--On Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:01 PM, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to say that from my point of view, I would like to have The > Bat! have all its current features work properly BEFORE anything else > is added.
I fully agree with this sentiment but I also would like to add that I haven't liked the trend of producing all-inclusive software since ICQ and Netscape started doing it back in the late 90s. It's worse now that everyone on the planet seems to think that adding RSS feed capability is an easy value-add but that leads to the issue that, well, now nearly every program on my computer tries to choke me to death with RSS feeds. I'm fully expecting the next version of my preferred disk defragmenting tool to start offering RSS feeds as well. Anyway, feeds are supposed to be lightweight so I never understood the need to burden them with complex management tools (which is why I wrote my own very minimalistic app called FeedLynx that has a list of items in the order that they were received, grouped by source which is in turn grouped by category, viewable with a built-in browser that allows me to bookmark interesting topics rather than retain their RSS item source, and nothing else). Besides, what's wrong at having a series of programs each doing what it does best? I suppose it's a matter of convenience to have to only pay attention to one systray icon rather than several but that's something I'm willing to give up for having the best tool for each job. So, if I can vote negatively on adding RSS feeds to The Bat! any moreso than I have, let me know. I'm pretty good at totally derailing a mailing list thread with a paragraph or two of personal bias. -- :R.
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