I was in the hunt for a completely web based (RE: no need to download and install additional client software) RSS aggregator (Web Front-End RSS Aggregator). Well, I finally stumbled upon one --Bloglines.
My preliminary findings are favorable. It's fairly easy and does what it claims. I still have a lot of playing left to do, but here are some initial nitpicks (hey, I am a user, being "nit-picky" is my duty; I did this with Mozilla Firebird, too, even though I love it -- First Day with Mozilla Firebird).
- It takes 4 clicks to subscribe to feed and get back to blog listing. That's 3 too many for me. I want to put the URL to the RSS feed into a text box and hit submit. No more clicking should be necessary.
- I would like to be able to view all unread items on one page rather than blog-by-blog. Actually, I want both.
Yep, that's it. Just two gripes thus far. That's a pretty good score. I'll be sure to blog again about it.
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That's to many gripes. Write your own. :-)
Hi, I'm Chris. I'll be your new-project-enabler for the week. :-)
How about a NewsApp?
Thanks for the great feedback on Bloglines. I think we've partially addressed one of your concerns, and we're working on the other. Now, if you click on a folder, all the new items from the subscriptions within the folder are displayed on the right-hand pane.
We'll be rolling out subscription improvements soon as well.
Thanks!