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Automate NetNewsWire RSS subscriptions export to OPML
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Note on RSS feeds
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Contributed by: peterpayne Monday, December 20 2004 @ 06:44 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
One note to makers of RSS feed readers. There exists a real need for a way to host one's RSS streams in a minimalist HTML format so that people can read their feeds on a cellular phone, which naturally can't handle lots of extravagant graphics but could display the contents of RSS feeds with graphics easily. Services like Bloglines, which let you surf your feeds online from any computer, still require logins and other things that a cell phone couldn't handle. So how about adding support for this with an RSS reader -- it could have options for creation of a view-anywhere HTML display that could be surfed from any machine via web sharing, or uploaded to an FTP site at regular intervals? Viewing one's RSS feeds on a cell phone is a "killer app" that has been ignored totally so far, as long as I can tell.
Note on RSS feeds -
Try the OPML Editor - support.opml.orgThe inbuilt NewsRiver aggregator serves up quite simple HTML, and you can set how many items you want to see. You can also delete stuff you're not interested in. It's also reasonably easy to customise, so you can get it to remove big images and flash etc. to make it so you can read it on a phone or PocketPC etc.
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