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RSS-reader Review: Pluck
Pluck is a newsreader that integrates with Internet Explorer, a nice feature for users who want to read newsfeeds inside their default Windows browser. As such, Pluck offers additional tools not found in competing programs, including the ability to manage Web bookmarks across multiple computers, share Web pages and notes with friends, and sort and [...]
Continue reading...RSS-reader Review: Newsgator Inbox 2.6
28. December 2009
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NewsGator 2.6 is a unique newsreader, in that it integrates with Microsoft Outlook, thereby allowing Outlook users to browse newsfeeds from within the same program that delivers daily e-mail. This $29 program has a helpful setup wizard that simplifies installation, which took about five minutes in our tests. Once you install NewsGator and open Outlook, NewsGator [...]
Continue reading...RSS-review: FeedDemon
28. December 2009
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FeedDemon is a well-crafted standalone newsreader that’s ideal for novices who’ve never heard of an RSS feed. The $29 FeedDemon features an outstanding setup wizard that explains basic newsreader concepts (“A channel is a source of news items. For example, the RSS feed for the New York Times is a channel.”) For some, this advice [...]
Continue reading...RSS-reader Review: RSSReader
28. December 2009
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Like Awasu and FeedDemon, RSSReader is a standalone newsreader–as opposed to those that integrate with your Web browser, such as Pluck, or with Microsoft Outlook, such as NewsGator. Once downloaded, the free RSSReader installs in less than a minute. Like NewsGator, however, RSSReader requires Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, an additional 23MB download that will extend [...]
Continue reading...RSS History
27. December 2009
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There are a lot of folk legends about the evolution of RSS. Here’s the scoop, the sequence of events in the life of RSS, as told by the designer of most of the formats. ScriptingNews format, designed by DW at UserLand. 12/27/97. RSS 0.90, designed by Netscape, for use with my.netscape.com, which also supported scriptingNews format. The [...]
Continue reading...Introduction to RSS
27. December 2009
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Want more traffic? An easy way to distribute your news? Then you need an RSS news feed. To start all you need is content you want broadcast, and one RSS text file.
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28. December 2009
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