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I have been in search of the perfect RSS software forever. I have tried just about all the big name ones. None seemed to "fit". My wishlist included the following: Somehow integrated with my browser (Firebird). I'm lazy. I don't want to open another program. I want access to my bookmarks so I can bookmark things that interest me to come back to later. I want access to my reads from work. I want to easily see who has updated. I want to display only the new items. I want to be bandwidth-friendly and have the ability to control when and how I update my feeds (I have a lot of them!). I don't need them updating every hour. I only need them updated when I'm ready to read them. I wanted to be able to customize the look to suit me. If I'm going to spend a lot of time looking at them, I want a look I like.

So, after trying almost all of the major feed readers out there so far, enter Feed on Feeds. It's a server-side script and runs on any server with PHP/mysql. It's easy to set up if you're familiar with these types of scripts. It's accessible from my work since it's on my server. It supports OPML import. It displays in my browser just like any other page. Bookmarking is easy. Opening links that interest me in the background in tabs is easy. I can update the feeds all at once, individually, manually or through an automated cron job if I wanted to. I can view the feeds in a number of ways as well . It has a bookmarklet to auto-disover feeds and subscribe as I surf around. A few simple changes and I was also able to customize the look of the output as well (although it does a fine job out of the box).

I do believe I've found the perfect RSS reader for me!

[Feed on Feeds can also be found on sourceforge]

August 28, 2003 in Scripts and Software

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