Hi, Eric, As for myself, I honestly haven't used Twitter much, so I can't speak to its advantages. Apple Mail does have an RSS function that is set up with a folder in the mailbox list and RSS feeds associated with it. I truly like this setup a whole lot. I get American Public Broadcasting Service shows this way.
HTH, Teresa On Jul 30, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Eric Brinkman wrote: > Thanks. Do you prefer RSS feeds or twitter feeds? I know they don't > really serve the same purpose, but for following news I feel sorta > torn. Twitter has interaction, but I find keeping up with everyone's > feeds to just take far too much time and there are a lot of tweets > that I just don't care about. > > Eric > > On 7/30/11, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, Eric, >> >> I generally find mail clients much more navigable, especially when it comes >> to large amounts of messages. Apple Mail is set up to display conversations >> if you wish it to, and you can even use the delete key just once to wipe out >> an entire conversation. IMO, web interfaces are just plain clunky. I use >> them, but only in emergencies. >> >> RSS feeds are a kind of median solution between the other two methods. You >> still have to go to the website to reply, etc. I suppose it's all a matter >> of personal preference. >> >> HTH, >> Teresa >> On Jul 30, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Eric Brinkman wrote: >> >>> So I've been using GMail in my web browser for the last six years, but >>> the large amount of discussion of apple mail as well as its ability to >>> read RSS feeds has made me consider using it with my GMail account. >>> Do you think it would give me a significant advantage over just using >>> GMail in safari? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Eric >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
