[LINK] The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age

[Ivan Trundle]

On 05/02/2009, at 10:02 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Excellent example. I just added an rss reader plugin to Firefox
> called Brief 1.2. Changed my whole use of Firefox. I used to leave
> open all these tabs so I wouldn't miss anything. Now I just open that
> rss reader and find what new posts there are. It's cut my Firefox
> memory usage in half as a result.

I'm curious - and a general question - why not use a stand-alone RSS  
reader, and save the web browser for web work?

(yes, I'm well aware that most browsers can view RSS - so too can my  
mail software - but I like having my feeds distinct from my web, and  
it's easier to configure the shape and size of my RSS reader, compared  
with my web browser, which I prefer to optimise for web stuff. And  
yes, I know enough about RSS to know that it is perfectly happy in a  
browser window...)

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