Comments on: Newsreaders

Question: Newsreaders

Mrs.Doyle — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:20:18 -0800

I'm looking for a good newsreading program for PC. Something simple yet good. Anyone know of any?

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:21:22 -0800

By: shepd

shepd — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:25:14 -0800

For windows text news: Freeagent.

For windows binaries (payware): Newsbin.

For open source OSes binaries and text news: Pan.

Enjoy!

By: kcm

kcm — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:28:11 -0800

for old old school flavor, tin. for merely old school flavor, slrn.

By: Mrs.Doyle

Mrs.Doyle — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:44:45 -0800

Oops. I think I might have used the wrong terminology. I meant a good RSS reader. For keeping up with blogs etc. Sorry, I'm new to this.

By: altolinguistic

altolinguistic — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:46:16 -0800

I've been using Sage (a Firefox extension) for all of the last two days, and it seems to do what it needs to do, and pretty well.

By: apple scruff

apple scruff — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:46:59 -0800

It's been asked a couple of times recently here and here. Some very good suggestions there!

By: TheRaven

TheRaven — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:47:11 -0800

I second Sage. It's good and it's free.

By: Merdryn

Merdryn — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:57:34 -0800

I'm a fan of FeedDemon. It's a paid product, though.

By: northernsoul

northernsoul — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:58:32 -0800

RSS Bandit also works quite well, and is free.

By: Mrs.Doyle

Mrs.Doyle — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:00:59 -0800

Great! Thanks!

By: hardcode

hardcode — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:41:17 -0800

*sigh* news doesn't mean usenet to most folks now, I feel old.

How long until most of the 'net doesn't remember dialup?

By: yaquina27

yaquina27 — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:12:56 -0800

I just recently found Newsgator, and I really like it so far. I just use the Web Edition. It's free, too.

By: kewlio

kewlio — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:38:00 -0800

it'd have to be Bloglines (web based)

By: JudgeBork

JudgeBork — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:59:09 -0800

I've used several and my vote also goes to Bloglines. Because it's web-based, you can access it from any computer. But even if it weren't, I'd still use it -- great features, great interface.

By: anildash

anildash — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:48:53 -0800

Feeddemon is excellent.

By: gfroese

gfroese — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:58:38 -0800

Definitely have to be Bloglines.

By: anthom

anthom — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:43:26 -0800

I was all about Bloglines for a while, but I've really been digging AlmondRocks of late. It's not quite as full-featured as Bloglines or FeedLounge (another one that's been getting some love from blogging-types lately), but for basic reading, adding feeds, etc. it works well.

By: hybernaut

hybernaut — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:12:15 -0800

If you want something that runs locally (not hosted) and isn't a little toy, take a look at BlogBridge. The name is slightly misleading--it has grown into a powerful tool suitable for people who track a hundred feeds. BlogBridge is free (open source), and runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac.

I wrote a longer review of a recent major release here which I invite you to read.

By: exhilaration

exhilaration — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:18:13 -0800

If youv'e got web hosting, Feeds on Feeds is excellent. I've been using it for years. My buddy's been using Gregarius (also requires web hosting) which looks pretty slick.

By: btocher

btocher — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:38:43 -0800

Omea Reader is lovely, both for RSS and usenet (and a bunch of other stuff, too).