I love Netvibes (my page shown below) as an RSS Reader. I’ve tried a few others, Outlook (which I also use religiously), Google’s RSS reader, etc. Netvibes has been a tool I’ve stuck with since I started using it more than a year ago. There are many reasons why someone could like this tool. Here are the main reasons why I do:
- Feeds can be grouped with tabs and layed out in any way you want. That way I can put the more interesting feeds in a more prominent location.
- Grouping feeds by topic and laying them out as soon allows me to quickly scan the “headlines” from a number of different sources on a topic. Gives me a “pulse” on what’s going on in a given area.
- Traditional RSS feeds can be mixed with widgets that provide data from other sources like Gmail (for new mail), Facebook (Friend updates, etc.). Netvibes has a ton of widgets that can be added from its universe.
- It can be accessed from any browser (I have it set as the homepage on all my computers.)
- It’s simple, slick and effective.
Update: Check out my public Netvibes profile.