It looks obvious

For months now I’m in a quest looking for the ultimate RSS reader ; I tried them all: the web base like bloglines , the simple one like sharpreader , the sidebar like sage and the more sophisticated one like feeddemon . They all left me frustrated.

I have to clarify: all the applications above are very good applications. The problem isn’t in the programming it is in the concept. All these applications , without real exception, handling each feed for itself and every post for itself. The syndication made simple, but it is only a first step.

I’m currently having in my reader more than 300 feeds and when I’m asking myself how many feeds should I manage the answer Is none. Put simple, as a user I do not want to know about feeds, RSS and XML – this are middleware tools between applications and should be handled by them.

It is clear distinction and we failed to make it – RSS is for the application, the user need the content. Learn my clicks and find for me the content that I want, according to my priorities and in the format I like. The concept itself isn’t so simple, let alone the actual development. Some pieces being assembled – Sphere’s new service is a good step in the right direction. However we are still far away from these goals.