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I am looking for a tiny windows app that will sit in my system tray and check certain RSS feeds periodically, upon new RSS update the items should be displayed as pop-up (or balloons).
There are quite a few full-features RSS readers out there that do that, but I am only looking for this notification feature and would like to spend as little resources as possible for it.
user3115
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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I wrote an application that does exactly what you asked for.
FogleBird
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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FeedNotifier: got stuck after downloading some feed and never updated anything again (after uninstall and re-install again it breaks the same way). – yosh kemu – 2015-01-20T12:04:53.557
Seems to work great, nice job! Perfect for monitoring my superuser questions! – Znarkus – 2010-07-15T12:38:44.720
I second to @yoshkemu , it works beautifully until it stop to receive feed. – Tiana987642 – 2017-06-21T03:22:45.483
FeedNotifier is abandoned and doesn't connect to servers using just TLS 1.1 up. – AndreKR – 2019-01-20T23:46:27.003
Site is down as of 2020-01-15. Exe can be downloaded on archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20191024010601/https://www.feednotifier.com/
– vctls – 2020-01-15T12:52:34.6971@FogleBird if you could add the ability to stack the feeds much like Alertbear does, this would be the ideal RSS notifier app. – SiegeX – 2011-07-20T03:22:23.657
1It would be great if it could integrate google reader! :) – Dragouf – 2011-08-30T08:09:12.720
1I really like the feednotifier, but I have experienced some problems with it not displaying the right items from my feed. But other readers does. – Chau – 2011-10-25T09:10:16.217
Perfect little app! – epistemex – 2013-10-03T06:25:16.440
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Way back when, I used Abilon, which popped up every 10 minutes(I think) doing exactly as you describe. I stopped using it when I noticed my productivity dropping through the floor.
Kevin M
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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Here's a list I made, when I checked out different notifiers for my private rss feed:
Please give updates to this list in the comments
jous
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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need to include links to the software, @jous. – studiohack – 2011-05-18T18:32:32.073
@studiohack I noticed they're all applications mentioned in the previous answers to this question. – Gaff – 2011-05-19T05:26:38.587
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I use Feed Notifier.
It's light, simple, and it support RSS feeds with authentication, like Basecamp feeds...
kossdav
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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Google Reader Notifier for Windows is the standalone version for Google Reader. You do not need Firefox for this and it sits in the system tray.
Zaagmans
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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Google Reader Notifier as a firefox plugin
I know it is not a windows app but it is the smallest... RSSOwl can be a good option but full feature tool.
spinodal
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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I use Chrome though, not firefox :( – user3115 – 2009-07-21T10:08:06.860
Just a heads-up: Google Reader Notifier is packed with ad/spyware: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3977#reviews
– Jon Tackabury – 2009-07-21T12:29:08.7100
You could give Klipfolio a try.
agnul
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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Part of the Engima Desktop is an RSS reader overlay on your desktop. This way you can have a persistent view of your feeds, even if you miss the balloon pop-up.
mutewinter
Posted 2009-07-21T09:21:43.180
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If you're currently using Windows 10, please refer to my answer at: http://superuser.com/a/978664/323140
– SepehrM – 2015-09-26T22:05:31.60711If I do this, my productivity goes from 25% to like 4% – ino – 2009-07-21T11:09:50.410
Try to setup alert for your freelancing job ;) – swdev – 2014-03-19T00:55:58.387