The New FeedReader
As you all know, I have been looking for a new feedreader. I decided to go with the feed reader Peppery uses. I downloaded it and it is lighter than Snarfer, my old reader. The only problem is that I love both of these feed readers. Both have features that I really love. I wish there was a hybrid of there two, and if there was, I would be a loyal fanboy forever!
One thing I like about FeedReader is the layout. It is very similar, if not the same as Snarfer’s. The problem with Snarfer is that everytime i open Snarfer, the layout has moved back to default instead of where I moved it it, with a larger viewing area. If Snarfer could just remember my the size I set it to, these two readers would be equal, but since it doesn’t, FeedReader gets the point. Another thing I like about FeedReader is the search feature. It works so much better and is much easier to use and simple than the one featured in Snarfer.
There are some things I still prefer in Snarfer, those are the notifications of when new feeds have come in. Snarfer would notify me with a simple sound. FeedReader, well I don’t know what it does, because it is completely broken. Once it did manage to notifty me, but it was telling me so much that it bewildered me. This is not what I want, a simple sound or a tiny message would suffice me. One thing I dislike about FeedReader is the downloader (manager maybe?) that is built in. With Snarfer, it would show the link to the attachment in the viewer frame and allow me to download it, either with my browser or even with my download manager (if it is integrated, if not, there is still copy and paste.) In FeedReader I am forced to either use their downloader or click through to the page and downlad it there. It is pretty painful and I wish it was as simple as in Snarfer.
There are still things that both of these are lacking, one of these things is the ability to open the article in Firefox, easily. It sounds simple and like a no brainer, but no, either reader doesn’t do this in a simple way. feedReader requires a two click thing to get that, and its slow and lags my computer sometimes. Snafer needs me to copy the link and paste it manually. Feedreader does have the upper hand here but both are painful and shuld be much simpler. There are also some nonsence features in both readers that could be taken away to make it less “cluttered.
They both are good feedreaders and I couldnt tell you which one I wuld recommend more. I have changed boats to FeedReader purely on the fact that Snarfer doesn’t work anymore and I can’t be bothered reinstalling it and setting it up right. I have gotten use to FeedReader and am pretty happy with the transition. I hope thatthe things these readers lack come to them eventually. It would be nice to have a “perfect” RSS Reader.
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