What I really want is RSS reader that would allow me tagging feeds – folders do not scale anymore :(
May be it exists, but I’m suffering from not knowing – tell me then…
And, since I’m here – my ideal feed reader would*:
- be web-based synchronised with desktop client (so I can read feeds offline as well)
- let me read password-protected feeds
- let me tag feeds – no folders any more!!!
- have “remember” link under every post, creating a subset of posts per feed that I’d like to remember – and it wouldn’t be the same as “keep new” of Bloglines that screws up the whole idea that number of unread posts indicates posts
- have “add to del.icio.us” link under every post (I don’t want to use “remember” link for that – those I posts that I’m not able to categorise yet)
- let me track conversations (the data is there – one more step please)
- let me specify/switch between views:
- for some feeds I like full-text view, for others headline view
- sometimes I like to see posts per feed, but for some feeds I’d like to read together, mixed in a stream (something I miss from Radio newsreader experience)
- sometimes I want to see new posts, sometimes all posts, sometimes only those in “remember” category
- could be great to have “conversations” view – to see not posts per feed, but posts per conversation
- could be great to have “what my friends read” view (thinking of NusEye + more) or use tags from other users…
- given all flexibility about views – I’d like to be able to specify which of them (does not) influence read/unread status
- let me share my subscriptions as a plain list without tags (because I don’t feel comfortable letting people know how I categorise them)
* I’m using Bloglines now, so this refers to my experiences with it (= may be considered as “how to improve Bloglines” as well :)
See also my posts and bookmarks on blog reading
Tags: blog reading, RSSArchived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2005/08/30.html#a1649; comments are here.
Related posts