Comments on: Changes in Browser and RSS Reader http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/12/22/changes-in-browser-and-rss-reader/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/12/22/changes-in-browser-and-rss-reader/#comment-80852 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 351687722#comment-80852 Pito - I'm pretty sure it will be a temporary switch. I'll have to come back and play with BB as it advances. It's probably the most innovative RSS app at the moment, just has a few rough edges that need to be filed down ;-) As for search, I need to be able to find both feeds (sometimes I only know a portion of the URL of the feed, and want to see the last x posts, etc...) but the most useful search is a fulltext search on all post titles and contents. Sort of like a BB smart feed for "contains...", but without having to create an explicit smart feed to do it. It's just sooo handy having a search field right in the UI. I'm sure I'll be blogging it all when I get time to think more about it :-) Pito – I’m pretty sure it will be a temporary switch. I’ll have to come back and play with BB as it advances. It’s probably the most innovative RSS app at the moment, just has a few rough edges that need to be filed down ;-)

As for search, I need to be able to find both feeds (sometimes I only know a portion of the URL of the feed, and want to see the last x posts, etc…) but the most useful search is a fulltext search on all post titles and contents. Sort of like a BB smart feed for “contains…”, but without having to create an explicit smart feed to do it. It’s just sooo handy having a search field right in the UI.

I’m sure I’ll be blogging it all when I get time to think more about it :-)

]]> By: Pito Salas http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/12/22/changes-in-browser-and-rss-reader/#comment-80853 Pito Salas Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 351687722#comment-80853 Well as much as it saddens me to see you switch, of course I respect your decision. And also of course, I hope that we will win you back with new and cool goodies that we are working on now :) One thing I ask is that you send me suggestions for improving BlogBridge based on your experiences with Vienna, which I just downloaded myself to see. I suppose your three BB complaints above would be your #1, #2, and #3 suggestions. #1 and #3, are definitely priorities. #2 would be nice but is problematic for us given that we really want to be cross platform. On search I do have a question: when you miss search in BB, are you typically looking for a misplaced Feed, for an article on some topic... in other words how would you prioritize search capabilities? Thanks for your help! Pito Well as much as it saddens me to see you switch, of course I respect your decision. And also of course, I hope that we will win you back with new and cool goodies that we are working on now :)

One thing I ask is that you send me suggestions for improving BlogBridge based on your experiences with Vienna, which I just downloaded myself to see. I suppose your three BB complaints above would be your #1, #2, and #3 suggestions. #1 and #3, are definitely priorities. #2 would be nice but is problematic for us given that we really want to be cross platform.

On search I do have a question: when you miss search in BB, are you typically looking for a misplaced Feed, for an article on some topic… in other words how would you prioritize search capabilities?

Thanks for your help!

Pito

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