Newsreaders

March 9, 2006 10:20 AM

I'm looking for a good newsreading program for PC. Something simple yet good. Anyone know of any?
posted by Mrs.Doyle to Computers & Internet (20 answers total)

Google News Reader
posted by blue_beetle at 10:21 AM on March 9, 2006

For windows text news: Freeagent.

For windows binaries (payware): Newsbin.

For open source OSes binaries and text news: Pan.

Enjoy!
posted by shepd at 10:25 AM on March 9, 2006

for old old school flavor, tin. for merely old school flavor, slrn.
posted by kcm at 10:28 AM on March 9, 2006

Response by poster: 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.
posted by Mrs.Doyle at 10:44 AM on March 9, 2006

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.
posted by altolinguistic at 10:46 AM on March 9, 2006

It's been asked a couple of times recently here and here. Some very good suggestions there!
posted by apple scruff at 10:46 AM on March 9, 2006

I second Sage. It's good and it's free.
posted by TheRaven at 10:47 AM on March 9, 2006

I'm a fan of FeedDemon. It's a paid product, though.
posted by Merdryn at 10:57 AM on March 9, 2006

RSS Bandit also works quite well, and is free.
posted by northernsoul at 12:58 PM on March 9, 2006

Response by poster: Great! Thanks!
posted by Mrs.Doyle at 1:00 PM on March 9, 2006

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

How long until most of the 'net doesn't remember dialup?
posted by hardcode at 1:41 PM on March 9, 2006

I just recently found Newsgator, and I really like it so far. I just use the Web Edition. It's free, too.
posted by yaquina27 at 2:12 PM on March 9, 2006

it'd have to be Bloglines (web based)
posted by kewlio at 2:38 PM on March 9, 2006

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.
posted by JudgeBork at 2:59 PM on March 9, 2006

Feeddemon is excellent.
posted by anildash at 3:48 AM on March 10, 2006

Definitely have to be Bloglines.
posted by gfroese at 5:58 AM on March 10, 2006

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.
posted by anthom at 7:43 AM on March 10, 2006

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.
posted by hybernaut at 8:12 AM on March 10, 2006

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.
posted by exhilaration at 9:18 AM on March 10, 2006

Omea Reader is lovely, both for RSS and usenet (and a bunch of other stuff, too).
posted by btocher at 3:38 AM on March 11, 2006