TechTray

The Internet has opened up new and more efficient methods of staying up to date with latest events around the world. In case you find it time-consuming to use your web browser and search for news, specialized applications such as TechTray bring the latest headlines to your desktop, this one targeting technology.

After a quick installation process, running the application only creates a new entry in your system tray. This is because the application does not come equipped with its own interface so that it takes as little space as possible.

By default, a decent list of RSS feed websites are available, and provide the latest updates in the world of technology. However, these are only displayed as headlines and choosing to view the whole story brings up a web browser with the selected website.

There's also the possibility to customize the list of feeds you receive in case you find the application to your liking. Unfortunately, this is as far as flexibility stretches, with additional options only to add custom search words to easily identify subjects of interest.

What's more, there's no possibility to make the application run at startup so that you get connected as soon as you reach the desktop. Moreover, the lack of a notification system makes it a little less practical, and it would have been useful to see at list a blinking tray icon when new titles appeared.

Taking everything into consideration, we come to the conclusion that TechTray is not exactly what you'd expect from an RSS application, leaving a lot more to be desired. Sure, latest events in technology can easily be accessed at the press of a button, but you rely on a web browser to view the whole story. You cannot set up which browser to use, and the lack of notifications makes practicability questionable.