news.software.readers

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On 2007-08-09, vwfszvcs8671 wrote:
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> Sorry if this is off topic, I'm not sure where else to ask: I'm wondering if
> there is a better rss reader than sharp reader on windows. It seems to be
> really slow starting up if you subscribe to large number rss feeds. I assume
> it's loading articles already downloaded from disk into memory. I subscribe
> to a large number of feeds but I only update manually and do only a few
> feeds when I update. Usenet readers let you subscribe to a large number of
> groups but that doesn't seem to cause a problem when starting up, browsers
> let you book mark any number of pages and that doesn't slow down the
> browser. I need to somehow keep track of a large number of rss feeds more
> efficiently.

The 'readers' are known as 'aggregators'; there are plenty to choose from
< /web?qsrc=167&o=312&l=dir&imgs=&imgc=&imgt=&vidl=&vidt=&q
=rss+aggregator&search=search&dm=all> or < /52n>. I don't
use Windows so I can't make a personal recommendation for that OS.

If your aggregator is set up to look for new articles automatically on
start-up, then it will be trying to contact each of the servers from which
it takes 'feeds'; that will be almost as many internet connections as you
have 'feeds', so it won't be quick! It will also have to create or read a
list of all the articles already fetched or read, so as not to fetch them
again; that too could take a little time if you have a large number of
'feeds'.

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