Tasty RSS Treat – Snackr

I’m not the first to write about this one, but I have to admit that I am enjoying Snackr, the Adobe AIR based app that runs your RSS feeds as a scrolling ticker at the bottom (or side) of your computer screen. It’s a great way to keep one eye on your feeds as you try to get other things done. The application is simple to load and manage, and is especially nice for people who can pick a relatively small number of feeds they want to follow. With 30 feeds in it, I feel like I am actually seeing everything. With my full complement of 150+ feeds (I’m a news nerd, OK?), I feel like new stuff coming in gets lost in the wave.

In my ideal world, new versions of the program would have the ability to subset feeds a little – and in this world of heavy-duty RSS, I’d love to see the “don’t show items older than…” preference to go even shorter than 1 day. If I could just see a scroll of new items in the last couple of hours, I might find it more valuable.

Web producers and others who need to keep an eye on what the newest of the new is will love this program – as long as you can tune it out enough to be able to actually get the rest of your job done.