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Lazyscope updated tonight (cool Twitter client that uses RSS

• adulau 16y ago
  A clever use of RSS without explaining to the users that this is driven by RSS. Very nice but the software is proprietary... maybe alternatives will pop up.
  • ether 16y ago
    Could you elaborate on what you mean by proprietary?
    • pyre 16y ago
      Maybe he/she is referring to the fact that this is running on Adobe AIR?
      • ether 16y ago
        But aren't all desktop applications built on proprietary technologies? I am curious.
        • adulau 16y ago
          Firefox (without proprietary plug-ins), vim, gimp, Pidgin, GNOME, Inkscape, Evince, F-Spot, VLC, MPlayer, Thunderbird,... are not built on proprietary technologies.
          • ether 16y ago
            Aren't they ultimately all built on top of Windows and Mac? (Which are proprietary technologies)
• Timesync 16y ago
  The new changes are solid. While I understand the reason behind using Air, I share Scoble's opinion that this becomes a lot more useful when I can use it in a tablet or mobile environment as that's where I do most of my content consumption right now. With that said, I've been a Lazyscope user for a while and it currently handles my desktop consumption needs adequately. Kudos to the team on the update!
  • zmmmmm 16y ago
    > this becomes a lot more useful when I can use it in a tablet or mobile environment Air is already available for a lot of mobile environments and should be a pretty good universal cross platform technology across nearly every mobile and tablet environment soon. I would have picked that as a big advantage of using Air rather than a downside.
• ether 16y ago
  I'm using this with @HNFirehose ( www.twitter.com/HNfirehose ) added and it's working great. What do you guys think about using Lazyscope for subscribing to Hackernews articles?
• willembult 16y ago
  Cool interview by Scoble! I've been using this for a while now and I read so much more simply because it saves me that one important click, love this thing!