The RSS WeblogThe RSS WeblogFeedLounge is Ajaxian answer to desktop RSS readers- January 28, 2006 I plopped down five bucks this week to try the beta of FeedLounge, an elegantly designed online alternative to such storied desktop RSS readers as FeedDemon and NetNewsWire. In fact, it's hard to tell the difference, at first glance, between FeedLounge and an offline reader like FeedDemon. (The three screenshots show the same feed using different views.)Of course, the main problem for FeedLounge's developers is convincing folks that they need to pay $5 a month for what Bloglines and NewsGator...http://rss.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/feedlounge-is-ajaxian-answer-to-desktop-rss-readers/ Poll shows our readers track dozens, hundreds of RSS feeds- January 28, 2006 The results of our poll on how many RSS feeds you follow are in and they suggest that most people read more than 100 feeds. A total of 40 percent follow up to 100 feeds, while 8 percent read 120 to 129 feeds and 7 percent read 210 to 229 feeds. The largest group by far, comprising 12 percent of votes, reads 390 or more feeds! (There were more than 159 potential voters,but we had a technical problem that prevented many readers from voting in the poll. You can read about many of their RSS habits..http://rss.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/poll-results-show-our-readers-track-dozens-of-rss-fee... BloxOr Web-based RSS Reader Emulates Desktop- January 17, 2006 This is sweet. BloxOr is a Web-based RSS aggregator whose Ajaxy underpinning makes it very much like a desktop newsreader. Three viewing panes reveal the user's list of feeds, the list of items within any single feed, and the content of the feed item. This arrangement, standard on many desktop programs, eliminates the two-pane system common in Web aggregators which requires a click to see the feed item's content. BloxOr works beautifully, and registration requires only a username and password;..http://rss.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/bloxor-web-based-rss-reader-emulates-desktop/ WordPress 2- January 3, 2006 After rumors met silence from the WordPress.org site, an official announcement has finally been posted: WordPress 2.0 has been released. I haven't yet tested it (though I trust WordPress, I wouldn't dare upgrade before backing up my databases and WP folders), but I haven't seen (substantial) reports of migration problems. WordPress 2 is named "Duke," and documented upgrades include a WYSIWYG entry-writing interface (it's about time!) and inline image uploading (it's asbout time!). There is also.http://rss.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/03/wordpress-2/ RSS mashup: Amazon, eBay, Yahoo! product results- January 2, 2006 A new RSS mashup site acts as a meta search engine reaching into Amazon, Google, eBay, Yahoo!, Flickr, YouTube, and Technorati. You cannot mash all the search results into one feed, but you can merge Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo! Shopping into a single product feed, which is damn convenient. The site is weak on design, but it works. Used to be called Longtail, but (according to a posted explanation) that term has been trademarked by its popularizer, Chris Anderson. The mashup site is now called...http://rss.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/02/rss-mashup-amazon-ebay-yahoo-product-results/ |