I am looking for an offline RSS reader, which synchronizes with Bloglines. The operative word here is synchronize. I’ve looked at both FeedDemon and GreatNews which can download feeds, but not synchronize. I want a synchronization experience similar to the way Exchange or an IMAP server handles email — full offline access, with a synchronized online store. I work on multiple computers, which is why bloglines is so effective for me today, but it has no offline experience. If I had a decent offline experience too, I could catch up on blogs in my downtime waiting in airports, on planes, trains, and so on.
Anybody have any good suggestions?
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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I don't know about the synchronizing part, but I do use, and love RSSBandit. It's a .NET developed tool, open source, works and works well. :> No, I'm not a paid employee or paid advertiser :> just a long time user and I love it. Worth an install and try.
I've tried one Outlook addin that didn't work nearly as well as RSSBandit. I'm sorry I can't remember it's name, just that it took me longer to get it uninstalled than a Windows product SHOULD! :
Are you on a Mac or PC? NetNewsWire for the Mac has a beta version out now that synchronizes with newsgator. Om Malik recently reviewed it in his blog.
You can grab the beta at http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/changenotes/netnewswire2.1b16.php
I’m on a PC Irwin. Perhaps I need to dump bloglines too, I dunno.