Fabulous RSS Reader QuiteRSS 0.14 released
If you are a Ghacks regular you know that I prefer desktop programs over their mobile counterparts or web services any time of the day.
When it comes to RSS, I have been using the desktop RSS reader QuiteRSS for some time now and could not be happier with it. While it does not offer anything fancy, like feed synchronization or mobile apps to complement it, it is exactly what I want an RSS reader to be.
It is fast, lightweight, puts the feed titles in center and front. In short, ideal for the consumption of a lot of feeds throughout the day.
QuiteRSS 0.14 has just been released, bringing along several new features and improvements that warrant a news post here on the site.
Note: You should not be discouraged by the version of the application. While 0.14 may seem low in times where companies like to inflate versions, it is one of the stablest programs I have encountered in recent time.
You can check for updates from within the program if you like. Just click on Help > Check for Updates to do so. You should see the following notification.
If you click install, the update will be downloaded automatically and QuiteRSS updated. If you prefer the website, visit QuiteRSS.org and download the update manually from there.
Here is a selection of the important changes in this version of the RSS reader. You get a full list of changes on the website of the program, or when you check for the update in the application itself.
- The performance of the program has been improved. While I can't notice any big performance gains on my system, you may see some on yours depending on the speed of the hard drive the application has been installed on.
- The program's feed filter is now case-sensitive. This is great to distinguish Windows from windows for example.
- You can now display broken feeds by selecting Feeds > Filter Feeds > Show not working feeds.
- A default zoom level for pages can now be set under Options > Browser.
- User filters support conditions for categories now.
- Support for uTorrent authorization feeds added.
- Additional color settings and shortcuts have been added.
- Several application crash fixes.
The update introduces several interesting features to a great program. If you are using filters, you get several new options to play with. The default zoom level on the other hand can be interesting for users who prefer the news articles to be displayed in larger font sizes all the time.
Tip: You can download a portable version of the feed reader from the developer website, and the source code as well if you like. The program is also available for OS/2 and several Linux distributions.
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I’ve been using NewsFox add-on for Firefox for a couple of years. Looks pretty much the same but can be set as homepage and doesn’t require anything other than Firefox. Another advantage is that you can easily store and back-up it or synchronise among many devices with the Mozbackup application, which works for palemoon and other firefox forks too (don’t use 1.5.2 beta though as this version of mozbackup shows malware on virustotal).
Every RSS extension for Firefox that I used slowed down the browser eventually.
Maybe it’s because I’m using Palemoon but I haven’t noticed any change in browser performance (excpet the obvious moments when NewsFox refreshes feeds and sends out hundreds of requests).
Tried InoReader yet? Not an extension.
Very nice reader.
I’ll have to give this a try.
The web-based readers, and
I have tried too many, have become
increasingly frustrating for various reasons.
I prefer FeedDemon.
Glad to have contributed $ to this project and hope to see it continue.
Agree with Martin about desktop programs.
Have you tired dailyrotation.com
i like this tool but seems dont work
i add https://www.ghacks.net/feed/ and get error request timeout!
but when enter address in firefox it ask me for live bookmarking
Worked fine for me, just tested it.
ok ,i added below and work
http://fileforum.betanews.com/rss
http://www.bitsdujour.com/rss
it seems not work with site for me that have at the end address /feed
i tried site that have /rss work fine but at the end with /feed no work
here result with CurrPorts from nirsoft
QuiteRSS.exe 4020 TCP 3610 16.122.1.101:3610 80 http 96.30.22.116:80 Established C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\QuiteRSS-0.14.0\QuiteRSS.exe QuiteRSS QuiteRSS 0.14.0.2983 QuiteRSS Team 11/16/2013 2:43:00 PM xxxxxxxxxx-14BCB9\username A 11/16/2013 3:02:05 PM
https://www.ghacks.net/feed/
Then use https://www.ghacks.net/rss/
thats back to /feed end address
Will give this a try thanks!
By the way I´m using the Firefox extension Feed Sidebar.
i have tried it once. it is pretty nice, sure, but if you away from pc the feeds wont update – quietrss has to be loaded und running. so i prefer a cloud based reader (inoreader). but the positiv side of the desktop reader is the own decision of the refreshrate. but on the other side, when you are away from home for worling and get back 12h later, it could be that you missed some news. on a cloud based reader that wont happen – even on vacation…
It will. After google reader shutdown the ones that are left have ridiculously high refresh time. If you try subscribing to a popular subreddit on reddit you’ll quickly notice that you’re missing at least half of the threads.
I hope the stability has improved since v0.13 crashed a lot on my Windows 7 system. I used it nevertheless because it’s the best RSS reader for Windows out there.
Well. it’s stable but slow as hell if I open a feed.
i use NFReader http://www.gaijin.at/en/dlnfreader.php very minimalistic
with this one
https://www.ghacks.net/feed/
work for me
I really hope they will implement sync with an online service in the future. For how much I like this program, I have 2 desktops (home and office) and 1 mobile phone, and the only way to read my feeds everywhere is to use an online service (since a couple of weeks I’m using InoReader after having used for several months a personal installation of tt-rss)
Mayyyybe it’s just me, but when I hit Comments on their main post, as I see all comments in russian- from some reason I start worrying o.O
Is it just me guys?
Is it gazilion percent trusted prog’\comp’?
Cheers!
p.s.
I also see now it doesn’t officially support my language… oh well…
QuiteRSS has improved a lot but it still lacks the stability of RSSOwl- I use both for testing purposes and although the QuiteRSS developers have managed to fix many bugs QuiteRSS still crashes once in a while- many times I go home I discover that QuiteRSS has closed while RSSOwl is still running.
@Minimal
NFReader does not support Unicode.
Wonderful! Thank you for the tip. I was using Speedy but it frequently brings back articles already read, and it changed “mark as read” to “skip”, I don’t know why. I’m very happy with QuiteRSS, but missing the keyboard shortcuts!! Regards, Sylvio, from Brazil.
Trying QuiteRSS but have two things to say:
1. Is there an option to backup/restore (tags + stars too)?
2. Why they have a forum but practically no inscriptions? Tried to sign up but no confirmation link. Emailed support yesterday, still no reply. Too busy developing the program i guess.