Alternatives to Sage Too?

October 4, 2009 6:57 PM

Are there any good alternatives to the Sage Too Firefox extension?

I've been using Sage and Sage Too for RSS feeds for several years now. Having recently reinstalled Firefox, I was planning to install Sage Too until the EULA appeared (reproduced below in its entirety):

Anyone using any type of ad blocker is prohibited from installing and using this add-on.

What's a good alternative to Sage Too? I'm probably more interested in a Firefox extension than reading them via a website, but other than that I'm pretty flexible.

posted by Doofus Magoo to computers & internet (7 comments total)

I use Brief.
posted by namewithoutwords at 7:16 PM on October 4

The contributor who demanded that Sage Too's EULA say that has left the project, if that would make you feel kosher about using it.
posted by WCityMike at 7:45 PM on October 4

I'm confused, why not use Sage if you liked it in the past? The most current version 1.4.3 works with Firefox 3.5.* and, doesn't come with an evil EULA.
posted by squeak at 9:11 PM on October 4

Seconding Brief. I used to use Sage, then Sage Too, and now I use Brief. It's amazing.
posted by CrystalDave at 9:38 PM on October 4

WCityMike: I saw in one of the reviews for Sage-Too that the developer responsible for that EULA had resigned. But that blog post is dated February 2009 -- if that developer was solely responsible for the EULA, and that EULA is not the official stance of the development team, then why hasn't it been removed or updated? The resignation post sounds more like his resignation was due to his distaste of "greedy Firefox users," rather than any kind of disagreement over the EULA (which I'll mention again for emphasis is still in the installer a full seven months after his resignation).

squeak: Is Sage back under development? If memory serves, the reason Sage-Too came into existence was because Sage was stagnant, and an update compatible with FF2 was months overdue.
posted by Doofus Magoo at 4:21 AM on October 5

Doofus Magoo: note it says: "Sage-Too follows the ad blocking philosophy, which I don’t agree with, and thus feel that I can no longer be part of the project."
posted by WCityMike at 8:08 AM on October 5

Thirding Brief. If you use it, just remember you have to click on the right-hand window to scroll down the posts. Otherwise you'll be scrolling down the list of feeds in the left-hand window. Annoying, but minor given that's how many things work and how fine the extension is.
posted by bryon at 8:31 PM on October 5