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Feedreader reference

This page is part of a classified guide to news feed readers, including stand alone desktop feed readers. Each profile contains summary details of the feed reader, features, Web links and news feeds.

Feedreader profile

A simple, lightweight feed reader integrated with Internet Exlorer. Alerts for new items are displayed on the toolbar and can be opened directly.

Open source software. Available in multiple language translations.

Feedreader feature summary
Home page: http://www.feedreader.com/
Platform: Windows
Vendor: Private
OPML import: Yes, can load feed lists from other programs.
OPML export: Yes, can save feed lists for other programs.
Auto-discovery: No, cannot find feeds on Web pages.
Web feed search: No, cannot search for feeds on the Web.
Local feed search: Yes, can search feeds on your computer.
News filters: No, cannot collect news items on chosen topics.
Watch lists: Yes, can highlight items that match key words.
Synchronization: No, cannot manage subscriptions from multiple computers.
Podcasts: No, cannot play audio and video feeds.

Feedreader identifiers

The Web Feed Generator provides customers with server logs to check demand for their news feeds. Each feed reader has its own code name or identifier that is reported in the server logs and shows which program was used to check a feed. To help make sense of these feed metrics, Feedreader is identified by the following code names.

Feedreader
Feedreader 3.02 (Powered by Newsbrain)
Feedreader 3.04 (Powered by Newsbrain)
Feedreader 3.07 (Powered by Newsbrain)
Feedreader 3.08 (Powered by Newsbrain)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0; Kit Anpe Pdt IE6 V1.0; Feedreader)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Feedreader)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; CPT-IE401SP1; SV1; Feedreader; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Feedreader)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Feedreader; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Feedreader)
  

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