Comments on: Snackr – Fancy Feed Reader (Adobe Air App) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:47:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Snackr - Scrolling RSS Reader for Windows | The Windows Fix http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-379124 Snackr - Scrolling RSS Reader for Windows | The Windows Fix Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:49:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-379124 [...] via MakeUseOfSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Snackr - Scrolling RSS Reader for Windows", url: "http://www.thewindowsfix.com/snackr-scrolling-rss-reader-for-windows/" }); [...] [...] via MakeUseOfSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Snackr – Scrolling RSS Reader for Windows”, url: “http://www.thewindowsfix.com/snackr-scrolling-rss-reader-for-windows/” }); [...]

]]> By: RSSFeed.me: Monitor Your Feeds On A High Contrast Display http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-378049 RSSFeed.me: Monitor Your Feeds On A High Contrast Display Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:10:45 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-378049 [...] Similar tool: Snackr. [...] [...] Similar tool: Snackr. [...]

]]> By: T.J. Mininday http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-360977 T.J. Mininday Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:51:17 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-360977 Nice...Google Reader Integration will make it 'perfect'.!!! Thanks for the update. Nice…Google Reader Integration will make it ‘perfect’.!!! Thanks for the update.

]]> By: Narciso Jaramillo http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-358314 Narciso Jaramillo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:37:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-358314 One thing I'm planning to add in the near future is alternative animation options, so you can have items fade in over time instead of constantly scrolling. That should reduce the CPU usage quite a bit. Thanks, nj One thing I’m planning to add in the near future is alternative animation options, so you can have items fade in over time instead of constantly scrolling. That should reduce the CPU usage quite a bit.

Thanks,

nj

]]> By: Narciso Jaramillo http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-358313 Narciso Jaramillo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-358313 Thanks for the review and the suggestions! In the latest test build, Snackr does indeed have integration with Google Reader, and an option to make Snackr minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar. You can get the latest build (v0.38) here: http://code.google.com/p/snackr/downloads/list I'm planning to add a way to categorize and filter feeds, so you can show just one feed or all the feeds in a given category. Unfortunately I've been busy with my actual job :), so haven't had much time lately to work on Snackr, but I'm hoping to get back to it soon. nj Thanks for the review and the suggestions! In the latest test build, Snackr does indeed have integration with Google Reader, and an option to make Snackr minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar. You can get the latest build (v0.38) here:

http://code.google.com/p/snackr/downloads/list

I’m planning to add a way to categorize and filter feeds, so you can show just one feed or all the feeds in a given category. Unfortunately I’ve been busy with my actual job :) , so haven’t had much time lately to work on Snackr, but I’m hoping to get back to it soon.

nj

]]> By: T.J. Mininday http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357486 T.J. Mininday Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:47:50 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357486 Looks like it has plenty of options and potential. Have you posted this to our directory?: http://www.makeuseof.com/contact Looks like it has plenty of options and potential. Have you posted this to our directory?:

http://www.makeuseof.com/contact

]]> By: Ajay http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357469 Ajay Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:26:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357469 this reader looks very impressive i will definatly give a try to this reader. this reader looks very impressive i will definatly give a try to this reader.

]]> By: William http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357434 William Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:51 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357434 I'm an feed junky and last year when I could not find a reader other than googles that had the features I wanted, I decided to build one that matched and bettered the google reader feature set At adelph.us we love to read rss feeds and we thought it would be a great idea to integrate a full featured rss/atom feed reader into the adelph.us social communication platform. We looked at some of the available feed readers and while many of them are very good, most lacked some key features that we believe are needed to help members easily add, read, and recycle feeds. At adelph.us we believe that there should be more than one choice for internet users when it comes to key applications like feed readers. We think that a feed reader should be tightly integrated into a unified social communication platform that allows members to use all of the features with one log or openid. We believe in the Open Source development community, and because of this in the near future we will be releasing the adelph.us reader under an Open Source license. This means that the adelph.us reader will continue to evolve to meet the needs of users and developers.The adelph.us reader has all of the features that you would expect in a top of the line feed reader. When we started the development process we wanted to make sure that we matched feature for feature with the best feed readers. Once we had the key features list we began to add new features that would make the adelph.us feed reader an easy to use aggregator that gives members the ability to read, share, and republish feeds. Some adelph.us Reader Features * Feed Reader tightly integrated into adelph.us social communication platform * Easy to use and intuitive user interface * Add feeds from an existing OPML file * Add rss/atom feeds as well as feeds from existing social services * Share feed items with a note ( Public, Private, Friend (s), Group(s) ) * Email feed items with a note * Tag feed item * Re Publish feed item to blog * Re Publish entire feed to blog * Tabbed feed viewing *Push feed and feed items to "Conversation Channels" *Push feed and feed items to twitter * Feed viewing options (Bottom, Right, Hide) * Integrated feed search * Feed Categorization using tags * Latest feeds section (Shows feeds from the last 1 hour, 2 hours, 5 hours) I’m an feed junky and last year when I could not find a reader other than googles that had the features I wanted, I decided to build one that matched and bettered the google reader feature set

At adelph.us we love to read rss feeds and we thought it would be a great idea to integrate a full featured rss/atom feed reader into the adelph.us social communication platform. We looked at some of the available feed readers and while many of them are very good, most lacked some key features that we believe are needed to help members easily add, read, and recycle feeds. At adelph.us we believe that there should be more than one choice for internet users when it comes to key applications like feed readers. We think that a feed reader should be tightly integrated into a unified social communication platform that allows members to use all of the features with one log or openid.

We believe in the Open Source development community, and because of this in the near future we will be releasing the adelph.us reader under an Open Source license. This means that the adelph.us reader will continue to evolve to meet the needs of users and developers.The adelph.us reader has all of the features that you would expect in a top of the line feed reader. When we started the development process we wanted to make sure that we matched feature for feature with the best feed readers. Once we had the key features list we began to add new features that would make the adelph.us feed reader an easy to use aggregator that gives members the ability to read, share, and republish feeds.

Some adelph.us Reader Features

* Feed Reader tightly integrated into adelph.us social communication platform
* Easy to use and intuitive user interface
* Add feeds from an existing OPML file
* Add rss/atom feeds as well as feeds from existing social services
* Share feed items with a note ( Public, Private, Friend (s), Group(s) )
* Email feed items with a note
* Tag feed item
* Re Publish feed item to blog
* Re Publish entire feed to blog
* Tabbed feed viewing
*Push feed and feed items to “Conversation Channels”
*Push feed and feed items to twitter
* Feed viewing options (Bottom, Right, Hide)
* Integrated feed search
* Feed Categorization using tags
* Latest feeds section (Shows feeds from the last 1 hour, 2 hours, 5 hours)

]]> By: ridhoyp http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357410 ridhoyp Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:50:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357410 wohooo.. make reads so simple.. cool.. :) wohooo.. make reads so simple.. cool.. :)

]]> By: Ravi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357408 Ravi Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:42:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357408 Howdy T.J! I am glad you found my comment useful. The response from the developer notes that he has optimised his code as much as possible and is waiting on the Adobe folks to respond. He notes that the problem exists only on a Mac, so the majority of readers will not have to worry about this at all, and the Mac folks can tune the scroll speed low to lessen impact on the CPU. Howdy T.J! I am glad you found my comment useful. The response from the developer notes that he has optimised his code as much as possible and is waiting on the Adobe folks to respond. He notes that the problem exists only on a Mac, so the majority of readers will not have to worry about this at all, and the Mac folks can tune the scroll speed low to lessen impact on the CPU.

]]> By: T.J. Mininday http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357397 T.J. Mininday Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:57:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357397 Thanks for the word of warning Ravi...You would think there would be a quick update for something as bad as that. Thanks for the word of warning Ravi…You would think there would be a quick update for something as bad as that.

]]> By: Ravi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-more-use-out-of-your-rss-feeds-with-snackr/comment-page-1/#comment-357374 Ravi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:59:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7827#comment-357374 I hate to be the "yes, but" guy but a word of warning: Snackr on a Mac, at least on my MacBook (Mac OS X Leopard), takes up a good 10% of CPU for its scrolling effect (more depending on the scroll speed). See: http://forum.snackr.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7&p=18&hilit=CPU#p18 for comments from the developer. Otherwise, a really neat app. I hate to be the “yes, but” guy but a word of warning: Snackr on a Mac, at least on my MacBook (Mac OS X Leopard), takes up a good 10% of CPU for its scrolling effect (more depending on the scroll speed).

See:
http://forum.snackr.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7&p=18&hilit=CPU#p18
for comments from the developer.

Otherwise, a really neat app.

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