By Thox on

I've just started using Drupal as my feed reader of choice, rather than using any software on my PC.

Of course I use Drupal's aggregator module to collect the feeds - but after that I now get my own module (currently called aggy) to mark which feeds I've read. This way I can read only the new news and ignore the rest.

Is anyone interested in seeing this module developed further?

I've got a screenshot on flickr, and any questions or comments are welcome.

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CrowChick’s picture

CrowChick commented

I'm interested! I use my site as a sort of networking hub, my number one stop online for all things pertaining to my industry. This would be quite useful.

Thox’s picture

Thox commented

I've chucked the files into a zip file so that anyone can take a look.

I personally wanted something completely barebones and simple (i.e. without being themed by Drupal), but I can add that in later if anyone prefers it.

boris mann’s picture

boris mann commented

I haven't had time to install the modules directly, but he's been blogging his progress with some very interesting personal aggregator/syndicator stuff. Check it out: http://code.prometheus6.org/node/67

I think that there would be an interest in having (essentially) a bloglines clone, maybe with some nicer AJAX-y goodness, promotion to nodes, etc. See also a discussion about use of this in educational context: http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/27/drupal-aggregator2-isnt-quite-eduglu -- Prometheus popped in and gave some stats: he parses 800 feeds.

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Thox commented

That's the kind of approach I was aiming for. I took it outside the Drupal theme engine because I wanted a fullscreen, framed interface to let me quickly skip through what I wanted.

The problem is, I don't want to dictate what the best interface is for everyone else. This module is just a small front end that suits how I roughly want to read my news.

I've e-mailed that guy about his syndicator module. At first glance it seems to be an extended clone of aggregator module - although it doesn't (yet) bring in any extra features I need.