Google Reader is one of the online tools I tried using but it never became a part of my online ritual. However, it may help if I could right click or command click an RSS feed link and add it to Google Reader. Is that possible to do without the RSS link actually being a Google reader link?
-Aaron On 5/24/07, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279169 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
