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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: FeedDemon 1.5
"Well constructed, performing and fun program."
Pros: Good intro included on first run to help you get the feel of things. Option to have the actual browser window at the side or at the bottom. Great collection of preset feeds in a variety of categories. Extensive auto/manual update options and categorization abilities (including a news bin for your flagged stories). Simple wizard helps you add a feed url. Ability to export/import OPML files so you don't lose your favourite collection of feeds. Feed display itself very uncluttered and appealling. You get the title of the story and short snips underneath and you can add it to the bin upon a simple right click or left click to view the full story. I particularly like that you can minimize the browser to get a full view of all the snippets of news in a channel and double click stories you want to read to instantly bring the browser up again. Newspaper for each group is a cool idea.
Cons: Can be slightly fiddly and the lack of ability to customize the toolbars and buttons can leave you constantly taking several clicks to get the simple option you want. The group newspaper isn't totally developed in my opinion and could be better done. Many of the presets are dead feeds but this isn't such a huge deal, just a little bit annoying. It seems (so far) that there is no way to actually rename a channel group, so at the moment I am making a new channel group and moving my channels to it just because I want to rename a category. Ocassional lag when loading things.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: FeedDemon 1.5
"Clean, polished, well laid out...as always you get what you pay for."
Pros: I can only compare this to Pluck and I think you should try it first too.
(Just make sure you save your OPML file :)
Then try FeedDemon....as is the case in life, most often you get what you pay for.
This Aggregator is actually FUN to use and a snap to configure.
Using FeedDemon makes me think "Apple" in terms of sensibly, user friendliness and sophistication.
This product is a joy to use and I would highly recommend you to try it and see for yourself.
Cons: I'm not dissing the previous poster, but I'm a little puzzled with his 2" browser window conundrum.
You can mouse drag the window size to your liking.
Maybe he's got a mirco-notebook with a 5" screen?
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: FeedDemon 1.5
Pros: Best RSS reader I've found. Works great & feature packed.
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5 stars
Version: FeedDemon 1.5
"The best RSS reader on the market, bar none. Fantastic feature set."
Pros: Easy to use, feature laden and fairly priced. Indispensible if you blog.
Cons: Lack of documentation. Although very user friendly, there are things you can do with FeedDemon that aren't readily apparent (e.g., create link dumps).
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5 stars
Version: FeedDemon 1.5
Pros: The product is GREAT. Highly Recommended - easy to use.
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