We start with the requirements that all RSS readers need to match first. In addition, using a local client may be faster than using an online service and you are always in control of the data. These information are stored in a local database so that you can access past records even without Internet connection. You add one or multiple feeds to them and whenever you start them, see which sites have published new posts. If it goes down, has a bug or decides to become paid only, you may not be able to access the service for the time being or ever again.ĭesktop RSS readers work similar to mail clients. Users of feedreaders need to be aware that the operator of the reader software may have access to records of the websites from which feeds are derived and in the absence of knowledge as to who those operators might be users should be cautious about the personal profile information which the use of a feedreader may disclose to unknown parties.On the downside, you depend on the service. The "Contact Us" page of the company's website gives a postal address and telephone number which are shared by the operators of another website but this site is also silent as to its ownership. Websearches carried out on 8 January 2014 did not disclose whether the owner and/or controller of Feedreader is domiciled or resident in the United States or elsewhere. Feedreader has been acquired by a new professional and reliable developer." However ownership of Feedreader is not disclosed on the organisation's website and it is unclear whether the service is owned by a private individual, a partnership, a corporation, or some other type of entity. In an un-dated announcement published on the Feedreader website it was stated that ".after years of successful development by i-Systems Inc. The installation file is 4.44 MB, which is notably small for a feed reader with such features.
Moreover, the program can use keyboard shortcuts, search through one's RSS feeds, and can be run from a USB flash drive. įeedreader has an auto-discovery feature, whose purpose is to find RSS feeds on any web page and subscribe to them in an automated fashion. The company behind Feedreader says that it was the first personal desktop RSS reader. Recent beta versions use MySQL as database back-end.įeedreader was one of the first desktop feed readers version 1.54 of Feedreader of the application were distributed on April 24, 2001. It has a stripped down, though configurable, three-pane interface similar to NetNewsWire on Mac OS X. Feedreader is a free RSS and Atom aggregator for Windows.
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