Comments on: My Yahoo hits the sweet spot! http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html Entrepreneur, Blogger, Speaker, Webaholic & Search Engine Guru Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Paul Jacobson http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153948 Paul Jacobson Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:08:55 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153948 I use a Mac and started out with NetNewsWire a while ago. I started using Google Reader and stuck with it since the new version came out in beta and it was great until I decided to try NetNewsWire again about a week or two again for some reason. Now, I won't go back to Google Reader despite the fact that I love Google products.<br><br>NetNewsWire is faster (as a desktop version should be) and I find I have more screen space available to see my feeds more clearly.<br><br>By the way Vinny, the Windows equivalent of NNW is FeedDemon, also sold by Newsgator. I use a Mac and started out with NetNewsWire a while ago. I started using Google Reader and stuck with it since the new version came out in beta and it was great until I decided to try NetNewsWire again about a week or two again for some reason. Now, I won’t go back to Google Reader despite the fact that I love Google products.

NetNewsWire is faster (as a desktop version should be) and I find I have more screen space available to see my feeds more clearly.

By the way Vinny, the Windows equivalent of NNW is FeedDemon, also sold by Newsgator.

]]> By: Paul Jacobson http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-18417 Paul Jacobson Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:08:55 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-18417 I use a Mac and started out with NetNewsWire a while ago. I started using Google Reader and stuck with it since the new version came out in beta and it was great until I decided to try NetNewsWire again about a week or two again for some reason. Now, I won't go back to Google Reader despite the fact that I love Google products. NetNewsWire is faster (as a desktop version should be) and I find I have more screen space available to see my feeds more clearly. By the way Vinny, the Windows equivalent of NNW is FeedDemon, also sold by Newsgator. I use a Mac and started out with NetNewsWire a while ago. I started using Google Reader and stuck with it since the new version came out in beta and it was great until I decided to try NetNewsWire again about a week or two again for some reason. Now, I won’t go back to Google Reader despite the fact that I love Google products.

NetNewsWire is faster (as a desktop version should be) and I find I have more screen space available to see my feeds more clearly.

By the way Vinny, the Windows equivalent of NNW is FeedDemon, also sold by Newsgator.

]]> By: Gordon Choi http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153947 Gordon Choi Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:36:31 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153947 I'm not using a Mac yet, so I'll stick with Google Reader for another while as my preferred feed reader. I’m not using a Mac yet, so I’ll stick with Google Reader for another while as my preferred feed reader.

]]> By: Gordon Choi http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-17882 Gordon Choi Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:36:31 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-17882 I'm not using a Mac yet, so I'll stick with Google Reader for another while as my preferred feed reader. I’m not using a Mac yet, so I’ll stick with Google Reader for another while as my preferred feed reader.

]]> By: Vinny Lingham http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153946 Vinny Lingham Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:12:22 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153946 Good question, Owen! I do know that Yahoo tends to do a lot of user-agent sniffing (for example, it tells people to change the search box from Google to Yahoo!). I don't think it's a bad thing overall, as in many cases it improves the user experience, but I would say that in your case, if they don't have a custom page for your browser, they should serve a default Mozilla page as it is Mozilla based. Good question, Owen! I do know that Yahoo tends to do a lot of user-agent sniffing (for example, it tells people to change the search box from Google to Yahoo!). I don’t think it’s a bad thing overall, as in many cases it improves the user experience, but I would say that in your case, if they don’t have a custom page for your browser, they should serve a default Mozilla page as it is Mozilla based.

]]> By: Owen http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153945 Owen Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:22:41 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153945 Speaking of Macs, the new My Yahoo page doesn't like my Mac browser--BonEcho, the Mac-optimized version of Firefox. When I change the UserAgent string setting in about:config, My Yahoo lets me in. Aren't we past User Agent sniffing by name? Speaking of Macs, the new My Yahoo page doesn’t like my Mac browser–BonEcho, the Mac-optimized version of Firefox. When I change the UserAgent string setting in about:config, My Yahoo lets me in. Aren’t we past User Agent sniffing by name?

]]> By: Olivier D. alias ze kat http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153944 Olivier D. alias ze kat Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:05:31 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153944 I'm not feel this judgement :o| .oO(we need new way for RSS) I’m not feel this judgement :o| .oO(we need new way for RSS)

]]> By: Vinny Lingham http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153943 Vinny Lingham Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:19:32 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153943 Funny thing is that Steve Rubel disagrees with me!<br><br><a href="http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html">http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hi...</a> Funny thing is that Steve Rubel disagrees with me!

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]]> By: Vinny Lingham http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153942 Vinny Lingham Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:57:15 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153942 Haha - yeah, honestly, I agree. The previous wasn't as cool, gave lots of server timeouts (one weekend, a few months ago, it refused to load any feeds!), and it just looked too simple.<br><br>Then they added the mouseover content blurb and eventually migrated to this version which I love! Simply, Elegant, Quick & Easy all in one! Haha - yeah, honestly, I agree. The previous wasn’t as cool, gave lots of server timeouts (one weekend, a few months ago, it refused to load any feeds!), and it just looked too simple.

Then they added the mouseover content blurb and eventually migrated to this version which I love! Simply, Elegant, Quick & Easy all in one!

]]> By: Linda Buquet http://www.vinnylingham.com/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html/comment-page-1#comment-153941 Linda Buquet Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:12:32 +0000 http://www.vinnylingham.com/2007/03/my-yahoo-hits-the-sweet-spot.html#comment-153941 Hey Vinny, I was afraid to tell anyone but MyYahoo is MyFav too! :-)<br>Like you, I've tried them all and I just like it the best.<br><br>Lately though there have been numerous times when it can't grab my feeds and they come up empty - server overload I guess. So I've started using NetVibes as a back up. NV is cooler and more web 2.0 but Yahoo is just plain easier to skim and easier to read. Hey Vinny, I was afraid to tell anyone but MyYahoo is MyFav too! :-)
Like you, I’ve tried them all and I just like it the best.

Lately though there have been numerous times when it can’t grab my feeds and they come up empty - server overload I guess. So I’ve started using NetVibes as a back up. NV is cooler and more web 2.0 but Yahoo is just plain easier to skim and easier to read.

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