The concept of RSS or newsfeeds in general seemed quite appealing to me the moment I first heard (or read?) about it. But I never managed to find a possibility of utilizing them in a way I liked. I tried standalone-readers like FeedReader, and since I am a FF-enthusiast, I tried Firefox extensions like Sage and Wizz, as well as scroll-readers like infoRSS and took a look at the FeedDemon, but none really seemed to satisfy my needs. I wanted a common view for all unread entries, sorted by date or anything, I wanted it to be lightweight, and I didn't want it to be another program than my Firefox, so I eliminated all contestants pretty quick.
Luckily, I came across the small Brief Firefox extension which fulfilled all of my wishes. It's lightweight, it's a firefox extension, and it has the “unreadâ€-folder as well as a nice and elaborate handling. It's content-view is skinnable (though I have yet to come across a skin that suited me better than the original one), there are a handful of reasonable options, and it integrates with the Firefox-RSS-capabilities as well using it's dynamic bookmarks system.
It's just as the synopsis on the homepage says: “Brief is a light-weight feed reading extension for Firefox. Designed to be easy to use and streamlined, with exactly the right set of features.†- 'nuff said.
http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/screenshot_brief.png
So if you happen to be in the market for RSS-Readers, make sure to check this one out.
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/13/brief-rss-reader-for-firefox-dynamic-bookmarks/
Luckily, I came across the small Brief Firefox extension which fulfilled all of my wishes. It's lightweight, it's a firefox extension, and it has the “unreadâ€-folder as well as a nice and elaborate handling. It's content-view is skinnable (though I have yet to come across a skin that suited me better than the original one), there are a handful of reasonable options, and it integrates with the Firefox-RSS-capabilities as well using it's dynamic bookmarks system.
It's just as the synopsis on the homepage says: “Brief is a light-weight feed reading extension for Firefox. Designed to be easy to use and streamlined, with exactly the right set of features.†- 'nuff said.
http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/screenshot_brief.png
So if you happen to be in the market for RSS-Readers, make sure to check this one out.
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/13/brief-rss-reader-for-firefox-dynamic-bookmarks/
