That is cool idea! Is it web based or local gui app?
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
It will be a web app. Once I get a BlackBerry, I'll be making a mobile version of it too.
Chris Nixon
· 1 year ago
Interesting project. It might be nice to integrate the Wordpress API so you can easily blog about an article.
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
What I first want to do is to find the right GUI for me, and then help others find the right GUI for them. After that, I think I will go API-crazy, allowing users to post things from my RSS reader to Digg, Reddit, Wordpress, Blogger, FriendFeed, Twitter, and so on.
Jean-Marc Liotier
· 1 year ago
I use Gregarius http://gregarius.net/ for my casual readings at http://readinglist.jim.liotier.org/ - I quite like it but there may be room for more functionality and integration with third parties. Performance is also an area of potential improvement.
But from my point of view, a RSS reader has to be web based : how else can we share our reading list with others ? Sure, there are services such as Google Reader, but living in a cheap hotel is never the same as being at home...
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the tip. I think I will experiment with Gregarius when I get the time.
wisher86
· 1 year ago
I had the same idea with podcast catcher. Using Windows I'm still looking for something good, so I'm working to get my own...
ryansv
· 1 year ago
I came to this same decision with a couple of my friends at the beginning of this summer, but unfortunately our situation got complicated and our project was abandoned. We had used PHP for the front end, and Java for the backend (downloading and parsing the feeds, as well as a couple other intensive processes).
The main thought that drove our project is that the internet, and all of the blogs and comments and everything else is all conversation between people, and the RSS reader should reflect that.
Sharing is a feature I feel no RSS reader has done properly, so make sure you spend time contemplating how you want to handle that.
As you plan to experiment with many different UI's maybe you should consider creating an engine for allowing personal configuration of the UI?
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this type of project already, so feel free to bounce any ideas you have off me, I'd be glad to help.
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
Interesting point on sharing. I like how Google Reader handles sharing, and would probably emulate something similar, unless I discover a superior way to handle it.
Allowing user configuration of the RSS reader would be interesting, but I'm not sure how much work it would take to implement.
Also, do you happen to have the source code from your project? While I will not be implementing my backend in Java, I like to see how other people approach a problem that I am working on.
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
Actually, now that I think about it, I think it would be easiest for me to integrate the RSS reader with BurstCMS, a new type of (open source) content management system written in PHP (5). See http://burstcms.googlecode.com/
prattmic
· 1 year ago
You may want to check out Feedly, it sounds a bit like what you are looking for.
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already tried Feedly. I will be incorporating many concepts from Feedly into my RSS reader, though.
Cheers!
Kevin
· 1 year ago
Have you looked at FeedOnFeeds Redux? Probably a good place to start for web based RSS.
Rishabh Mishra (possible248)
· 1 year ago
Uh no. I have never heard of FeedOnFeeds Redux. Thanks for pointing it out to me, though.
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But from my point of view, a RSS reader has to be web based : how else can we share our reading list with others ? Sure, there are services such as Google Reader, but living in a cheap hotel is never the same as being at home...
The main thought that drove our project is that the internet, and all of the blogs and comments and everything else is all conversation between people, and the RSS reader should reflect that.
Sharing is a feature I feel no RSS reader has done properly, so make sure you spend time contemplating how you want to handle that.
As you plan to experiment with many different UI's maybe you should consider creating an engine for allowing personal configuration of the UI?
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this type of project already, so feel free to bounce any ideas you have off me, I'd be glad to help.
Allowing user configuration of the RSS reader would be interesting, but I'm not sure how much work it would take to implement.
Also, do you happen to have the source code from your project? While I will not be implementing my backend in Java, I like to see how other people approach a problem that I am working on.
I will be incorporating many concepts from Feedly into my RSS reader, though.
Cheers!