Feed readers with auto-discovery

Auto-discovery is a technique some feed readers use to identify news feeds attached to a Web page and alert users to subscribe. This page is an index of feed readers that support auto-discovery.

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AgileRss

A Java feed reader with drag and drop feed management. Has proxy configuration for use with corporate firewalls. Includes a browser bookmarklet to provide news feed auto-discovery.

Awasu

A feature rich feed reader with a range of plugins to read a mail box as an RSS feed, save content to a database and serve as a podcast client for iTunes.

BlogMatrix Jaeger

A feed reader with drag and drop subscription and language translation.

Blogstreet

Blogging system with user directory and search. Includes an RSS to mobile conversion service and several blog publishing and research tools.

FeedDemon

Popular desktop feed reader for Windows.

Firefox

Firefox live bookmarks store news feed subscriptions and list new items as they are posted. The browser highlights auto-discovery links with a quick-subscription icon on the status bar.

Flock

Flock is an adapted version of the Firefox Web browser, which features live bookmarks for news feeds, plus blog posting tools.

GreatNews

A clear and simple feed reader with some advanced features, including channel statistics for reading preferences.

Hatena RSS

A Japanese language aggregator with social bookmarking, rating and contact features. The service provides RSS toolbars for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Headline-Reader

A Japanese language feed reader for Windows.

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer version 7 will feature an integrated feed reader and support auto-discovery of feeds. With filters to view un-read items, sort by date and title.

Lektora

A multi-platform feed reader with integrated blogging tools. Integrates with Internet Explorer and Firefox with auto-discovery toolbar.

Mozilla Sage

A plugin for Mozilla Firefox that brings more dedicated feed reader features to the browser.

My AOL

A new AOL service being developed with Feedster. Includes many pre-defined feeds that can be managed by through a set of check boxes. Many known technical issues are recorded in the My AOL beta test area of the site.

Netvibes

A custom home page service that draws content from many sources, including news feeds.

NewsBurst

News aggregation service that tracks feeds and other information sources, with snapshots of the latest published items.

Opera

A lightweight, versatile, standards compliant browser with integrated feed reader. Feeds are displayed in split window display, items over summaries, and links open directly in the browser.

RSS Panel

A Firefox Greasemonkey panel that displays any news feed associated with a Web page in a drop down panel.

RSS Reader Plugin

A plugin for the SharpTools development environment for Visual Studio .Net.

RSSFeedEater

A Windows feed reader that can be installed on a dongle for independent use. Also has blogging options for Blogger.

RSSOwl

A sophisticated RSS reader written in the Java programming language. Unusual features include PDF or RTF export of feed data. Also integrated with AmphetaRate, a community rating service for news items.

Rojo

A Web based feed reader with community classification and sharing features.

Safari

Version 2 of the popular Mac Web browser introduced an integrated feed reader. The display length of item sumaries can be adjusted with a slider control.

Syndirella

A Windows feed reader development project.

Whizz RSS News Reader

A feed reader toolbar for Mozilla Firefox. Feeds are displayed in a three panel sidebar and links open directly in the browser. Supports drag and drop feed subscription.

zFeeder

A PHP script for rendering news feeds in Web pages or WAP sites.

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