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RSS/RDF/Atom Aggregation in KDE 3.4

Posted by michael on from the news-junkie dept.

comforteagle writes "With KDE 3.4 beta just announced a few days ago spokesman George Staikos has written about the new RSS/RDF/Atom Aggregator included in the new release, aKregator, in his column KDE: From the Source. 'In contrast to a news ticker style of RSS application, you don't need to constantly look at aKregator to see if there is new news. I have found that with news tickers such as the applet in KDE, I was constantly staring at the news feeds as they scrolled by and re-reading the same headlines over and over. With aKregator, I find I never look at old news as headlines that are read are conveniently grayed out and pushed down the list.' This is a much better way to track news in KDE than the somewhat outdated news ticker."

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  1. Used this three weeks.. it's good by Werrismys · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I subscribed security issue related sites, like F-Secure for WinCrap(tm), cert.fi... hell, even Slashdot has RSS feed ;-)

    Works like a charm. It's just that KDE's tight monopolistic ingegration with Konqueror gets in the way.

    Try as I will, I cannot tie Firefox as tightly to KDE as I'd like. Now I end up using lightweight Konqueror for some stuff and Firefox for surfing (familiarity over speed, or something).

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    'Once scientists, even the dim-witted social scientists, get muzzled, the Western Civilization is finished.' - oldhack
  2. Re:Why is everything getting an aggregator? by 0racle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are you really complaining that you have a choice to use a RSS client where ever it works best for you?

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."