[RESOLVED] Need a good free RSS reader

[iPrank]

I need a good free rss reader. (better than FeedReader)

Do you know any ? Please help me.
Thanks in advance.

[techgnome]

I've used SharpReader... not too shabby if you aren't against using something written in .NET (using C#, hence the name).

-tg

[Harsh Gupta]

i used 2 feedreaders 2-3 years back, and they seemed to be good but i dont know if they are still good.

1- SauceReader (recommended)
2- SharpReader (was also good)

hope they are still good for something.

Harsh Gupta

[iPrank]

Thanks ! I used SharpReader, but didn't like it very much. I'm low on memory. It takes too much memory.

BTW, SauceReader is now closed. I'll give the last version a try.

I have found some commercial feed readers that integrate with Outlook. Any free tool with similar functionality ?

[Harsh Gupta]

take a look at Blog Express
and a list of RSS readers available for Win users.

Harsh Gupta

[iPrank]

Wow !!!!!!
That's LOTS of tools !!
Thank you very much.

I have downloaded BlogExpress, it is really nice. I'll try other tools tomorrow.

[Harsh Gupta]

not at all!!

and yes, blog express seems impressive. i will try it soon.

Harsh Gupta

[gigemboy]

Use FireFox, and add the feed to your "Live Bookmarks"... then all you do is view the bookmark to see all of the links to the recent posts....

[iPrank]

Thanks. Didn't know about live feeds.

[techgnome]

I tried Live Feeds.... didn't like them.... I wanted something that will tell me when a particular feed has changed. It also didn't provide any historical storage of the feeds (OK, the feed is there today, but I might not want to read it immediately.) To each their own, and it works for some, just not me.

-tg

[iPrank]

That's true. But I think it is OK for feeds of CNN/BBC like sites.

The problem I faced that, SharpReader/Blogexpress/SauceReader can't import OPML created by FeedReader. They are saying, it has syntax error.

Only FeedDemon is able to import the OPML correctly. But it is not free and I didn't like its UI. No tree view in the release version (1.5), the beta 2.x versions has only single level treeview.
The plus point is, it is the only stand-alone rss reader that can use the Mozilla engine.

[gigemboy]

Why not build your own????

http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun...s/default.aspx

Shows a simple way of doing it with Visual Web Developer Express, but you can also easily make it a winforms application as well...

[iPrank]

That's a good idea. Infact the "VB.NET absolute beginner's video series" I have downloaded from MS, teaches that.
But, I don't have knowledge in .NET to build a 'good' one. I guess I'll stick with the free ones for now.