RSS files have a way to go

If you haven't come across RSS files before, these are text files which allow for the syndication of news headlines and the like. One good example of the use of these files is Daily Rotation, which lets you pick and choose from 50+ news sites which use RSS files.

Another big aggregator is News is Free, which has a Web site here, and which in addition to aggregating 3,634 sites, including us, also has headline syndication and web services for personal and non-commercial usage.

That includes the INQUIRER, which has an RSS file at http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer.rss.

Kuro5hin points out some problems in the RSS files and also proposes some future extensions which would be useful, particularly on wireless or mobile devices.

The original post, which you can find here, also lists a number of other pieces of software which can read RSS files, including the Windows clients Feedreader and Amphetadesk, the OSX based NetNewsWireLite, and Straw, a client for Linux/Unix using Gnome 2.

Feedreader for Windows is a freeware application with a large number of different language versions. It auto updates when your INQ staff update the RSS file by writing stories. µ

* HERE'S A SCREENSHOT of Feedreader, linked to the INQUIRER>RSS file. It sits in the app tray in Windows.