Comments on: Bloglines: An Aggregator That Does Not Suck http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/ Screams in the Night Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:34:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Gei http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-200 Gei Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:04:40 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-200 I was a Bloglines user until I came across Waggr - http://www.waggr.com I think Waggr is much simpler to use, and has a much quicker interface. I highly recommend it. I was a Bloglines user until I came across Waggr - http://www.waggr.com

I think Waggr is much simpler to use, and has a much quicker interface. I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-199 Bill Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:23:10 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-199 Kevin, do you know if anything inside ATOM makes it easier to syndicate comments? While you could shoe-horn it into RSS, it wouldn't feel very natural. Kevin, do you know if anything inside ATOM makes it easier to syndicate comments? While you could shoe-horn it into RSS, it wouldn’t feel very natural.

]]> By: Peter Pentchev http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-198 Peter Pentchev Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:37:12 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-198 I actually find an aggregator useful - but only in a limited fashion, pretty much as an addendum to a browser. Yep, I have one (Firefox|Opera|whatever-I-feel-like-this-week) window with lots of tabs open, and AmphetaDesk in the first tab. Reload periodically, scan for unclicked links, load them in new background tabs, read at leisure. Well, it works for me :) I guess this is not the right place for the AmphetaDesk HTML/XML encoding (or lack thereof) rant that has been bubbling for the past few months, so I'll save that for later. I actually find an aggregator useful - but only in a limited fashion, pretty much as an addendum to a browser. Yep, I have one (Firefox|Opera|whatever-I-feel-like-this-week) window with lots of tabs open, and AmphetaDesk in the first tab. Reload periodically, scan for unclicked links, load them in new background tabs, read at leisure. Well, it works for me :)

I guess this is not the right place for the AmphetaDesk HTML/XML encoding (or lack thereof) rant that has been bubbling for the past few months, so I’ll save that for later.

]]> By: khayman http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-197 khayman Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:19:30 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-197 bah! I have given up on aggregators. You don't always get the whole post, you don't get the comments, and you don't get all the other possibly cool stuff on somebody's web page. Formatting and design, of course But you also get to see newly added links and the occasional fun of being able to tell somebody about a bug on their site. I think if most people used aggregators people could just post blogs as RSS only and not bother with the web pages. And that wouldn't be any fun at all. bah! I have given up on aggregators. You don’t always get the whole post, you don’t get the comments, and you don’t get all the other possibly cool stuff on somebody’s web page. Formatting and design, of course But you also get to see newly added links and the occasional fun of being able to tell somebody about a bug on their site. I think if most people used aggregators people could just post blogs as RSS only and not bother with the web pages. And that wouldn’t be any fun at all.

]]> By: Kevin http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-196 Kevin Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:33:43 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2004/09/10/bloglines-an-aggregator-that-does-not-suck/#comment-196 Well, it's all about what the site/blog publishes. In principle, you could include comments in your RSS/RDF/Atom feed, although it would just appear in line; it wouldn't integrate with the Bloglines comments (which are really more like references). I have been feeling a bit of your point about the whole site experience lately as well. There are a number of blogs that I started reading in a large part because I liked their visual design. Now that I rarely see the actual site, I find some of them significantly less interesting. Well, it’s all about what the site/blog publishes. In principle, you could include comments in your RSS/RDF/Atom feed, although it would just appear in line; it wouldn’t integrate with the Bloglines comments (which are really more like references).

I have been feeling a bit of your point about the whole site experience lately as well. There are a number of blogs that I started reading in a large part because I liked their visual design. Now that I rarely see the actual site, I find some of them significantly less interesting.

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