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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> 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...)
> 

Yes, I prefer using the thunderbird mail interface to RSS feeds. However, the
whitehouse feed still doesn't seem to work in the mail reader so I now have a tab.
However,  while I actively download mail  and RSS feeds. I do not usually check 
websites - but this might change nor was I a tab user.

Marghanita
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