FeedGhost

FeedGhost is an RSS reader that allows you to access the latest news in a customizable workspace. It comes with support for different view modes, article prioritization options, searches, and tags.

The GUI is very well organized and impresses with its coherent and easy-to-follow features. Plus, if you hover the mouse cursor over a certain parameter, you can view a short description about its function.

A wizard-like assistant helps you configure initial settings related to the preferred reading style, namely Google Reader’s ‘river-of-news’ or Outlook-style list of article summaries. You can start with some example subscriptions or add custom ones from OPML or XML file format. Customizing the layout can be done with the aid of colorful themes.

You can switch between the available view modes with a single click and activate the full screen display to focus solely on news reading. Another helpful element integrated in the GUI is the multi-tabbed layout which enables you to keep different articles opened at the same time.

FeedGhost gives you the possibility to perform searches to quickly identify news, visit a feed’s website directly from its interface thanks to the built-in web browser, mark all feeds as read, delete or refresh news, set priorities (high, medium or low), send emails with the selected feed via an external client, as well as organize feeds into custom folders.

What’s more, you can sort feed data by name, add a subscription by dragging links from your web browser or right-clicking in IE, export subscriptions to OPML file format, and make file associations for RSS and ATOM items. FeedGhost is able to add an entry to the IE right-click menu so you can quickly subscribe to feeds and tag webpages.

FeedGhost is all worthy of your attention because it comes packed with many valuable features for an RSS reader.Plus, it’s easy enough to be configured by less experienced users and professionals alike. In case you are looking for advanced options, like article synchronization on more than one computer and feed publishing functions, you can upgrade to FeedGhost Pro.