Comments on: The better RSS Reader http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Barry Hess http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20780 Barry Hess Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:52:35 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20780 So they did. Cripes, what timing! So they did. Cripes, what timing!

]]> By: Chris Saad http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20779 Chris Saad Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:45:55 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20779 @Barry - You're in luck - Google Reader just added search ;) @Aaron - Will drop you a line @Barry – You’re in luck – Google Reader just added search ;)

@Aaron – Will drop you a line

]]> By: What’s Better? | Garrick Van Buren .com http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20769 What’s Better? | Garrick Van Buren .com Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:48:48 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20769 [...] Starbucks to Caribou Coffee to Dunn Bros all have good cups of coffee. An expected level of quality for the volume they serve. Better than Folgers, but not change your life. “[Google Reader]’s a great app, easy to use. So much so that it actually kept us from la... [...] [...] Starbucks to Caribou Coffee to Dunn Bros all have good cups of coffee. An expected level of quality for the volume they serve. Better than Folgers, but not change your life. “[Google Reader]’s a great app, easy to use. So much so that it actually kept us from la… [...]

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20758 Aaron Mentele Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:34:05 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20758 We should talk more Chris. We had Feed Rinse set up to output an APML file per the first spec. But the only attributes coming out were explicit item rank. It felt like such a small part of what you were working towards that we didn't roll it out. We should talk more Chris. We had Feed Rinse set up to output an APML file per the first spec. But the only attributes coming out were explicit item rank. It felt like such a small part of what you were working towards that we didn’t roll it out.

]]> By: Barry Hess http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20756 Barry Hess Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:51:25 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20756 What I'd actually like is the ability to search through the items in my reader that I've actually read. If Google could nail this along with a personal content search suite (email, desktop, read items, photos, documents), I'd probably finish my glass of Kool-Aid. Of course, I uninstalled their desktop search months ago due to performance reasons, so there's more hurdles than just indexing my read content. What I’d actually like is the ability to search through the items in my reader that I’ve actually read. If Google could nail this along with a personal content search suite (email, desktop, read items, photos, documents), I’d probably finish my glass of Kool-Aid. Of course, I uninstalled their desktop search months ago due to performance reasons, so there’s more hurdles than just indexing my read content.

]]> By: Chris Saad http://aaronmentele.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-20736 Chris Saad Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:24:05 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/09/05/the-better-rss-reader/#comment-20736 I think saying that consumer RSS readers are dead is like saying search was dead before Google changed the game. If mainstream feed readers continue to ignore the filtering/ranking needs of their users then another feed reader will find a way to nail the problem and come in to fill the void. We have made our APML generation and feed filtering APIs available for everyone to use and a number of Feed Reader vendors and LifeStream apps are already finding ways to start implementing the API. It's only a matter of time. I think it would be opportune for NewsGator to get involved - we'd be happy to share. Another nifty trick would be (which I know you and I have discussed Aaron) would be for a service like FeedRinse to provide a tidy UI for creating APML and filtering feeds and then offering users a new OPML file with filtered feeds. FeedRinse v2 if you will. I think saying that consumer RSS readers are dead is like saying search was dead before Google changed the game.

If mainstream feed readers continue to ignore the filtering/ranking needs of their users then another feed reader will find a way to nail the problem and come in to fill the void.

We have made our APML generation and feed filtering APIs available for everyone to use and a number of Feed Reader vendors and LifeStream apps are already finding ways to start implementing the API.

It’s only a matter of time.

I think it would be opportune for NewsGator to get involved – we’d be happy to share.

Another nifty trick would be (which I know you and I have discussed Aaron) would be for a service like FeedRinse to provide a tidy UI for creating APML and filtering feeds and then offering users a new OPML file with filtered feeds.

FeedRinse v2 if you will.

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