I know I am days late in reporting this, but life has been busy… PageFlakes, one of the cooler customizable start pages, funded by Benchmark Capitol, has announced the release of their RSS reader. Now, I would not normally be talking about this as a company releasing an RSS reader is no longer news (doesn’t everyone have their own version of an RSS reader at this point in the game?), but their take is particularly interesting in their customization (from the press release):
+ In Outlook View, the screen is split into three panes, letting users read their RSS feeds in a similar way like many users are used to read their emails.
+ Newspaper View puts all articles on one large virtual sheet of paper. By scrolling down, users can quickly navigate through the daily information overload.
+ Last but not least, the innovative Website View lets users view postings in their original context and formatting.
Assuming it does not interfere with your ability to use another reader as Outlook 2007 does (it launches Outlook at the default RSS reader once you install it, even if you’ve been using another reader forever), it will probably be a welcome addition to the variety we now have in readers. And, while you CAN get your RSS feeds on many customized start pages, this appears to be more of a ‘real’ feed aggregator rather than just an addition to your start page. Your headlines appear on the start page but clicking the headline does not take you to the page but to the full aggregator’s rendering of the RSS.
I’m impressed. I’m not a ’start page’ kind of girl. I like to start Firefox with a blank page, but I know most of you will want to keep your Netscape start page… 
Very interesting article about personal start pages. I have been following the market for the past 6 months and there are many good services available. My personal favorite is Pageflakes because it offers you a feature to share your pages with friends and colleagues. I think that’s a very useful and powerful feature and adds a whole new dimension to collaborative work. Of course, I also use the pages for my private needs (you can setup as many private, shared or public pages as you want). Other start pages are good too, but I will stick with Pageflakes for now – especially with the new RSS reader feature. Love it
Best regards
Mikey
Woww mike ! Nice suggestion, I tested pageflakes today and i really enjoyed this reader. Did you see they got a spanish website? http://www.pageflakes.es ?
Mike, I do like PageFlakes (especially their RSS reader, very innovative). Marcus, I had NO idea they had a spanish site. I enjoyed it (though I had no idea what I was reading LOL).
http://www.pageflakes.es/blog/