Dare Obasanjo pointed me over to Bloglines.  I can see it being useful, if only they could solve a few issues:

1. When importing my OPML you better make sure you keep the category structure intact.  Right now it imports all flat and ugly.  I do not want to manage the structure on the site.

2. Allow me to mark items Private.  That is, dont list all my subscriptions publically for anyone else to see.

3. The notifier page is useful with one exception, the META REFRESH.  Allow us to link to a single url which emits the proper image (and url) for the status.  I want to be able to include some simple HTML (or in an IFRAME on my intranet) to point to your notifier page.  The Meta Refresh just messes this right up.

The tool is useless, for me, without these few *minor* upgrades.

1 Comment

• Paul said Monday, August 18, 2003 3:56:00 PM

  I've been using Bloglines for a few weeks now, I was using Newsgator. Don't get me wrong - newsgator is an awsome product - but I'm needing it to be available on more than a single computer.
  
  Bloglines is actually very reliable and the developer has been very responsive about implementing usefull features and fixing bugs. Have you sent any of these to the developer?
  
  I'm confused about your private items - Bloglines as far as I know doesn't list any of your subscriptions or any of your data publicly anywhere.
  
  Managing the structure isn't quite that difficult - you can select multiple feeds and them move them to a folder. But it's not as easy as just having them imported right...
  
  My gripe is that sometimes I'll click on a link and loose my new article display - when that happens you can't get it back.
  
  Also - have you heard of Feed on Feeds? It's a PHP solution that you can host yourself - and of course theres meerkat.