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Last month, I started a search for a new feed reader after my trusty NewsGator committed the unforgivable sin of altering my data without permission (after using a hotel Internet service proxy, the application overwrote the feed URLs I specified) [RSS News Reader Auditions].
A few days later, I narrowed the field to just a few contenders due to my preference for Outlook integration [Feed Reader Callbacks]. One of those products, You Subscribe, didn’t uninstall cleanly. I’m still left with a You Subscribe menu item on my Tools menu that won’t go away.
Anyway, I’ve cast the part and the winner is intraVnews by a small Swedish company named FolderGlue. I’ve used this product (v1.12 – beta) for nearly 30 days (per the eval countdown) and it’s time to pay the $24.95 for a license. Not once have I had the desire to uninstall it, which makes it a winner in my book.
I’m not 100% certain if intraVnews will make the same mistake that NewsGator did, but I’ll find out in June when I go to TechEd. Also, I should note that I am keeping my NewsGator Online subscription and I’ll use my NewsGator license on my home PC. I find their online service to be very useful in my role of aggregating Team System information.
Cost: $24.95
Comments
- Anonymous
April 02, 2005
Hi Rob,
Small typo: the company is called FutureGlue :)
I don't know the exact circumstances under which your URLs were rewritten. I do know that there are some hotel chains that have some type of proxy setup that will return a Moved Permanently response if you've paid your fees.
All good feed readers that implement the HTTP specification properly should automatically rewrite the URL in response to a Moved Permanently HTTP response. So it is possible that NewsGator did not do anything incorrectly in this case. intraVnews would do the same.
Proxy servers that return a Moved Permanently response in order to implement some type of security system are violating the HTTP specification. The resource has not moved at all.
Perhaps it would be good to deactivate all but one feed and test to see if the hotel you're staying in is "good" or "bad" ;)
Cheers,
Peter. - Anonymous
April 03, 2005
Hi Rob,
Small typo: the company is called FutureGlue :)
I don't know the exact circumstances under which your URLs were rewritten. I do know that there are some hotel chains that have some type of proxy setup that will return a Moved Permanently response if you've paid your fees.
All good feed readers that implement the HTTP specification properly should automatically rewrite the URL in response to a Moved Permanently HTTP response. So it is possible that NewsGator did not do anything incorrectly in this case. intraVnews would do the same.
Proxy servers that return a Moved Permanently response in order to implement some type of security system are violating the HTTP specification. The resource has not moved at all.
Perhaps it would be good to deactivate all but one feed and test to see if the hotel you're staying in is "good" or "bad" ;)
Cheers,
Peter. - Anonymous
April 03, 2005
That's interesting, and the first explanation I've heard about what's happening. Wouldn't it be better to prompt the user if the URL is changing for the user to confirm if they still want that feed? - Anonymous
April 03, 2005
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April 04, 2005
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