Perhaps I’ve been out of the loop, but why are web 2.0 RSS readers emerging now? For nearly a year, I’ve used Bloxor, a PHP/MySQL-based feed reader, to gather feed content from my favorite sites. (There is a service, but I opted to install the app on my server.) Bloxor is quite nice, don’t get me wrong. But it’s not perfect either. And yet I haven’t seen anything come around that just sweeps me off my feet with that perfect blend of design and function.

I spent two hours with Google Reader whenever it arrived. No thanks. (Does anyone use this? I almost forget it even exists. No one I know uses it—that I know of… )

Bloglines? Far from useful.

Countless other web-based RSS readers have been released to the world only to fall short of really making it happen.

I do have high hopes though.

Steve Smith has Canary Reader cooking. And I really think if it’s going to be successful, there are only a few people who can guide it there. Steve Smith is one of the few.

I also just stumbled on Feeds 2.0 out of Greece. (Thanks to a nice TechTips article for the link.)

At the onset, either one of these apps could be the next greatest web application and could solve the deficit of web-based RSS reader. I certainly hope we get somewhere soon.

If you’ve run across a great reader (web-based or desktop client) that you’d like to share with the group, lay it down here.

Technorati Tags: rss, reader, web

Addendum: I was recently added to the TechTips roster of contributors. Glad to be on board! Thanks, Chandu. (And thanks Technorati for the referral. )

Web-based RSS Feed Readers

Originally from David Russell by itunes@davidrussell.org (David Russell)

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