Re: [orca-list] Accessible feed readers?

[aruni100 gmail com]

look at ff and thunderbird.

On 21/03/09 03:19, nolan wrote:
> What is everyone using for accessiblefeed-reading under Orca? I'm 
> trying to find one but having horrible luck, so am wondering if anyone 
> has pointers? My big requirements are that it needs to be web-based or 
> somehow centrally available so multiple computers are synced, as well 
> as supporting river of news-style reading. I follow lots of feeds so 
> really need to be able to use continuous read. Here are my experiences 
> with several:
>
> Gregarius: I've been using this mostly happily for 4 months or so. 
> It's web-based and can load large volumes of articles per page, plus 
> has headers in good, highly-accessible places. Unfortunately it 
> routinely barfs on some feeds that I'd like to read, does not identify 
> duplicate posts and sometimes displays the same post 4-5 times. I've 
> gotten a bit behind on reading feeds this week and have grown 
> frustrated with seeing the same posts half a dozen times, hence my new 
> search, and it doesn't appear to be under active development.
>
> Tt-rss: Another web-based reader that IS under active development and 
> has some nice features, but I've about had it with this one after half 
> an hour of use. It seems to do nasty AJAX things with the keyboard. 
> Tabbing doesn't work, I can't figure out how to click some of the text 
> that isn't identified as a link even though it supports an action. i'm 
> dismissing it as inaccessible and don't really feel like filing more 
> third-party accessibility bugs with other developers that won't be 
> addressed for months.
>
> Google reader: Seems reasonably usable, but I can't for the life of me 
> figure out how to delete a feed. Checking it and clicking the delete 
> button hasn't ever worked, hence it is unusable for someone wanting to 
> trim old feeds. Plus, I'm not sure continuous read deals with 
> infinitely scrolling pages well. I should probably file an Orca bug 
> about this, it's something that occurs to me when I'm not staring at 
> bugzilla and then I forget about it. But endless pagination is 
> becoming more prevalent so should probably be handled if possible.
>
> Are there any usable web-based readers? Or is there some other 
> solution that meets my needs? If not then I guess I'll keep using 
> Gregarius.
>
> If I seem frustrated, it isn't aimed at Orca. None of these are Orca 
> issues, I'm just frustrated that such a simple and important activity 
> is so difficult. Surely there has to be some way of keeping track of a 
> bunch of feeds on multiple computers that  is accessible, right?
>
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