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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: November 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 106,903
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 69 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on September 25, 2009
Although FeedDemon remains one of the best desktop RSS and Atom feed catchers, its latest version contains many changes, some of them controversial.
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 3GB of RAM didn't prevent occasional program hang-ups.
Not all is woe with the new FeedDemon, though. Twitter feed reading has been baked in, with automatic hyperlinking and short URL expansion and if you use Twitter as a live newstream, FeedDemon's Twitter linksharing should appeal to you. Tagging, tag clouds, and item sharing get massive overhaul in FeedDemon 3, with all three features added to the item view and a tag cloud added to the Subscriptions Home view. The interface will look similar to FeedDemon 2.7, but there are many little tweaks to improve its usability. Flags have been renamed Stars for Google Reader consistency, for example, while the Home page features videos, pictures, and content from your feeds. One smart improvement over Google Reader is that you can view your starred feeds in the folders they came from, instead of in a single "starred items" folder.
We'd like to see performance addressed in future versions, but overall FeedDemon remains a favorite 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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Version: FeedDemon 3.0.45
"Useful way of tracking RSS Feeds"
Pros: Being able to group a number of Feeds together, so that they are displayed as one.
Cons: Inconsistency in marking as read. If display a single feed, then move to another, marks first as read. If display feedds from a group together, then chnage, do not mark as read.
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