Which RSS reader for me?

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GlintingHedgehog

Have been using Sage for the following reasons:

- allows me to keep passwords - including on feeds which require a
password for some posts but not for others

- easy-to-modify folder structure (ie can move a feed from one folder
to another using drag-and-drop)

- allows duplicate feeds (same feed in two separate folders,
independently marking them read)

But... just not really keen on it. Bloglines fails on all three of
the above. I've looked at GreatNews, which I like a lot, but I can't
find a way to tell it that I should be logged in to certain feeds
(it's fine if a password is always needed, but not if only certain
posts are visible to logged-in readers) and it won't let me have
duplicates (I *can* get around this by using Sage minimally, so it's
not a deal-breaker, but the password thing might be).

Suggestions?

TIA
 
GlintingHedgehog said:
Have been using Sage for the following reasons:

- allows me to keep passwords - including on feeds which require a
password for some posts but not for others

- easy-to-modify folder structure (ie can move a feed from one folder
to another using drag-and-drop)

- allows duplicate feeds (same feed in two separate folders,
independently marking them read)

But... just not really keen on it. Bloglines fails on all three of
the above. I've looked at GreatNews, which I like a lot, but I can't
find a way to tell it that I should be logged in to certain feeds
(it's fine if a password is always needed, but not if only certain
posts are visible to logged-in readers) and it won't let me have
duplicates (I *can* get around this by using Sage minimally, so it's
not a deal-breaker, but the password thing might be).

Suggestions?

TIA
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Awasu
http://www.awasu.com/

RSSOwl
http://www.rssowl.org/

and others here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_aggregators#Microsoft_Windows

P.
 
James said:
GlintingHedgehog leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before
typing in alt.comp.freeware:


"Feedreader" for me, but not sure if it will cover everything you want.

http://www.feedreader.com

HTH
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Thunderbird can handle RSS and blogs. With the right extensions, so can
Firefox.
 
Thunderbird can handle RSS and blogs. With the right extensions, so can
Firefox.
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I've been using Sage, but it's a bit feature-free. For example, it
doesn't show you if there are any updated feeds inside a folder - you
have to open each folder individually to check.

I installed Thunderbird a while back but wasn't really impressed with
it for email and usenet, so I'd be reluctant to install it just for
rss.

I'm testing out GreatNews which seems excellent, but unfortunately is
not likely to continue to be free once it's out of beta :-( - hence
looking for other suggestions.
 
GlintingHedgehog said:
I'm testing out GreatNews which seems excellent, but unfortunately is
not likely to continue to be free once it's out of beta
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What made you think that?

Kentucky Braised Beef
 
What made you think that?
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This:

"GreatNews will not always be free. There are costs associated with
development(sheer amount of time, servers, development tools, ISP
etc), so somehow I need to get these costs covered to keep GreatNews
going. I don't want to see ad banners anywhere on this website or in
GreatNews, so most likely I will charge a modest fee when GreatNews
is stable enough that I won't get called every 5 minutes."

From http://www.curiostudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737
 
I've been using Sage, but it's a bit feature-free. For example, it
doesn't show you if there are any updated feeds inside a folder - you
have to open each folder individually to check.
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Feeds that contain updated/unread subjects are shown in bold in the
sidebar.
 
Feeds that contain updated/unread subjects are shown in bold in the
sidebar.
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Yes, but I wasn't talking about feeds, I was talking about folders.
Folders containing updated feeds aren't marked in any way at all - so
you have to open the *folder* to see if there are updated feeds
within it.
 
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