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RSS Voyage Feed Reader
I thought that maybe I can take up a very simple data visualization tool for study, but that can be very useful as a part of our daily chores. RSS feeds are gaining much acceptance for news reading purposes. So, I decided to explore into RSS Voyage - a 3D interactive, stylish RSS feed reader.
If you’re flipping through papers, running through the channels, or even scrolling through a basic RSS feeder to get your news, it’s not much fun. Voyage, the RSS feed reader that puts feeds into a 3D grid may just change the way you feel about your news reading. This tool uses the RSS Feed as the data input and presents us a visual, interactive cloud consisting of all feeds.
When you start with Voyage the first thing you see is the design sense. It makes reading much easier. Voyage holds headlines in chronological order. A thin orange line divides the screen letting you know the median time of the stories you see. Headlines are stacked in layers, with the older stories appearing muted and fading into the distance. Clicking on any of them brings the story to the front, and if you click on the older of the stories, you will see more of the older stories, stacked and fading into the background.
Link - rssvoyage.com
It’s the navigation that makes Voyage fun. As you move your mouse Voyage reacts, letting you bring the stories you care about closer to you. Since older stories are stacked in relation to their age, there is a 3D effect of scrolling through the news. It looks like some cool robotic interface that is shown in some Hollywood movies. If you want greater detail, you can follow the link to the source.
Managing feeds is equally simple, with a click on the “Manage my RSS feeds” link on the bottom of the screen a box will open showing your feeds. Each feed has a color which you can see in the link and plus sign in the news feeds, and in the management box, an easy one click delete. Adding feeds is as easy as clicking on the “Add my feeds” link in the management box.
Tool selected:
RSS Voyage Feed Reader
I thought that maybe I can take up a very simple data visualization tool for study, but that can be very useful as a part of our daily chores. RSS feeds are gaining much acceptance for news reading purposes. So, I decided to explore into RSS Voyage - a 3D interactive, stylish RSS feed reader.
If you’re flipping through papers, running through the channels, or even scrolling through a basic RSS feeder to get your news, it’s not much fun. Voyage, the RSS feed reader that puts feeds into a 3D grid may just change the way you feel about your news reading. This tool uses the RSS Feed as the data input and presents us a visual, interactive cloud consisting of all feeds.
When you start with Voyage the first thing you see is the design sense. It makes reading much easier. Voyage holds headlines in chronological order. A thin orange line divides the screen letting you know the median time of the stories you see. Headlines are stacked in layers, with the older stories appearing muted and fading into the distance. Clicking on any of them brings the story to the front, and if you click on the older of the stories, you will see more of the older stories, stacked and fading into the background.
Link - rssvoyage.com
It’s the navigation that makes Voyage fun. As you move your mouse Voyage reacts, letting you bring the stories you care about closer to you. Since older stories are stacked in relation to their age, there is a 3D effect of scrolling through the news. It looks like some cool robotic interface that is shown in some Hollywood movies. If you want greater detail, you can follow the link to the source.
Managing feeds is equally simple, with a click on the “Manage my RSS feeds” link on the bottom of the screen a box will open showing your feeds. Each feed has a color which you can see in the link and plus sign in the news feeds, and in the management box, an easy one click delete. Adding feeds is as easy as clicking on the “Add my feeds” link in the management box.
The +ves:
- No login required (Eventhough, registered users enjoy saved preferences)
- The interface and the design!!
- Timeline format
- Control (Visual, flying-in display, with mouse controlled zoom options)
- Can create your own feed messages
The -ves:
- Eventhough organized by timeline, does not provide any other filtering options
- No thumbnail support
- Prime of all, it defeats the purpose of sharing. No sharing options at all
Overall:
It is not a very practical tool for serious RSS feed reading, but can be enjoyable for amateur and beginners. This can be a pioneer of an example that RSS feed readers can be visually enticing, this can be taken up by others and more enhanced tools of this kind can be developed.
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