As my last entry might indicate, I'll be moving to a new job shortly. One of the tools that I've absolutely relied on for the past year or so is my RSS newsreader. I've been using the excellent NetNewsWire, which is a Mac OS X product. In my new position, I'll be using a Windows box, so I'm going to need to switch my RSS reader. Also, I'll be moving from a laptop to a desktop machine, so the convenience of having my subscriptions at the ready both at home and at work seems to be slipping away.
As a stop-gap, I set up an account on Bloglines, a web-based RSS service. It sucked up my OPML subscription file (exported from NNW) and nicely displayed all of my subscriptions. And, because its web-based, I'll be able to access it from work and home. Oh, and its free.
But it just doesn't feel right. I loved NNW's UI, and something like that is hard to replicate in a website. I've heard good things about FeedDemon, so I'll check that out and see if it comes close to the experience I'm looking for. Its not a total solution, but it looks like a good start.
Posted by Karl
February 19, 2004 11:57 AM