More on RSS readers…
I’ll be posting more later on. I loaded the new Phoenix/Alpha release of RSS Bandit this morning. I’ve not had time to test the sync to Google Reader but will. I will say this though. RSS Bandit is a resource HOG. It not only hogs CPU but memory as well. I’ve tested several readers over the last few days, similar situations in all of them. I loaded the same RSS feeds, tried to set the same update intervals, and compared them. RSS Bandit by far walloped the others in resources. And I’m not certain at all why it takes so long for the feeds to load (I end up watching the counter in the lower right corner as it’s “loading” the feeds. I’m still leaning towards a lesser known RSS reader at this point because as I mentioned, it’s fast, and leaves a very small footprint. It doesn’t have all the features of others, but at this point it does what I need fairly well. I’ll post summary results of what I tested and how much resources it used.
Several have emailed me on this so keep them coming. I’d be interested in what you use and why. I’m a news junkie, and need my fix.
Off to Nashville so will post more later.