM

I was reading this not to long ago, and while I think that its a heck of a nice idea. I'd like to see it without having to use Java. Something coded in DHTML (AJAX princpals or not) could easily work with any phone, and it would be as simple as saving a favorite, instead of downloading an app.

As a recent new user to QuickNews, I have to say that this interface really trumps what I have come to like with QN's interface. Shoot, if the PalmOS could do a native AJAX app, QN would be dang near perfect (at least when connected wirelessly).

doctorow · 04-06-2006, 05:20 PM

Thanks for the pointer, Bob. Just in case you've been looking for the download link (as I was), it's mentioned here:

http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008946.html

Edit: Sorry that link above points to something similar from Opera. So back to my original problem: How can I download Grazr?

Bob Russell · 04-06-2006, 10:21 PM

I think you want to go here.... http://grazr.com/

04-05-2006, 06:23 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Proposed mobile phone RSS feed reader interface Russell Beattie has thrown together a sample mobile application called "Grazr" that is a really slick interface to news. It is "a free web page widget for browsing RSS and OPML files. The Grazr web panel is just the start of the Grazr.com project." This looks like something I'd really like to see on a mobile phone. You can find his demo Javascript application shown in a picture of a mobile phone shell here. He's also offering a free copy for your web pages, if you want to provide this interface to users. He says there are some bugs, but encourages people to give it a test drive. It will be interesting to see where this leads. There is clearly a lot of competition in the area of content interfaces on devices. But I'm sure we are all quite happy to see a multitude of new and improved interfaces for mobile devices, especially those who are using devices with smaller screens. Whether successful on their own or not, a wide variety of early solutions will certainly help to make the our future solutions better. Last edited by BobR; 04-05-2006 at 10:24 PM. Reason: Spelling

04-06-2006, 05:20 PM	#3
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Thanks for the pointer, Bob. Just in case you've been looking for the download link (as I was), it's mentioned here: http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008946.html Edit: Sorry that link above points to something similar from Opera. So back to my original problem: How can I download Grazr? Last edited by doctorow; 04-06-2006 at 05:22 PM. Reason: I was wrong, this is actually an opera framework

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04-06-2006, 04:14 PM	#2
Antoine of MMM Mobile Ministry Magazine Posts: 119 Karma: 4507 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Device: Nokia N75/N800 Internet Tablet	I was reading this not to long ago, and while I think that its a heck of a nice idea. I'd like to see it without having to use Java. Something coded in DHTML (AJAX princpals or not) could easily work with any phone, and it would be as simple as saving a favorite, instead of downloading an app. As a recent new user to QuickNews, I have to say that this interface really trumps what I have come to like with QN's interface. Shoot, if the PalmOS could do a native AJAX app, QN would be dang near perfect (at least when connected wirelessly).

04-06-2006, 10:21 PM	#4
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I think you want to go here.... http://grazr.com/

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