Comments on: Don’t Use Bloglines http://mfeldstein.com/dont_use_bloglines/ What Michael Feldstein Is Learning About Online Learning...Online Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:51:57 +0000 By: Sherri Vokey http://mfeldstein.com/dont_use_bloglines/#comment-162 Sherri Vokey Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:53:18 +0000 962674226#comment-162 I too, have fallen through the 'Bloglines cracks.' I guess you get what you pay for, and unfortunately in this situation, that adds up to little other than the scattered reply stating that they're experiencing some server problem or another. It's not a problem with my feeds, as they display just fine via every other aggregator I've tried. But Bloglines has reached critical mass as aggregators go, and there's really no accountability at all. I wonder if things might change for the better with Ask Jeeves coming on the scene . . . we can always hope. I too, have fallen through the ‘Bloglines cracks.’ I guess you get what you pay for, and unfortunately in this situation, that adds up to little other than the scattered reply stating that they’re experiencing some server problem or another. It’s not a problem with my feeds, as they display just fine via every other aggregator I’ve tried. But Bloglines has reached critical mass as aggregators go, and there’s really no accountability at all. I wonder if things might change for the better with Ask Jeeves coming on the scene . . . we can always hope.

]]> By: Michael Feldstein http://mfeldstein.com/dont_use_bloglines/#comment-114 Michael Feldstein Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:26:20 +0000 962674226#comment-114 Paul, "comfort" is not the word I would use, though I appreciate the confirmation that this is not an isolated case. Patrick, I'm not sure what to recommend. I was actually in the process of setting up a Bloglines account to teach some newbies myself when this problem turned up. It's going to be an issue with any centralized aggregator, I suppose. I found NetNewsWire to be a very easy client to learn on the Mac; I've yet to find one on the PC that I like. If you're a Firefox user, you could try one of the several RSS extensions available for it. NewsGator is another option; it uses the familiar Outlook as its interface. Paul, “comfort” is not the word I would use, though I appreciate the confirmation that this is not an isolated case.

Patrick, I’m not sure what to recommend. I was actually in the process of setting up a Bloglines account to teach some newbies myself when this problem turned up. It’s going to be an issue with any centralized aggregator, I suppose. I found NetNewsWire to be a very easy client to learn on the Mac; I’ve yet to find one on the PC that I like. If you’re a Firefox user, you could try one of the several RSS extensions available for it. NewsGator is another option; it uses the familiar Outlook as its interface.

]]> By: Patrick http://mfeldstein.com/dont_use_bloglines/#comment-113 Patrick Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:45:59 +0000 962674226#comment-113 Dang.......... Just as I finished opening a Blogline account but, luckily, before I spent any serious time trying to fiigure it out! Stephen Downes had suggested that as a good place to get started but based on what you report, perhaps not. Do you have an alternative perhaps for a novice? Patrick Dang……….

Just as I finished opening a Blogline account but, luckily, before I spent any serious time trying to fiigure it out!

Stephen Downes had suggested that as a good place to get started but based on what you report, perhaps not. Do you have an alternative perhaps for a novice?

Patrick

]]> By: Paul Chenoweth http://mfeldstein.com/dont_use_bloglines/#comment-112 Paul Chenoweth Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:45:29 +0000 962674226#comment-112 If it is any comfort, you are not the only one falling through the cracks at Bloglines. If it is any comfort, you are not the only one falling through the cracks at Bloglines.

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