If you've been reading about my productivity /time management issues, you know from my last post that I've uncovered something that's helped me manage my RSS Feeds better: Snackr.
What is Snackr (snackr.net, by the way)? It is, in my opinion, the best desktop app by far. It is a desktop RSS ticker, scrolling your feeds alongside the edges of your screen. And it's got a cutesie name: Snackr. And the logo has a little bite taken out of it. Snackr, feeds, snacking on your feeds.. get it? Haha, cute.
Anyway, you can either add your own feeds individually, or you can integrate it with your Google Reader, which is what I've done, and it's proven to be quite wonderful. If I add a feed directly from Snackr on my desktop, it will be added to my Reader. If I click on an item and read it from the application, it will be marked as read in the Reader. Same thing if I star an item. However, if you would like to incorporate Google Reader integration, when you go to snackr.net , be sure to click source code at the top so as to download the test version that works with Google Reader.
Using it is pretty self-explanatory. Once opened, your feeds scroll by, and when you see something of interest, you click it to read it, and a dialogue box with the article/picture/post will appear to the side and the feed items will momentarily stop scrolling until you are finished reading/viewing the opened item. Any items older than a certain number of days (the "age" of the item is displayed beneath the title) is automatically marked as read (aka not displayed). You can change this through preferences.
If you are working on something and Snackr happens to be in your way, you can either collapse it, drag and drop it to one of the other edges of your screen, or just close it. You can change the opacity (so if you just want it to be completely see-through, well.. that's your choice).
The only complaint I have regarding it is that, at times, it pauses, but only for a second or two, but it's probably just refreshing.
Overall, I think being able to view my feeds as they scroll on by while I'm working on something else is easier than flipping through tabs, and am genuinely pleased with what Snackr has to offer. I would definitely recommend it.
Have you tried out Snackr or do you intend to? Do you use a different desktop rss ticker, or do you prefer to view your feeds in a reader (or receive them my email)?
Screenshots accessible on Snackr website.
What is Snackr (snackr.net, by the way)? It is, in my opinion, the best desktop app by far. It is a desktop RSS ticker, scrolling your feeds alongside the edges of your screen. And it's got a cutesie name: Snackr. And the logo has a little bite taken out of it. Snackr, feeds, snacking on your feeds.. get it? Haha, cute.Anyway, you can either add your own feeds individually, or you can integrate it with your Google Reader, which is what I've done, and it's proven to be quite wonderful. If I add a feed directly from Snackr on my desktop, it will be added to my Reader. If I click on an item and read it from the application, it will be marked as read in the Reader. Same thing if I star an item. However, if you would like to incorporate Google Reader integration, when you go to snackr.net , be sure to click source code at the top so as to download the test version that works with Google Reader.
If you are working on something and Snackr happens to be in your way, you can either collapse it, drag and drop it to one of the other edges of your screen, or just close it. You can change the opacity (so if you just want it to be completely see-through, well.. that's your choice).
The only complaint I have regarding it is that, at times, it pauses, but only for a second or two, but it's probably just refreshing.
Overall, I think being able to view my feeds as they scroll on by while I'm working on something else is easier than flipping through tabs, and am genuinely pleased with what Snackr has to offer. I would definitely recommend it.
Have you tried out Snackr or do you intend to? Do you use a different desktop rss ticker, or do you prefer to view your feeds in a reader (or receive them my email)?
Screenshots accessible on Snackr website.
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