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 browser (and media player?)
• Smart syncing with my other feed readers (via online?)
• Developed in Maemo but easy to deploy in other platforms.

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.
  • gPodder
  • 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?
    • In my opinion, it would be better to keep things separate, because of different usage patterns (if you don't think keeping apps and use cases separate, why not make the all-in-one browser+email+feed reader+microblogging+podcasts+chat+phone+contacts+notetaking+drawing app?) --thp 19:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
• 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
• gPodder

Mac OS X

• NewsFire
• NetNewsWire
  • Features:
    • On board browser (no need to launch an additional browser to view actual sites)
    • Desktop integration (can notify the user via various desktop widgets)
    • Synchronized clippings (synchronize feeds and feed status with various online services like Bloglines)
    • Will download and transfer podcasts to iTunes (i.e., transfer to another media player)
    • Supports multiple Smart Lists (display filtered results of feeds)
    • Supports custom styles (CSS)
    • Supports grouping/folders
    • Supports article flagging
    • Supports microformats (for Calendar and Contacts)
    • Import/Export of OPML
• Vienna

Windows

• SharpReader

Cross-Platform

• RSSOwl
• BogBridge

Online services

• Bloglines
• FeedBurner
• Google Reader
• FeedShow
• My gPodder

"Host Your Own" Solutions

• Gregarius
• Tiny Tiny RSS
• zFeeder
• Simple Pie

Open enhancement requests

{{#bugzilla:

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

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Open bugs

{{#bugzilla:

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

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