RSS Bandit

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  lcbrink about 23 hours ago
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  It has a simple interface, but it does not work well syncing with Google Reader. I was hoping for a desktop interface to Google's service, but it doesn't work that way. RSS Bandit has the potential to be a great desktop RSS reader, but it doesn't really solve the problem of multiple computers like I had hoped.

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  BSWE1987 26 days ago
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  A little difficult to move categories around. Clean interface.

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  9091 5 months ago

  Now with Google Reader support!

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  ppass about 1 year ago
  Overall:

  This is a great RSS Reader desktop software. (latest used: 1.5.0.10)

  ===== On the plus side =====

  - shows new items in a newspaper view, and it is possible to scroll down that view to have a quick view of new items.

  - items will flash as they are being read.

  - no comlicated settings

  - development team is quite responsive to correct bugs (but not so for adding new features)

  - it is portable: data can be on a USB stick and carried around on various computers (this requires a tweak).

  - it is free!

  - provides a search function to dig in the archives

  ===== On the minus side =====

  - integrated browser (based on IE) is not stable and leads to many errors. I still use an external browser to view pages and cannot rely on the embedded one.

  - not confident with the file downloader (had bad experience with file that kept being downloaded although I had erased it).

  - some glitches in the search function

  ===== Overall =====
  Great software. Worth trying it if you have more than 2 RSS feeds that you usually look at.