I’ve never found an RSS reader i’ve been 100% happy with
I started with NewsGator (online version) and tried various desktop offerings such as RSS Bandit but thought Outlook 2007 would be the answer to my prayers. I know that it doesn’t have the features that other readers have but it does mean i keep my main sources of info (email,calendar,tasks,contacts,etc) all in one happy application and i can flag and categorize items of interest and also easily shift things into OneNote
I also cheated a little to enable me to use my PDA for keeping up
Before i leave the office i make sure i keep Outlook open. That way when it updates the feeds they automatically get saved to the Exchange server so that when i do ActiveSync over the Internet i get them delivered to me automatically. The same applies to OWA so i can access while i’m away or at home
The down side is that if Outlook loses it’s connection to the exchange (for whatever reason!) i then lose that ability. As i’ve been out of the office most of this week it’s meant i’ve missed lots of stuff i normally would have read and i’ve now got loads to catch up on
So for now i’ve going to give Google Reader ago as i know it’s quite popular and ticks all the boxes i’ve mentioned above
For now i’ve going to just add my frequently read feeds and leave the rest in Outlook. If i’m happy i’ll move the rest across
Anyone else using anything different am i just really late in coming to Google Reader?
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Dude, Google Reader is by far and eaily the best damn RSS reader available. Not only does it take just about 0 resources on your system in terms of storage and constant network activity but it also gives you an ability to share, syndicate, mark for followup, email and generally browse through a ton of stuff in the minimal amount of time. It really is perfect.
I’ve always felt like “Outlook” style RSS readers are missing the point. You’re reading a web page, not a set of messages so clicking from one message to the other sort of defies the whole purpose and meaning of a syndicated web page content in the correct context.
Not to mention that Outlook 2007 is barely useful in the resource department, anything I can take off its back and place somewhere else is a welcome change.
Once you go Google you’ll never go back.
-Vlad
Cool, Thank you
When i first heard about Google Reader i didn’t really bother looking at it as i wasn’t too impressed with the online experience i’d had with NewsGator and i thought i needed a desktop based reader. Experience has now taught me i don’t!
Your quite right about the web page bit. i do find that while i’m reading it in Outlook i usually open it in the browser anyway
I do use Google Mail though i prefer that to hotmail/yahoo/etc
I’ll get right on it
Wow… you’ve even got Vlad commenting on your site. Nice. 😉
I’ve even touched Vlad! Not inappropiately of course 🙂
I would like to quote Vlad totally out of context, “Once you go Google you’ll never go back!”
Quoting out of context is great fun!
I’ve been using Google Reader for about six months now, and can’t fault it. Because I can read the same feed from my work PC, home PC, MacBook and WM5-based phone, without duplicating read articles, I just can’t see myself using anything else.
If you have an Internetted-up phone like mine, visit http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/ on it, if you’re not already!
Thanks deKay
I found that last night while i was playing around with Google reader so added it as a favourite to my PPC
I how it compliles a “read list” for you of your unread items
I’ve started to move the bulk of my feeds across now to be honest
The only thing that is putting me off at the moment is the odd script errors i’m getting
I’ve yet to come across any script errors in Google Reader at all, but then, I’ve never used it in IE which I suspect you’re using? 🙂
I was waiting for the “use firefox” comment :-p
I use IE for the reasons explain in this post
http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/ie-7-first-thoughts/
I have been playing with firefox portable recently so may give that a go tonight