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Re: RSS not dead, just misunderstood

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I use rss2email to gate my various RSS feeds into a single folder in my email account. I then read them using Thunderbird and IMAP. I don't like the idea of a dedicated RSS reader. I'd much rather import it into an application which I already use. Email is perfect for that.

You realize Thunderbird supports feeds, right?

Re: RSS not dead, just misunderstood

#22

I use rss2email to gate my various RSS feeds into a single folder in my email account. I then read them using Thunderbird and IMAP. I don't like the idea of a dedicated RSS reader. I'd much rather import it into an application which I already use. Email is perfect for that.

You realize Thunderbird supports feeds, right?

Yes, but I also use Mutt, and my phones email client, and I have several installations of Thunderbird on different machines. Gating to email makes much more sense.

Re: RSS not dead, just misunderstood

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post #18

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Sounds good. Which features ("bits"), btw?

I like Google Reader's option to mark articles with a star to be revisited later, and the ease of adding new feeds in the full client; from Bloglines, I like the fact that it puts all new articles in one page - minimal UI interaction, and I don't need to keep a connection up. One area I'm hoping to improve on both is the speed - both Bloglines and Google Reader, on the Blackberry at least, are a bit cumbersome and ne…

Thanks!

Re: RSS not dead, just misunderstood

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like Google Reader's option to mark articles with a star to be revisited later, and the ease of adding new feeds in the full client; from Bloglines, I like the fact that it puts all new articles in one page - minimal UI interaction, and I don't need to keep a connection up. One area I'm hoping to improve on both is the speed - both Bloglines and Google Reader, on the Blackberry at least, are a bit cumbersome and ne…

Thanks!

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