I really liked SharpReader when I was using Windows. It's simple and lightweight. But I've been using Google Reader for a while now, and really like it. I regularly use four different computers, so having a single client that remembers what I've read and such regardless of what computer I'm on is a nice benefit.
Since I use GMail too, I usually just leave a window open (but minimized) with Reader and Mail open in tabs with GMail active. When I get new messages, the title updates with the new count, so I know they're there, and when I go look at them, I can see if the Reader tab's title has been updated as well and check that too. Firefox lets you store initial tabs to load on startup, which makes it a snap, and every system I've ever used lets you set arbitrary programs to load on startup/login, so that's easy too. I'll admit that using web-based software isn't as nice as client-side software in some ways, but Google's done a very good job with both products, and the little things that are off are more than compensated for by the ability to transparently use the application across different machines (whether they're mine or not). If you use CFEclipse, there are RSS consumption plugins available for that too, so you can read your RSS (and get notifications of updates), right there in your IDE. I haven't gone that route because it's back to a non-shared configuration, but if you only have one computer (or at least one primary computer), it could be a good solution. cheers, barneyb On 5/24/07, Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After a conversation I had with Sean Corfield the other day and being > asked me, "Don't you read my blog?" and I had to admit that I hadn't > in a long while, I starting thinking about how much I am missing by > not having a good system in place for reading RSS feeds. > > I have tried using the built in readers in FF and IE7, but they don't > really cater to my madness (mainly because I have to manually check > the live bookmarks for new feeds). I also tried some online readers > but I have to log in and manually check the feeds. The closest thing > to working for me was the RSS reader built into Thunderbird, but it > cluttered my folder pain (I have too many folders cluttering it as it > is). > > I guess I'm looking for a desktop client dedicated to RSS feeds that > will behave like Thunderbird but would play a sound in Windows and in > Mac animate the icon (and play a sound, optionally) when a feed is > updated. In order to be effective for my lack of aggressiveness, it > would be nice if the client started on boot. > > What do you use that works for you? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
