RSS client

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Andy Mabbett

Google suggests that there hasn't been much said here, recently about
RSS clients, and the Pricelessware site doesn't seem to list one.

Can anyone recommend an RSS client for use under Win2K, please?
 
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Andy Mabbett said:
Google suggests that there hasn't been much said here, recently about
RSS clients, and the Pricelessware site doesn't seem to list one.

Can anyone recommend an RSS client for use under Win2K, please?

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Andy Mabbett
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see in that mirror the problem is not to fix the mirror, we have to fix
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Google suggests that there hasn't been much said here, recently
about RSS clients, and the Pricelessware site doesn't seem to list
one.

Can anyone recommend an RSS client for use under Win2K, please?
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I use Abilon here:

<http://www.abilon.org/>

direct d/l:

<http://www.activerefresh.com/download/InstallAB.exe>

~480Kb

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Abilon - FreeWare RSS Aggregator

What is Abilon?

Abilon displays headlines from RSS (Rich Site Summary) Channels in
an easy to read format. It is small (about 500 kb), fast, and free.
Adding new channels is as simple as right-clicking and entering the
address of the feed.

Why you need RSS aggregator?

An RSS aggregator gives you all of the top headlines at a glance,
without having to re-visit each site. The more sites you would
normally visit, the greater your time savings. For heavy internet
users the time savings is significant. For those who just want to
stay informed, you can't beat the convenience.
Why you should choose Abilon?

* Update scheduler
You can specify update scheduller to automate your work.
* Actions
You can perform some actions on the information you get. You can
save it to the file and run any external program.
* Memories
You can celect interesting information and store it in "Memories".
You can organize you data.
* RSS and Atom Support
Abilon supports RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, ATOM 0.3. You can save
your RSS feeds to OPML or load feeds from OPML
* Build-in Browser
You don't need to leave Abilon to read interesting articles. Abilon
has build-in tabbed browser with some unique and usefull features.
* Blogging support
Abilon has build-in simple blogging tool.
* Archiving
* Rich base columns set
You can start using Abilon right away. Abilon comes with dozens of
pre-configured popular feeds.
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Tony
 
Google suggests that there hasn't been much said here, recently about
RSS clients, and the Pricelessware site doesn't seem to list one.

Can anyone recommend an RSS client for use under Win2K, please?
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AmphetaDesk is a cross-platform, highly customizable, news
aggregator - it sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that
interests you, and displays them in a quick, easy to use and customizable
webpage. No webserver required.
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/amphetadesk/ or Homepage:
http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
 
Andy said:
Google suggests that there hasn't been much said here, recently about
RSS clients, and the Pricelessware site doesn't seem to list one.

Can anyone recommend an RSS client for use under Win2K, please?
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I was also very disappointed when I found Pricelessware does not have a
RSS category. Without pricelessware I was forced to go on a long search
for what I thought was the best reader. In my search I tried many
clients including BottomFeeder, SharpReader, Awasu, BlogExpress,
HoverNews, FeedReader, and SauceReader. After weighing my options I
choose SharpReader for many reasons including support for atom feeds, a
clean, virtual folders, and has a menu that will the headlines without
needing open my reader window. My only complaint about the program so
far is the window style. It's a little boring, and I would really
appreciate a skinning option.

SharpReader can be found at
http://www.sharpreader.net/

For more RSS information try these sites
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/rss.html
http://channels.lockergnome.com/rss/resources/articles/quickstart.phtml
 
Hello,
After weighing my options I choose SharpReader for many reasons
including support for atom feeds, a clean, virtual folders, and has a
menu that will the headlines without needing open my reader window.
My only complaint about the program so far is the window style. It's
a little boring, and I would really appreciate a skinning option.

SharpReader can be found at http://www.sharpreader.net/
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I also tried many, left out this, tried now and wow, it is really
great. I don't agree with skinning, I prefer a minimalisatic client
I can leave in background, so I like it the way it is.

I get exceptions far too often, but they don't stop the program
from work, so I hope for future versions and can use it until.
It works even with a not totally valid feed (and rejects another,
but that's why it's invalid*).

Regards,
Thorsten

* http://www.feedvalidator.org/
 
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