DISQUS

Olivier · 3 years ago

I also use Newsgator. I much prefer to read the feed-reader: it saves me a lot of time. I only open the posts themselves if I want to read the comments or if there is a video embedded...

franki durbin · 3 years ago

I could not agree more about feeds removing "personality" from the content. I realized a month or so ago that my reader (NetNewsWire) was sapping all fun from my blog reads. What I do love, however, is that I can conveniently organize all of the site links and categorize them. This has proven much more efficient than bookmarks used to be. I recently "fixed" this by hitting the "enter" key each time I selected a new feed to read. The app becomes a low-fi browser at that point (you can't see Flash content). I'm still speeding through my reads, but I regain the uniqueness of each sites look & feel. It also encourages commenting on posts, versus just taking in the information. (Another unfulfilling side effect of my reader.) Although I lose the 'abbreviated format' I am actually READING the blogs again. It has put the fun back into my RSS reader. Glad to hear I'm not alone!