In a previous post, I talked about RSS Feeds and Google Reader. See that post here. Since then, I’ve further evaluated feed readers, and I’ve decided to use NewsGator‘s desktop companion, FeedDemon, to monitor the 40-plus blog feeds I am following. Here’s a screen-shot of the FeedDemon interface.

FeedDemon

NewsGator works pretty much like any other online feed reader. However, FeedDemon is downloaded to your computer at www.feeddemon.com. You need to be online to use FeedDemon once it’s installed, but you can also “prefetch” feeds for browsing offline if you have situations where you can’t get Internet access for a short time.

In the graphic above, you see the feeds list on the left. The next column to the right is a list of the posts on the current feed. The last column displays the content of the selected post. There’s a built-in tutorial for those just starting out. If you get so far behind reading your feeds that you just can’t catch up, just go to Tools and hit Panic Button. All your feeds will be marked as read, and you’ll have a clean slate.

FeedDemon synchronizes with NewsGator online so that, if you are away from your computer, you can still track your feeds by going to NewsGator on another computer. When you re-open FeedDemon on your own computer, it will synch with NewsGator once again.

Download it and give it a try. You can import your feeds from your former reader. FeedDemon also has a Find New Feeds feature and a Clippings folder where you can save posts you want to access later.

If you haven’t subscribed to this blog yet, let this feed be the first one you add to your FeedDemon. You can subscribe via e-mail if you prefer. See top right column.