I really haven’t written much about technology recently, so I thought I would update you on my experiences with RSS readers.  As mentioned in a post from last year, I reviewed a huge number of free RSS readers over a period of several months.  While there were a number of good free programs, I ended my review with a caveat for FeedDemon, a great reader, which however, one needed to buy after a 30 day trial period. 

After using it for a month, I decided to purchase FeedDemon, and I must say I have not been disappointed.  It is a great feedreader, and as the months have gone by, I have not regretted for one minute buying this software (As a bonus, it was also on sale last December for only $15.00 when I “sprung” for it).  FeedDemon is head and shoulders above any free desktop RSS reader.  But don’t take my word on it.  If you are so inclined, I refer you to a recent post by Randy at kbcafe:  Review of FeedDemon – Ultimate Feed Reader Software!

Below is the section from my post last year on FeedDemon:

I have also been trying out a free trial version of FeedDemon. I guess it is true about what they say: You get what you pay for. FeedDemon appears to have everything that I have been looking for in a RSS Reader. I can delete individual feed items without having them reappear when the feed refreshes. I have a variety if views to choose from (three-panel and newspaper among them). The looks of the program are top-notch. Further, I can move news items I want to save into news bins that I can create (like “to blog,” “follow-up,” or “keep.”). Even when I delete the item in its original folder, it stays in the newsbin until I delete it there. This feature is much better and far more useful than merely flagging an item, which I can also do here.

When FeedDemon is active, it uses a little more RAM than GreatNews, but less than RSSBandit, Omea and FeedReader. Plus, when it is minimized, FeedDemon takes up a minimal amount of RAM, under 2,000 K (comparable to FeedReader and GreatNews). Another feature is that Windows Live Writer is seamlessly integrated with FeedDemon, and I have found Windows Live Writer to be a great blogging platform (even though it is a Microsoft product).

I am also finding that FeedDemon is faster than any of the free readers that I have tried, and this is a big plus. Finally, Newsgator (the maker of FeedDemon) is having a sale on all of it’s products in December, so FeedDemon’s price is now only $19.95 through December ($10.00 off). I do not like to buy software when I can get comparable software for free, but it would seem to me that none of the free RSS readers are comparable to FeedDemon. So, I am tempted to buy myself a Christmas present and purchase FeedDemon before the end of the year. I’ll let you know what I decide. If you want to try FeedDemon out, you can download it here.