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Loading ...I am currently looking for a good offline RSS Reader for my Tablet PC. Have several RSS readers installed for when there is an internet connection, but I’d like something for when there isn’t a connection that I can read from the gym while riding the cycle. At least that’s my plan. This way I can keep up on my RSS reading in the morning. Have to try and maximize my time as I’m going to be exercising every morning and this is cutting into my RSS reading time.
What I want the target RSS Reader to be able to do is at least the following:
- be internet aware so that when there is internet connection it will automatically grab the most recent RSS feeds
- allow search across all saved feeds
- allow blogging to multiple Wordpress blogs from within the RSS reader
Would be nice if it also includes (but not required):
- support for ink (Tablet PC)
Developers/authors feel free to put your own links here. I have seen the Wikipedia RSS list
Any good suggestions?
I love Onfolio. www.onfolio.com. It’s much more than a RSS reader. Too bad it doesn’t have ink support.
Comment by Warner Crocker — August 7, 2005 @ 8:36 pm PST
Onfolio is running a special until August 8 for the personal edition for free. I downloaded that one and am checking it out. Doesn’t seem from a quick glance to have WP posting support, also it didn’t seem to want to refresh some of my 350+ RSS feeds.
Comment by TDavid — August 7, 2005 @ 9:46 pm PST
That onfolio edition has problems with firefox, does not sync up my bloglines (yes, I researched that extra tool), can’t easily be shut down and has problems doing it’s job.
And yes, as my tablet is about to arrive: More ink related software please ;))))
My requests are mainly sync with Bloglines not the ‘mark everything read’ but synchronise the state of items read or not. For the rest, that is not that important for me, I can tell it to update.
(At the moment I am thinking about splitting my bloglist into ‘to be read on tablet’ and ‘needs to be read online’ because most of the readers do not work in this syncing mode in a way I could use it.)
Comment by Nicole — August 8, 2005 @ 6:45 am PST
JetBrains’ Omea Reader 2.0 (http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/)
Comment by Kevin — August 8, 2005 @ 3:36 pm PST
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