Best RSS Feed Reader for Windows?

Posted March 7, 2010 – 5:39 pm in: Uncategorized

Recently, I’ve been doing a deep dive comparison of the top RSS readers for Windows.

It all started when I became aware of the new Netvibes Wasabi edition. This version was released last fall (here and here).

Wasabi provides an alternate format for viewing feeds within Netvibes. The new Wasabi reader is more in the style of Google Reader as compared to the ’start page’ (or ‘widget’) style Netvibes reader I’ve been using for some years. You can switch back and forth between the ‘widget view’ and the ‘reader view’ with a click of a button.

While my initial reaction to Wasabi was very positive, I had some problems with my feeds. Thus began a month long re-look at all the major Windows RSS readers to see if there was something better.

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Google Chrome browser gets even better with extensions

Posted January 25, 2010 – 1:40 pm in: Uncategorized

I’ve been using the Google Chrome browser since Day One – in my book, it is the best everyday browser out there. Largely because it is lightweight and superfast loading pages.

I’ve been using the Chrome Developer version for many months – it was the only version that worked well with my dual monitor setup.

In December, Google launched an apps store for Chrome – except that they call apps ‘extensions’. I’ve been using these extensions for several weeks and LOVE them! but they haven’t been available in the general release versions of Chrome.

Today, Google unveiled a new general release version of Chrome – now extensions are available to everyone. You should definitely try them out. Quite fantastic stuff!

My favorites are:

  • xmarks - manage bookmarks across browsers and/or computers located anywhere
  • lastpass - manage passwords and login info across browsers and/or computers
  • evernote - the official extension for the evernote note taking / web clipping service that is all the rage (and deservedly so)
  • delicious - beautifully designed widget for adding bookmarks to your Delicious account. cleaner and better than the Firefox version.
  • netvibes - auto-detects RSS feeds in Chrome and provides one-click button to add it to your Netvibes RSS reader (still only available for developer version, i think).

These are essential in my book.

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