- Softonic Rating:
- Excellent:9/10
- License:
- Free (GPL)
- Added:
- November 3, 2005
- Updated:
- May 14, 2008
- Publisher:
- Website
- File size:
- 5.2 MB
- Downloads:
- 183
- DownloadFree (GPL)
“Great utility for scanning through all the blogs you're subscribed to”
by Nick Mead
Good looking, intuitive, customizable and light-weight, BlogBridge is a hugely impressive newsreader package.
BlogBridge aims to keeps you informed about the state of your subscriptions while sticking to a basic, straightforward system. On the first run, you are given the option to register and pick from a predefined list of blog “guides” or groups. The next step is to enter custom terms that are of particular interest to the user, so that the program can highlight these terms, giving them more prominence. This is a welcome alternative to what seems to be the accepted approach, which consists of bundling of all kinds of feeds of which the majority are of no interest to the user at all.
One of our favourite features was the easy-to-use rating system where users can give feeds a score from one to five stars. The ratings can then be used as a filter to show only the top feeds, making it easy to scan through the most relevant news quickly. What’s more, there are multiple options for customizing the interface, which is by far the best that we’ve seen to date. Other great features come in the form of tags for feeds and a synchronization system for using the reader on multiple computers without the need to sort through the same information more than once.
Extra merit goes with the fact that BlogBridge is an Open Source project, and although it seems secure and stable there are a few minor usability issues that could be improved upon. The program relies on an external browser to display blog sites, letting it concentrate on being a great feed reader. Annoyingly, however it doesn’t detect the default browser. With the browser selected, it then opened everything twice whether it was an article or the programs FAQ page. Even taking these hiccups into consideration, BlogBridge remains a quality package, so if you are searching for an RSS reader, your search has just come to an end.
Languages:
English
Recent changes in BlogBridge:
- Fixed restoring from the system tray icon (Windows)
- Fixed adding duplicate feeds
- Better Smart Feeds
OS requirements for BlogBridge:
- OS: WinXP
Minimum requirements:
- Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2
- Intuitive interface
- Tags
- Synchronization among computers
- Custom ratings
- Opens articles twice
- Doesn’t detect default browser
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From the publisher of BlogBridge
So you are a real info-junkie - you need to scan through much more information than others. You probably are subscribing to hundreds of information feeds - blogs, data feeds, news feeds, etc. Feeling a bit overwhelmed?
BlogBridge is a blog, feed and RSS aggregator for "info-junkies." While there are other aggregators out there, BlogBridge is designed for people who are required to follow lots of feeds, not 10 or 20, but 200 or 400. You can't read that much, so BlogBridge gives you lots of ways to organize, sort through, skim and discover what's important to you in this avalanche of information.
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Reviews for BlogBridge in other languages
- BlogBridge (Testbericht auf Deutsch)
- BlogBridge (Análisis en español)
- BlogBridge (Le test en français)
BlogBridge in other platforms
- BlogBridge (Mac)
User Rating
2 ratings- Usability
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- Currently 8/10.
- Stability
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- Currently 8/10.
- Installation
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- Currently 4/10.
- Functionality
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- Currently 8/10.
- Appearance
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- Currently 9/10.









Addictive
I recently switched to Blogbridge to follow my blogs and it's definitely become my favorite. It's really customizable and looks good, with thumnails and embedded images. I really appreciated the fa... read more
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