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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 This is a much better way to track news in KDE than the somewhat outdated news ticker."

4 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. Why is everything getting an aggregator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean... really. My browser, my email client, now desktops... sheesh... How long until we have Solitaire with RSS support?

  2. Alright alright by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those of you who are going to ignore the article 'kontent' and make wise-'kracks' line up over here.

  3. This is nothing new by DJStealth · · Score: 4, Informative

    The RSS plugin for Trillian has been doing this for years. It only pops something up when there's a new piece of news (and appears as a different colour in the list for the first minute of it being 'new').

  4. Oh the humanity! by erikharrison · · Score: 5, Funny

    aKregator? They put a "K" in aggregator?

    Just stop. Just - just stop. Please.