Comments on: In search of the ultimate desktop RSS reader

By: InF

InF — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:49:30 +0000

No unfortunately I do not know of any such reader. But most readers can export an OPML file, which you could modify to suit your needs. You’ll need to parse the file to get what you need though, and that may require some coding.

By: ChrisK

ChrisK — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:03:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experiences with these. Do you know of any RSS readers that let you access a database or export headline / link/ source/ timestamp for analysis or editing?

By: InF

InF — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:18:06 +0000

Seriously?? Didn’t know that. And it’s not mentioned on their site unless I missed it.

And by the looks of it, it’s still in some kind of development stage, this Ticker feature of BottomFeeder.

Tickers are a great way to read RSS feeds. The thing goes cycling, and as soon as you see something interesting, just click on it. Much better than me having to go through the news each day.

By: jarober

jarober — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:02:55 +0000

Actually, BottomFeeder does offer a ticker view. The setting isn’t surfaced in the UI (I got zero feedback on the feature), but you can do this:

– edit the btfSettings.ini file
– change the useTickerForSlimMode setting from false to true
– restart the app
– hit the top left button on the upper toolbar

By: InF

InF — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:01 +0000

I consider Google Reader to be online-based. I wanted a purely offline desktop client, not tied to any service. It had to be a stand-alone client.