![]() RSSOwl 1.0 was released on December 19, 2001. RSSOwl began as small project on SourceForge at the end of July 2003. In addition to its full text searches, saved searches, notifications and filters, RSSOwl v2.1 synchronized with the now discontinued Google Reader. Released under the EPL-1.0 license, RSSOwl is free software. It is written in Java and built on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform which uses SWT as a widget toolkit to allow it to fit in with the look and feel of different operating systems while remaining cross-platform. Unless there is a need to have the ability to readĭownloaded articles when offline I see no needįor a separate application nor advantage.RSSOwl is a news aggregator for RSS and Atom News feeds. I can find articles remembered read on a subject long ago. The articles I have saved in assorted tagsĪre easily searchable within Google Reader asĪre folders of individual feeds which will search allĪrticles received in the reader whether saved or not. The tag containing articles I commented on. ![]() Including this one when I review my “Posts” tag. The tag system is great making it easy to revisit articles Google Reader works of course within my default browser Firefox. Maddening but after deep surgery with a number of scripts,Ī few I had to write myself, I got it where I wanted it. The recent Google Reader overhaul and interface changes were I use Google Reader now after many years of using Bloglines.īloglines was good in its day but languished in undevelopment. Nor do I want to run my default browser separately. Or the browser supporting the program underneath. Not an integrated browser of an RSS application Not sure if there are not any, or if they are not just not listed in the program.Īre you using a different desktop feed reader for Windows? If so, what is your program of choice and why?ĭo related or unrelated browsing of the web.Īnd for that I want to use my default browser. I could not find any information about keyboard shortcuts in both readers. It is likely that I will switch my rss feed reading to that app in the near future. I also find it to be a tad faster than FeedReader. I'm currently leaning more towards GreatNews, as it feels like a complete package. Update: Keyboard shortcuts are listed on this page. The font used by the application feels to light for my taste, with no options available to switch to a different font in the program.įeedReader is pretty fast as well, and while it does not have that many features, it still is pretty good when it comes to reading RSS feeds.If there is one thing to criticize, it is the slow closing time of the app. It features the same messaging layout with the rss feed listing on the left, the titles and messages on the right. It requires more configuration than the second RSS reader application that I take a look at later in this article. It can import OPML files which you can generate in most rss readers, including RSSOwl or Google Reader. GreatNews has a tiny download size of 1 Megabyte, and is available as a setup and portable version. They both do not come near the functionality that RSSOwl offers, but since my main focus is feed reading, I'm not that worried about it. I've been using both for a while, and have not made a decision yet. With that in mind, I found two candidates to replace RSSOwl as my main rss reader. And some that were, were simply to slow performance-wise and could not keep up with the number of feeds and the updating that I needed. While researching rss reader alternatives for the Windows desktop I noticed that there were not a lot that were still updated regularly. It is a great program and I usually would not have the desire to move away from it, where it not for the fact that it is based on Java, and the only reason that I still have Java installed on the system. If you are a regular reader you know that I'm currently using the Java based desktop rss reader RSSOwl for all my rss feed reading needs.
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