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By: Corvida Raven

Corvida Raven — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:39:52 +0000

I'm aware of Snackr. Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote about it on ReadWriteWeb. It's a great tool, but I'm not much of a ticker person myself to be honest. It takes up to much screen estate for me.

I agree though that the presentation manner could definitely play a role in the “boringness” of it all. Google Reader isn't the best for finding new content. Feedly would probably be better.

By: Corvida

Corvida — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:39:52 +0000

I'm aware of Snackr. Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote about it on ReadWriteWeb. It's a great tool, but I'm not much of a ticker person myself to be honest. It takes up to much screen estate for me.

I agree though that the presentation manner could definitely play a role in the “boringness” of it all. Google Reader isn't the best for finding new content. Feedly would probably be better.

By: Corvida

Corvida — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:39:52 +0000

I'm aware of Snackr. Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote about it on ReadWriteWeb. It's a great tool, but I'm not much of a ticker person myself to be honest. It takes up to much screen estate for me.

I agree though that the presentation manner could definitely play a role in the “boringness” of it all. Google Reader isn't the best for finding new content. Feedly would probably be better.

By: CantEvenGo

CantEvenGo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:50:36 +0000

Corvida,

I think it's the style of presentation. I've tried lots of RSS readers (mac), and the static style of presentation doesn't work for me - it's too hierarchical, keeps me in a rigid reading pattern, and forces me to do more work to find new content from unexpected sources.

this isn't for everyone, but i can't live without Snackr. It's a news-ticker style feed reader that's synced to my Google Reader account, and it helps me discover new stuff every day.

anytime i come across an interesting blog, i subscribe to it with GR. i keep snackr open all the time (i'm currently pushing over 200 feeds now) and it scrolls new items from a random selection of blogs across the bottom of my screen. i see more stuff from blogs i wouldn't usually see, and when i come across good stuff i'll open the post in my browser.

Snackr requires Adobe Air, and some people complain about memory usage, but as a change of pace i'd highly recommend it

By: rockmanac

rockmanac — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:28:30 +0000

No problem.

Feel free to e-mail me if you want my google name to see my shared stuff.

-Adam

By: Corvida

Corvida — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:26:14 +0000

Yes the social part has me hooked in too.

Fixed the link! Thanks for pointing it out.

By: rockmanac

rockmanac — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:25:03 +0000

I use Google Reader for the semi-social part of it. Otherwise, I'd probably use NetNewsWire.

Btw.. Corvida... You might want to check your FeedDeamon link. It goes to a 404 on your site.

-Adam

By: Rahsheen

Rahsheen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:43:19 +0000

I like Regator. It's not really a feed reader, but I can still import my feeds and it helps me find new blogs if I get bored. Blogs that someone has hand-picked for quality.

Also, I'm a FriendFeed addict so I get a lot of stuff from there. :)

By: Corvida

Corvida — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:37:01 +0000

The copycat content is definitely a huge factor. I wish all those stories could be conglomerated under one heading with a general overview of each story. Now that would be a time saver.