Re:So... Why not a web-based RSS reader instead?
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Google Reader is not that good: it does not show how many news items are in different newsfeeds, it does not follow the customary mail reader (Outlook:)) interface, where the threads (feeds) are in a column on the left hand side and the items themselves in the pane on the right. I am using SharpReader right now and like it a lot - it has very nice user interface.
However, you are right, I hate being tied to a single machine, so web-based reader would be preferable. Any recommendations of web based readers that follow the e-mail client UI metaphor? MyYahoo and Google Reader don't work for me.
Another problem with web readers is that they don't handle Intranet feeds. This is a deal breaker for me, since my most important blog feeds are on the Intranet.
I tried out some of the desktop search engines offered lately by increasing number of companies. I needed to index and search both local desktop/laptop drives as well as network drives. Lots of our documents are stored on network storage. To decide whether the search engine works, I tested it by searching for 2 names that can be found inside PDFs and Word documents. All files containing the names were on the network drives.
I have evaluated search engines from Copernic, Google and MSN (Microsoft). Here are the results.
Short story: MSN toolbar is the best if it does not crash your machine. Others don't work.
Long story: Best: Microsoft has released its desktop search engine (http://toolbar.msn.com/). I have it running on my laptop. It finished indexing one network drive in 2 days. It answers the queries perfectly.
However, MSN indexer crashes my laptop every 1-2 hours.:( I will try it on different machine to see if this is caused by some issue on the laptop. I wish I could fix the crashing issue, since I like the search engine a lot.
New version of Google desktop search (http://desktop.google.com/) now allows to index any drives and directories you specify. However it has indexed only part of the network drive in almost 2 months (!). It still does not find the names I am looking for in my tests.:(
Copernic (http://www.copernic.com/) search engine. After 5 months the search engine still does not find the results in my test cases. It claims to have finished indexing, so either their indexing is buggy or their software is. I gave up on it and uninstalled it.
Would have to see what Yahoo Desktop search does, now that you mentioned it.
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Pirates of the Burning Sea http://www.burningsea.com/ comes to my mind. It won't have magic though.
Google Reader is not that good: it does not show how many news items are in different newsfeeds, it does not follow the customary mail reader (Outlook :)) interface, where the threads (feeds) are in a column on the left hand side and the items themselves in the pane on the right. I am using SharpReader right now and like it a lot - it has very nice user interface.
However, you are right, I hate being tied to a single machine, so web-based reader would be preferable. Any recommendations of web based readers that follow the e-mail client UI metaphor? MyYahoo and Google Reader don't work for me.
Another problem with web readers is that they don't handle Intranet feeds. This is a deal breaker for me, since my most important blog feeds are on the Intranet.
I tried out some of the desktop search engines offered lately by increasing number of companies. I needed to index and search both local desktop/laptop drives as well as network drives. Lots of our documents are stored on network storage. To decide whether the search engine works, I tested it by searching for 2 names that can be found inside PDFs and Word documents. All files containing the names were on the network drives.
:( I will try it on different machine to see if this is caused by some issue on the laptop. I wish I could fix the crashing issue, since I like the search engine a lot.
:(
I have evaluated search engines from Copernic, Google and MSN (Microsoft). Here are the results.
Short story: MSN toolbar is the best if it does not crash your machine. Others don't work.
Long story:
Best: Microsoft has released its desktop search engine (http://toolbar.msn.com/). I have it running on my laptop. It finished indexing one network drive in 2 days. It answers the queries perfectly.
However, MSN indexer crashes my laptop every 1-2 hours.
New version of Google desktop search (http://desktop.google.com/) now allows to index any drives and directories you specify. However it has indexed only part of the network drive in almost 2 months (!). It still does not find the names I am looking for in my tests.
Copernic (http://www.copernic.com/) search engine. After 5 months the search engine still does not find the results in my test cases. It claims to have finished indexing, so either their indexing is buggy or their software is. I gave up on it and uninstalled it.
Would have to see what Yahoo Desktop search does, now that you mentioned it.