Check it out at http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/this+link

I'm incredibly excited that it looks like the long promised move to open source is a reality. While I am unable to locate a download link on the current pages, I think I'm just a bit early (note the post date/time of the message above!). But it clearly is in out-the-door status now.

The list of changes, especially migrating to .NET 3.0 leaves me hopeful that some of the original .NET 1.1-based performance issues have been worked out.

As noted in my post last week, if this baby is ready for prime time, I just saved an incredible amount of CRIMPcash and will finally back to the one tool that actually met my information-organization needs....

Welcome back, Omea!!!

Again, I am begging if someone could give me some compare and contrasts between Omea and Idea in terms of what they do and how they do it. I know Omea is faster than it was, which makes it a contender for me. If it compares well with Ideain other ways it is also cheaper (ie. zero $) compared with Idea.

Please -- someone must have experience with both.

Thanks.

Daly

PIMfan wrote:

Check it out at
http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/this+link

I'm
incredibly excited that it looks like the long promised move to open source is a
reality. While I am unable to locate a download link on the current pages, I think I'm
just a bit early (note the post date/time of the message above!). But it clearly is in
out-the-door status now.

The list of changes, especially migrating to .NET 3.0
leaves me hopeful that some of the original .NET 1.1-based performance issues have
been worked out.

As noted in my post last week, if this baby is ready for prime time, I
just saved an incredible amount of CRIMPcash and will finally back to the one tool that
actually met my information-organization needs....

Welcome back, Omea!!!

I downloaded Omea Pro 2.2, but it obviously isn't the new version …build date is 2/2/07. Odd that it synchronizes with Outlook Tasks, but apparently not Outlook Notes.

jimspoon wrote:

I downloaded Omea Pro 2.2, but it obviously isn't the new version
…build date is 2/2/07. Odd that it synchronizes with Outlook Tasks,
but apparently not Outlook Notes.

In my desperation to look for a Google Reader replacement, I downloaded and installed Omea Reader today, and it still seems to be v. 2.2, build 2/2/07...

There are a lots of recommendations flying around these days for replacing Google Reader but I'm having a hard time finding a decent online service that's not full of bloat and is fast and simple enough to use. I went back to my old Bloglines account, but unfortunately it's far too slow in getting the feeds in.

Any suggestions for a decent online RSS reader? "Decent" meaning that it is more or less like Google Reader in its speed and simplicity...

One interesting effect of importing all my Google Reader feeds into Omea was that I discovered I had dozens of dead feeds in there. For some reason I never noticed that in Google Reader, but Omea displays "(error)" next to dead feeds.

Dr Andus wrote:

In my desperation to look for a Google Reader replacement, I downloaded
and installed Omea Reader today, and it still seems to be v. 2.2, build
2/2/07...

There are a lots of recommendations flying around these days for
replacing Google Reader but I'm having a hard time finding a decent
online service that's not full of bloat and is fast and simple enough to
use. I went back to my old Bloglines account, but unfortunately it's far
too slow in getting the feeds in.

Any suggestions for a decent online RSS reader? "Decent" meaning that it
is more or less like Google Reader in its speed and simplicity...

It'll probably be a few weeks before "fast" can be used to describe any online RSS Readers. They've pretty much all had their servers melt in the ensuing panic that followed Google's closure announcement.

Personally, I'm digging Newsblur, though the (only) developer behind it is still struggling to get the site back to normal following the hammering the servers took.

Worrabout Feedly? Seems pretty stable/well developed to me?

I've read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google's announcement. Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and I'm very impressed.

jimspoon wrote:

I've read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google's announcement.
Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and I'm
very impressed.

It seems though you need to pay if you want the real thing?

I spend much of my online life in Google Reader (well, actually in programs that use Google Reader to sync: Feeddemon on Windows and various Android apps). I read this forum, and most online content, via RSS.

Like many people, I've learned a lesson from the closure of Google Reader -- the unexpected closure of cloud services is much more disruptive to your life than the disappearance of a piece of desktop software. At least you can keep using the final version of the desktop software (look at the number of people on this forum still using Grandview or Ecco).

I already use my own domain for email, and use a paid email service to host that domain. I'll certainly avoid free cloud services in the future, or services which are not core to the provider's business.

If you have a server where you can host your own RSS service, I'd recommend looking at Tiny Tiny RSS (free) of Fever ($30). I'm currently running both and switching between them to see which I prefer. Fever is a lot easier to set up than TT-RSS.

Fever: http://www.feedafever.com
TT-RSS: http://tt-rss.org/

shatteredmindofbob wrote:

It'll probably be a few weeks before "fast" can be used to describe any
online RSS Readers. They've pretty much all had their servers melt in
the ensuing panic that followed Google's closure announcement.

I'm not sure actually whether it's a matter of speed or something else, but it takes more than an hour for Bloglines (or the underlying Netvibes) to pull in the feeds, which in this day and age is woefully slow. I just find myself going to the original services, which defeats the purpose...

Dr Andus wrote:

jimspoon wrote:
I've read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google's announcement.
> Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and I'm
>very impressed.

It seems though you need to pay if you want the real thing?

Sorry, I mixed it up with Newsblur. But how does Feedly make money? I'm just a bit reluctant to give them access to my Google account, without them explaining it first what they'll be doing with that access (and my data)... Too paranoid?

Dr Andus wrote:

Dr Andus wrote:
jimspoon wrote:
>I've read that Feedly has 500,000 new users since Google's
announcement.
>> Been trying it out on PCs, Android tablet, and Android phone, and
I'm
>>very impressed.
>
>It seems though you need to pay if you want the real thing?

Sorry, I mixed it up with Newsblur. But how does Feedly make money? I'm
just a bit reluctant to give them access to my Google account, without
them explaining it first what they'll be doing with that access (and my
data)... Too paranoid?

Well, I did find some answers but it doesn't quite put my mind at ease:

"At account creation time, we create a profile and import your user id, your nickname and email. This allows users to search and find other users and follow their recommendations.
(...)
During reading time, we capture how many articles from a source a user reads, recommends or tweet from feedly. This allows us to understand which sources you like best and better showcase articles from those sources in the digest and cover. When someone follows you in feedly/google reader, they only see the articles you have shared.
(...)
In feedly, we decided to try to start by replicating the flickr model and all items shared or annotated are automatically available to the entire feedly community."

http://blog.feedly.com/2008/06/18/feedly-and-privacy/

I'd just prefer a very plain vanilla online RSS reader with no social networking stuff (with aggregation - which unfortunately rules out Protopage). I don't mind being advertised to, in exchange for not having to hand over my Google account info.

Has anyone found replacement for Oema Pro from Jetbrains? What is the hot PIM that will do as much as it would? Thanks. Natt.