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I've not really used RSS and it's certainly never been a critical part of my Desktop/Laptop workflow. The first time it was exposed to me was through Firefox li

I've not really used RSS and it's certainly never been a critical part of my Desktop/Laptop workflow. The first time it was exposed to me was through Firefox live bookmarks which I thought was pretty cool. Then I believe they removed the feature or just took out the bundled ones. It wasn't until working on blogs that I became aware that RSS was much used. If we had some javascript get injected into the generated rss files (common with wordpress), users would complain the feeds would stop working. I'd get it fixed, but unless someone was asking for a live feed to be syndicated on another website, I just haven't used it personally. I remember some news apps for phones like Pulse that seemed to run on RSS feeds for a bit. But that's about what I assume the majority of the population experiences of RSS. It runs some things like podcasts 'under the hood' but where does a new user get introduced to it? I run entirely off emails, every email that comes in gets an action (usually delete, respond, or file). People in here talking about relying on RSS, what software do you even use it with? (don't give podcast apps please)

gbear605 8y ago
I use a dedicated RSS feeder app to see blog posts from dozens of different blogs that update on frequencies ranging from ten times a day to once a year. It’s also useful for webcomics like xkcd.
- joecool1029 8y ago
  Mind sharing the app used?
  - gbear605 8y ago
    I like https://feeder.co/ https://feeder.co/ personally, although I haven’t done any exhaustive searching.
unicornporn 8y ago
> It runs some things like podcasts 'under the hood' but where does a new user get introduced to it? Nowhere now that even Mozilla has eliminated it from Firefox.
SyneRyder 8y ago
> People in here talking about relying on RSS, what software do you even use it with? While I wouldn't say I rely on RSS, I use Feedly [1] as my RSS reader on Android & sometimes through the browser. I think Feedly are the biggest player in the space now that Google Reader is gone, but they have lots of competitors. On the Mac, I tend to use Reeder [2] as my desktop client, though I hear NetNewsWire [3] is being rewritten & re-released soon. A few years ago I did some work with a law firm that used RSS to keep up with what's new in their field, and they wanted me to develop RSS feeds for sites that didn't provide one. Instead of visiting dozens of websites every morning to check for updates (and delegating that task to an assistant), RSS brings all the latest news in one place they can check each morning. A pro/commercial reader like Feedly also provides highlighting & note-taking functions, so you can highlight/quote important paragraphs in an article & keep them in a searchable database, together with your own annotations. [1] https://feedly.com/ https://feedly.com/ [2] http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/ [3] http://netnewswireapp.com/ http://netnewswireapp.com/
- username223 8y ago
  NetNewsWire works fine right now, and I have been using it for over a decade to follow various blogs and tech sites. I doubt there's VC-level money to be made in RSS, but it's actually useful, so I believe it will be at least as alive as it is now in another decade.

gbear605 8y ago

I use a dedicated RSS feeder app to see blog posts from dozens of different blogs that update on frequencies ranging from ten times a day to once a year. It’s also useful for webcomics like xkcd.

joecool1029 8y ago
Mind sharing the app used?
- gbear605 8y ago
  I like https://feeder.co/ https://feeder.co/ personally, although I haven’t done any exhaustive searching.

unicornporn 8y ago

> It runs some things like podcasts 'under the hood' but where does a new user get introduced to it? Nowhere now that even Mozilla has eliminated it from Firefox.

SyneRyder 8y ago

> People in here talking about relying on RSS, what software do you even use it with? While I wouldn't say I rely on RSS, I use Feedly [1] as my RSS reader on Android & sometimes through the browser. I think Feedly are the biggest player in the space now that Google Reader is gone, but they have lots of competitors. On the Mac, I tend to use Reeder [2] as my desktop client, though I hear NetNewsWire [3] is being rewritten & re-released soon. A few years ago I did some work with a law firm that used RSS to keep up with what's new in their field, and they wanted me to develop RSS feeds for sites that didn't provide one. Instead of visiting dozens of websites every morning to check for updates (and delegating that task to an assistant), RSS brings all the latest news in one place they can check each morning. A pro/commercial reader like Feedly also provides highlighting & note-taking functions, so you can highlight/quote important paragraphs in an article & keep them in a searchable database, together with your own annotations. [1] https://feedly.com/ https://feedly.com/ [2] http://reederapp.com/mac/ http://reederapp.com/mac/ [3] http://netnewswireapp.com/ http://netnewswireapp.com/

username223 8y ago
NetNewsWire works fine right now, and I have been using it for over a decade to follow various blogs and tech sites. I doubt there's VC-level money to be made in RSS, but it's actually useful, so I believe it will be at least as alive as it is now in another decade.