First, what is RSS? RSS is abbreviated from Really Simple Syndication. What does RSS do? It usually provides list of articles and updates in simplified format, whether it is a full article or only summary. So why should we utilize the RSS feed? Well, you can view article updates on certain websites without needing to open the web itself. Thus you can save time reading the article update and you can select the article you wish to read thoroughly. Moreover, the RSS feed usually does not use fancy web designs, which of course requires less bandwidth to open and is generally very fast.
If you try to open the RSS link from Internet Explorer, it will only show article data in XML format. We have to use RSS feeder or RSS aggregator program to actually view those data in more presentable way. There are lots of free RSS reader around the web, and I use one that I think pretty easy to use, Snarfer. This program supports tabbed browsing, like when you’re reading a news or article and you want to open links or anything on different tab (same with IE 7, Firefox and others), nice looking interface. More over, Snarfer is a freeware. For more information on Snarfer, head to http://www.snarfware.com
This is a screenshot of my Snarfware in action.
4 comments:
i use Google Reader since you can open it anywhere anytime ;)
The problem is you need to be connected to the net to read your feeds. Searching through feed history seems quite a hassle too. Using locally managed RSS feeders enables us to read the news offline (just in case you're dumped in a remote area for a day, and busy enough not to read the updates the day before). But then, it's back to your preference =)
well, actually the desktop reader is connecting to the net too, if you're not connected, then it will not grab your feed ;) so no reading :P
with web browser reader, once you open it, it will already have the feeds that it collects overtime ;) but yes, you have to connect to read those :P
so the principal is the same for both desktop and web reader, you have to connect to the net to get the feeds :)
another nice reader is Flock's RSS Reader ;) it's built in to your browser :) Flock is a browser ;)
Yes... but at least I can grab all the feeds before going home and read it at home where I find it more pleasureable without needing to connect to the net again =). And, as I said before, it's back to your preferences and necessity of course.
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