Looking for RSS-reader

[Juha]

Looking for recommendations of freeware RSS-reader, that doesn't need
Microsot NET. TIA

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 15 Jul 2005, Juha wrote

Looking for recommendations of freeware RSS-reader, that doesn't need
Microsot NET. TIA

Feed Reader is a good open source one:
http://www.feedreader.com/

HTH

 

[P.]

Looking for recommendations of freeware RSS-reader, that doesn't need
Microsot NET. TIA

Abilon
www.abilon.org

RSSOwl (Java based)
http://www.rssowl.org

Neither need .net and both are very good.

P.

 

[John Smith]

http://www.curiostudio.com/

 

[*ProteanThread*]

are any of these recomendations portable ? i.e. can they fit on a USB
drive without installing?

 

[Max Wachtel]

Looking for recommendations of freeware RSS-reader, that doesn't need
Microsot NET. TIA

Thunderbird and Firefox-both have RSS readers.
What more could you ask for?
-max

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 15 Jul 2005, *ProteanThread* wrote

are any of these recomendations portable ? i.e. can they fit on a USB
drive without installing?

FeedReader appears to work without installing, and my folder for it is
1.60 MB.

 

[Guido]

Thunderbird and Firefox-both have RSS readers.
What more could you ask for?
-max

I thought the same thing until I tried a standalone reader... much
nicer, and easier to use. Firefox is a great webbrowser, but a lousy
rss reader. Thunderbird is a great e-mail client, but a mediocre news
and rss reader, imho...
Gord

PS - I use SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/) for rss, myself.

 

[Max Wachtel]

I thought the same thing until I tried a standalone reader... much
nicer, and easier to use. Firefox is a great webbrowser, but a lousy
rss reader. Thunderbird is a great e-mail client, but a mediocre news
and rss reader, imho...
Gord

PS - I use SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/) for rss, myself.

Have you tried any RSS extensions for Firefox? infoRSS is one of my
favorites-puts a scrolling bar anywhere(I like it running on the
bottom)in Firefox you can set the scrolling speed and how often it
checks the feed. You just click on one of the headlines and it opens the
page in browser window. I like programs that multi-task(like I have to
do) I don't use Thunderbird for RSS but I like that I can get all my
e-mail accounts(yahoo,hotmail,g-mail,and my isp's pop)in one place and
not use Microsnot software.
-max

 

[Max Wachtel]

I thought the same thing until I tried a standalone reader... much
nicer, and easier to use. Firefox is a great webbrowser, but a lousy
rss reader. Thunderbird is a great e-mail client, but a mediocre news
and rss reader, imho...
Gord

PS - I use SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/) for rss, myself.

Have you tried any RSS extensions for Firefox? infoRSS is one of my
favorites-puts a scrolling bar anywhere(I like it running on the
bottom)in Firefox you can set the scrolling speed and how often it
checks the feed. You just click on one of the headlines and it opens the
page in browser window. I like programs that multi-task(like I have to
do) I don't use Thunderbird for RSS but I like that I can get all my
e-mail accounts(yahoo,hotmail,g-mail,and my isp's pop)in one place and
not use Microsnot software.
-max

 

[Max Wachtel]

sorry about double post
-max

 

[BrianE]

On 15 Jul 2005, Juha wrote





Feed Reader is a good open source one:
http://www.feedreader.com/

HTH

I'll second this one. easy to use too.

 

[Dusty Wrinkles]

nntp//rss ...let's you read rss feeds in most any standard news
reader...loads rss feeds in a similar fashion to loading newsgroups

 

[ms]

On 15 Jul 2005, *ProteanThread* wrote




FeedReader appears to work without installing, and my folder for it is
1.60 MB.

Where on that site is the no-install version 2.9? I see the setup version,
and the source zip does not contain the executable.

Mike Sa

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 15 Jul 2005, *ProteanThread* wrote




FeedReader appears to work without installing, and my folder for
it is 1.60 MB.

Where on that site is the no-install version 2.9? I see the setup
version, and the source zip does not contain the executable.[/QUOTE]

What I discovered was that -- as far as I can tell -- the installer
doesn't actually install much, but just unzips the .exe to a folder.

That's what I meant by "appears" to work -- I could be wrong -- but the
program still runs fine if I copy the "installed" program to elsewhere
and delete it from where it had been installed. (I took that to mean
that nothing nothing was pointing to the original location.)

 

[ms]

On 16 Jul 2005, ms wrote




What I discovered was that -- as far as I can tell -- the installer
doesn't actually install much, but just unzips the .exe to a folder.

That's what I meant by "appears" to work -- I could be wrong -- but the
program still runs fine if I copy the "installed" program to elsewhere
and delete it from where it had been installed. (I took that to mean
that nothing nothing was pointing to the original location.)

Thanks, I'll give it a try, on DUN it's a long download.

Mike Sa

 

[aafuss]

Babya Discoverer RSS includes bView-a RSS reader:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?17000000037749

 

[TiM]

Babya Discoverer RSS includes bView-a RSS reader:

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
It's crapware, pottyware and babyware, and it stinks!

TiM

 

[Heinrich Himmelschrei]

Looking for recommendations of freeware RSS-reader, that doesn't need
Microsot NET. TIA

Has anyone taken a look at this one:

http://www.rssowl.org/overview2

It looks quite good.

HH

 

[*ProteanThread*]

the problem after just trying it (it is a good reader tho) is that it
installs files (data files) into the users application directory.
other than that it is quite faster than GreatNews.