Re: The constraint to widespread adoption of syndication

>Same sort of thing, although I have known several people (including
>myself) to be unable to get amphetadesk to run under windows.

Had you ever emailed me about that? I don't recall
your name. Can't fix what I don't know about. The most
prominent user error that I know of now (from an installation
standpoint) is that Winzip is not configured to "respect
the internal folder hierarchy". Sadly, it seems that to
be "usable", I *must* use a .exe builder/installer, I *must*
install myself into the registry, and I *must* insert myself
into the Start menu, which is all things I absolutely abhor,
especially since AmphetaDesk doesn't need any installation,
nor does it insert anything into the registry,

>I use Outlook at work,  but I do not use outlook at home because I am
>afraid of making a mistake and running malware.   I don't really think
>it matters what mail reader people prefer to use, only that aggregation
>is supported in the same UI.  I don't argue for outlook in particular,
>just that a unified email/RSS/NNTP UI is the most usable.  .

From a conceptual standpoint, you see RSS being more email than
websites? If you're looking for "the same UI", then it seems that
aggregating "website data" should be down in the "website program",
which is the browser, which is what Aggie, AmphetaDesk, and Radio do.
On the other hand, you've never used Radio, so I'm not sure pursuing
this discussion is on even footing right now.

>this is somewhat faster than using sharpreader, and far better than
>aggie or any other aggregator producing web content.  I can select
>dozens of titles in a few seconds, mark them as read, and they
>dissappear.  Sharpreader (currently my second-favorite) requires I space
>through the article titles, and wait on each title, and the read an
>unread articles get mixed up.

From a UI standpoint, a browser based reader allows you (or a
developer) to create a new UI that they find more befitting of
usability. Here's a list of AmphetaDesk UI's that people have
created, some of which are far more beautiful (or featurerich)
than the default templates (which I realize need work):

  http://bitworking.org/2002/03/28.html
  http://www.cantoni.org/projects/AmphetaDesk.html
  http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/AmphetaOutlines
  http://rasterweb.net/raster/code/amphetaskin.html
  http://www.sunpig.com/martin/projects/amphetadesk/amphetaframes/

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