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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: February 03, 2010
- Total Downloads: 113,884
- Downloads last week: 1,643
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 77 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on January 26, 2010
Long thought of as one of the best RSS and Atom feed readers around, FeedDemon 3.1 is a good effort to move beyond some of the controversial changes that were implemented during the upgrade to version 3. This latest update includes multiple new features, although we found that performance hadn't changed much.
FeedDemon has dumped its proprietary online synchronization site, newsgator.com, in favor of syncing with Google Reader. New users won't notice, but older users are likely to lose many unread feeds since Google can't import feeds with more than 10 unread items. Once synced, unread items can number more than 10 items again. There's also a new, persistent ad placed in the lower left corner of the interface that goes away when you buy a $10 license. FeedDemon's performance could be a lot better--its RAM usage was hefty and even 3GB of RAM didn't prevent occasional program hang-ups. FeedDemon's database can be massaged into being a bit quicker by regular compacting, but that extra step is cumbersome.
The new features list is mostly about bringing FeedDemon into parity with Google Reader, although that's not necessarily a bad thing. The program has relied on Google for online syncing since version 3, and now includes on-the-fly item translation, a "Shared by people I follow" for syncing shared Google Reader items, and a "like" icon that must be enabled in the new option for customizing item icons. More short URL previews are supported than before, you can automatically mark incoming items read on a per-feed basis, and the Send To option now includes Twitter. Still, FeedDemon remains a favored option for desktop feed management.
Publisher's description
From NewsGator :FeedDemon, the most popular Windows RSS reader. The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. You can completely customize the way feeds are organized and displayed and set up custom news watches based on keywords. You can even download podcasts and audio files and have them show up on your portable audio device. In addition, FeedDemon now synchronizes with NewsGator Online and the rest of the NewsGator RSS Suite. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power of RSS right away.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FeedDemon 3.1.0.12
"Nice features, but temporary files can fill up drive"
Pros: Displays summaries of each feed.
Managing feeds is easy.
Downloads manager is nice, but has bugs.Cons: Download manager does not get rid of temporary files after each file is downloaded.
No way to contact authors with bug reports.Summary: This is the best RSS feed manager I found so far. However, its handling of temporary files during the download process filled up my C: drive. I was doing downloads of backissues of video podcasts, each several hundred MB long. Instead of deleting ea... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FeedDemon 3.1.0.12
"Easy to use for first time user."
Pros: Preset news feeds.
Cons: To much stuff to read.
Summary: Program is easy to use for first time users. The number of preset news feeds is simply to much to read. An interest list to choose from would be easier to use.
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