Brief FFox pugin reader
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Brief
This is a nice plug-in for Firefox operating only in higher versions (mine is 8 which is OK )This adds a button on the right top of the browser and produces a sidebar on the left of the browser with all subscriptions and ‘directories’ (groups)
here is a short cut of the resulted view :
ON the left pane all subscription are shown and onthe rightpane with the news feeds mstl sorted by time reverse
This is a nice plug-in for Firefox operating only in higher versions (mine is 8 which is OK )This adds a button on the right top of the browser and produces a sidebar on the left of the browser with all subscriptions and ‘directories’ (groups)
here is a short cut of the resulted view :
ON the left pane all subscription are shown and onthe rightpane with the news feeds mstl sorted by time reverse
Brief
in contrast to sage can accept numerous subscriptions and also groups
of subscriptions . It can support /import OPML and XML files (in case you export your subscriptions from g-reader or any other program )
Some of it’s features:
-drag and drop operation in between dirs and feeds (similar to g-reader) though this is quite harsh to do
-update
,clean ,delete sub or batch feeds and dirs. Also programmed cleanup
either by each feed or even all lists form each feed’s preferences .
Views : headline , full, read, unread, bookmarked with sorting by ascending or descending order (check in on preferences)
Here is the closeup of the newsbar showing the above functions
In each feed a mark unread , bookmark (star) and ‘delete it’ facility.
And here is a snapshot from the set up menu shwing the subbed feeds
the global settings,
and the settings for each feed :
You can also adjust the layout of the produced page by using some CSS code again from the preferences dialog
Bookmarks
: as with g-reader you can ‘star’ feeds with bookmark for later
viewing or for filtering out the most important from one or all your
subs together . The resulted bookmaking goes by feed ascending or
descending order no matter if you starred one or more feeds or groups as it happens with g-reader > very nice!.
Speed:
it is very fast reader, considering of course the speed of your
internet connection. Generally faster then g-reader is showing the
results!
Adding a feed is difficult. You have import it from the preferences dialog. It happened to me to lose temporarily the feed list once I made some adjustments in thexe listsupdate:
to add to the above , new bookmarks can be added with the 'hacking' of the mozilla bookmarks. Add first the subscription on the bookmark listing , then open the bookmark library then drag into the appropriate folder
to add to the above , new bookmarks can be added with the 'hacking' of the mozilla bookmarks. Add first the subscription on the bookmark listing , then open the bookmark library then drag into the appropriate folder
There are no labels or tags or any other facilities as with g-reader
Also
another important problem is that does not retrieve feeds more than
50 in blogs with high output (300+ as with engadget gizmodo )
More updates:
More updates:
MY main Firefox verwsion is 8 . IN a special news buquet , Brief does some loopback .
Installed again on an older version 3.6 of firefox and this problem worked OK . IN this version clicking on a feed , it automatically deletes it from the reader !
Verdict : 6/10 A very good , fast and quite well working plug-in that covers my most important requirements. Qould like to see if there is a further ability
to include sharing (ie to Facebook ) inside the feeds , if not to make
feed retrieving available (possibly only by CSS code???)Installed again on an older version 3.6 of firefox and this problem worked OK . IN this version clicking on a feed , it automatically deletes it from the reader !
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