Comments on: Feed Crier http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/20/feed-crier/ cat /dev/random Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: joseph http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/20/feed-crier/comment-page-1/#comment-44620 joseph Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:29:30 +0000 http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/20/feed-crier/#comment-44620 I could certainly see this being helpful for feeds that you want to know as quickly as possible. Combined with Growl on Mac OS X this makes for a nice way to see new feed entries right away. I could certainly see this being helpful for feeds that you want to know as quickly as possible. Combined with Growl on Mac OS X this makes for a nice way to see new feed entries right away.

]]> By: Adam Kalsey http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/20/feed-crier/comment-page-1/#comment-44618 Adam Kalsey Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:55:54 +0000 http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/20/feed-crier/#comment-44618 Thanks for the positive review, Joseph. When you subscribe to a feed, Feed Crier starts watching that feed for updates. Only feeds with an active subscription are monitored. Using hueristics to determine the best polling frequency, Feed Crier can send you an update within minutes of it being posted online. The goal is to reduce this to seconds. Although you're not a big IM user, you might still find this useful. Many applications and web sites are creating alerts via IM now. If you need to stay on top of those in real time, email or a feed reader often doesn't cut it. Thanks for the positive review, Joseph.

When you subscribe to a feed, Feed Crier starts watching that feed for updates. Only feeds with an active subscription are monitored. Using hueristics to determine the best polling frequency, Feed Crier can send you an update within minutes of it being posted online. The goal is to reduce this to seconds.

Although you’re not a big IM user, you might still find this useful. Many applications and web sites are creating alerts via IM now. If you need to stay on top of those in real time, email or a feed reader often doesn’t cut it.

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