Task:RSS feed reader

The official RSS Feed Reader and related home applet are being ported to Fremantle. Even if it's 100% open source, the development is nowadays closed and the input from the community is very small. Unless we all do something about it.

Interested in having an excellent feed reader in Maemo? Get involved!

See also the discussion Love feeds? Read this

Core features

Just an idea.

• Handles efficiently feeds of text, images, audio, video...
• Connects regularly for updates and small transfers.
• Downloads volumes of data when wlan is available.
• Basic usage through desktop plugin.
• Well integrated with with browser (and media player?)
• Smart syncing with my other feed readers (via online?)

How to get there

There are different ways to get there:

• Everybody gets involved in the development of the official RSS Feed Reader
• Existing Maemo community alternatives are pushed. Candidates:
  • Feed Circuit
  • Penguin TV
  • How crazy would be to extend Mauku as a RSS feed reader with a very smart home applet? - or with any microblog app.
  • And how crazy would it be to mix it with a podcast app.
  • And how crazy would it be to mix feed reader, microblog reader and podcast app?
• Ports from GNOME/KDE or anywhere native. Not that Maemo's RSS Feed Reader derives from Liferea. Candidates:
  • Your candidates here.
• Firefox extensions
  • Your candidates here.

Competition

What great products are other (mobile) platforms offering? Name, link and remarkable features that make the app/service so good.

Note also the potential discussion about local app versus web service (and a way in between).

Local apps

Linux

• Liferea
• PenguinTV

Mac OS X

• NewsFire
• NetNewsWire
• Vienna

Windows

• SharpReader

Cross-Platform

• RSSOwl
• BogBridge

Online services

• Bloglines
• FeedBurner
• Google Reader
• FeedShow

"Host Your Own" Solutions

• Gregarius
• Tiny Tiny RSS
• zFeeder

Open enhancement requests

{{#bugzilla:

 |product=RSS+feed+reader
 |severity=enhancement
 |status=unconfirmed,new,assigned,reopened
 |sort=votes
 |order=desc
 |columns=votes,id,summary

}}

Open bugs

{{#bugzilla:

 |product=RSS+feed+reader
 |severity=!enhancement
 |status=unconfirmed,new,assigned,reopened
 |sort=votes
 |order=desc
 |columns=votes,severity,id,summary

}}