Group: news.software.readers
From: JohnT
Date: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: OT? rss readers

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On 2007-08-09, vwfszvcs8671 wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>

IIRC, Thunderbird has the ability to read RSS feeds. You might want
to try it.

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