Without a doubt, the most frequently asked question that I receive when I evangelize blogging and RSS at work is "What is the best RSS reader for Windows?". Unfortunately for me, I do not have a good answer to this question, as all but stopped using Windows on a daily basis.
But, since 99.8% of EDS employees use Windows, and because I really want to promote blogging and RSS, I would like to have an answer to this question. So, with Google and Virtual PC by my side, I am going to list some popular Windows-based RSS readers in this post. Hopefully, this list, combined with the comments, will help me to arrive at an answer.
When I google for "best windows rss reader", I found the following:
- Directory of the Best RSS readers
- Wikipedia: free Windows RSS readers / commercial Windows RSS readers
- RSS Info (blogspace.com)
- RSS Quickstart Guide (Lockergnome)
Based upon the above research, it looks like the top RSS readers for Windows are SharpReader, FeedReader, and FeedDemon.
Well, I was hoping to be able to try a few of these out on Virtual PC, but I have spent an hour patching and installing the .NET 1.1 runtime on Windows 2000. So, I ask the Internet -- which of these readers is worthy of my recommendation?
-Andy.
Forget all that fancy standalone app stuff. Look for the firefox plugin called Sage. It'll turn your browser into an rss reader. Totally unobtrusive and you can manage your feeds along with the rest of your bookmarks in the same place.
For people that live inside of Outlook, I'm a big fan of NewsGator.
I have to use multiple machines and so I'm not a big fan of single-machine based RSS readers at all. Bloglines is what I'm using currently, but that's only because I haven't found a better alternative to solving my multi-machine problems