RSS feed readers

To subscribe to an RSS feed individually one needs a specific tool called “RSS reader” or “RSS aggregator”

There are two types of these:

• Workstation tools:
  • Thunderbird:
    • +: very easy to use, a simple interface, multi-platform (Mac, Windows, Linux), this software is more than a simple feed reader
    • -: this software is more than a simple feed reader
  • RSSowl :
    • +: advanced functions, tag browsing, multi-platform (Mac, Windows, Linux)
    • -: not always easy to use, slow (JAVA)
  • Feedreader (Windows), NetNewsWire Lite (Mac), or Liferea (Linux)
    • +: very easy to use, simple interface
    • -: mono-platform (Mac OR Windows OR Linux)
  • Akregator (Linux)
  • Firefox

• On-line tools:
  • Netvibes
  • iGoogle