I’ve been a hard-core RSS user since the beginning of my blogging days and I think I’ve tried almost every RSS reader out there. Mashable just put out the Top 10 RSS Readers (as chosen by readers) … good list I think:
Top 10 Mashable Reader News Readers
10. Reeder (iPhone) [warning: iTunes link]9. Times (Mac)
8. Klipfolio
7. Shrook (Mac)
6. NetNewsWire (Mac)
5. Twitter
4. FeedDemon (Windows)
3. NetVibes
2. Feedly
1. Google Reader
Oddly enough, I’ve used all of these apps. Right now I’m using 1-3, at the same time. Once NetNewsWire started to sync with Google Reader, that pulled two together, but what about Feedly? Thought you’d ask about that. Feedly started as a Firefox extension, but that wasn’t enough, they developed Feedly for Safari and Chrome. Okay, I can use Feedly in my browser so what? The so what is that NetNewsWire uses the Webkit browser… which is what Safari uses. It hit me that all I needed to do to enjoy Feedly and NetNewsWire and Google Reader together was to open a tab in NetNewsWire and open the local Safari-enabled file to get:
Not bad huh? The key to using any RSS reader is finding the way to get the information you need, when you need it. I can just skim things with my Feedly page or read in NNW. The choice is up to me and how much time I have.
Times works very much the same way. I used it for a while, but I just needed more info than I could cram into Times a one time. Sometimes, you just have to step into the fire hose and just hold on.
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