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    Looking for an RSS reader...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by swarmer, Sep 4, 2007.

  1. swarmer

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    What's a good RSS reader for Windows? I need to be able to group different feeds and have a merged view that shows all the articles from all the feeds in a group. I know there are a bunch of programs out there that will do this... which ones would you recommend?
     
    swarmer, Sep 4, 2007
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  2. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    If you use Firefox, I recommend 2 readers (you choose): NewsFox and Brief. I think NewsFox can group specific feeds too.
     
    booboo12, Sep 4, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Internet Explorer 7 has a basic RSS platform reader. It's Crtl+J in internet explorer.
     
    System64, Sep 4, 2007
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  4. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    IE7 is not worth using.

    For FireFox my favorite is the Sage plug-in.

    There is also a standalone RSS reader, RSSOwl, that is quite good.

    FireFox, of course, has live bookmarks built-in for reading feeds and I believe that ThunderBird also has a built-in feed reader.

    Whatever you use, be sure it has OPML import/export capabilities.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 4, 2007
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    GreatNews came highly recommended to me and I extend that recommendation.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 5, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I tried GreatNews, but did not like that it would not permit multiple level hierarchies in the feed groupings like Sage and RSSOwl can. When I imported my OPML file it flattened the levels down to a single level and it would not permit me to recreate the multiple levels.

    For example:
    • Camera
      • Canon
        • Canon Press Releases

    Becomes:
    • Camera
    • Canon
      • Canon Press Releases
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 5, 2007
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