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by hackuser 4104 days ago
OT: I appreciate that most people want a simple, lightweight reader. But for myself, can someone recommend a sophisticated RSS reader for power users? I need to process feeds as efficiently as possible; a serious bottleneck is simply reading all the headlines to find the articles I want (and I'm picky about the feeds I download). I don't want simple, I want fast; I don't care about complexity or a learning curve, as long as it doesn't delay me as a user. I want the Vim (or Emacs?) of feed readers:

* Immediate responsiveness, especially displaying article content

* Information-dense, well-designed UI, so my eyes can skim headlines quickly.

* Search and sort

* Deduplication

* Automatic grouping: This feature would reduce the headlines I need to review by 50% or more, I would guess. Group articles regarding the same topic, similar to what Google News does (but with my feeds and a more information-dense UI). For example, automatically group articles about the new Samsung wearable announcement, so I can choose the best one to read or simply delete them all.

* Filtering: Based on headers or full-text, especially to highlight my favorite feeds and authors.

* Analytics: Which feeds, authors, etc. do I read the most? From which do I open the full article the most (I download all summaries, for speed)? It would help me weed out less productive feeds.

* Efficient management of feeds: Auto-discover changed feed URLs, etc.

* Security: No external connections from within articles without user confirmation. That is, no image downloads, beacons, etc. No JavaScript.

I'd happily pay > $100 for all that.