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RSS for Mac OS X Roundtable

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-different dept.

Thoro writes "There is an unusual interview with the authors of the five major RSS clients for OS X: NetNewsWire, NewsFire, NewsMac, PulpFiction and Shrook. Safari RSS, Apple, the hype around RSS and the role of the news aggregator in the future are discussed. It's also hinted that the performance problems of RSS may be overblown. It is a breath of fresh air to see so many competitors come together to talk civily and not to better gang up on another."

6 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Enough? by MmmDee · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It seems like they're tons out there, why do people keep making more?

    Careful, some folks could have said the same thing about operating systems. Even before the Microsoft/Linux arrivals.

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  2. Re:Personal web portal by GrAfFiT · · Score: 5, Informative

    FeedReader (windows) does this.
    Anyway, you can easily find this kind of PHP script.

  3. On Demand by fembots · · Score: 5, Informative

    RSS is FOD (feed on demand), so yo don't get what you didn't ask for, and you can easily filter/remove undesired RSS feed.

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  4. Re:Rephrase? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's "grammar".

    Point for me!

  5. Re:what is the point of RSS? by slimyrubber · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Can't you do that by setting things up to send items by email every time there's a new item posted? Or even by UseNet to a moderated group? What does RSS do that's new?
    First off, you dont need to delete all the email once the 'expire'. Secondly firefox's live bookmarks are way too cool to be compaired with running an email client and switching between that and the browser. Thirdly, what you suggested is just another way of doing it and what difference would that make?

    So what is the point of getting updates via email when you can just use live bookmarks from within browser, for example. Plus RSS are really valuable because they can and are integrated within various news feed sites like google news. Thats the strongest point of RSS feeds.
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  6. Re:Enough? by drdink · · Score: 5, Funny
    The same might be said for /. user accounts. ;)
    I agree, Mr. 126313. Please take note of my number and cease using this website. Thank you.
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