Outlook 12 has integrated RSS
December 23, 2005 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
This probably doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone reading this blog. I’m sure the majority of our readership is quite familiar with RSS and the features and functionality it brings to the table.
Robert Scoble questions just how integrated it will be with the features that he feels are important. Scoble is currently using and a big fan of NewsGator for managing his daily diet of RSS goodness. His biggest question revolves around the ability NewsGator has of keeping his subscriptions in sync across numerous platforms and devices.
I’m very happy to see Outlook have this integration coming. Synchronization will be key though. I currently use Bloglines to maintain my RSS subscriptions (currently 239 feeds). I like Bloglines because it allows me to stay current on everything, whether I’m checking on things from work, home, or someone else’s computer.
I’m curious as to how Office 12, and specifically Outlook 12, will integrate with what may be available through Microsoft’s Windows Live service. If I can maintain my main e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes and now RSS database at home from a web connection, I’m eager to get started yesterday!
[Blog Post: Outlook PM talks about upcoming RSS integration]
If you want that feature now and are using Exchange Server on your backend then you have all of that functionality now by using Outlook 2003 and Attensa.
The only feature of Attensa I use is to subscribe and pull my RSS feeds into Outlook/Exchange and I am very happy. Attensa is in beta and has a couple of little issues, otherwise I have the complete solution now and with Outlook 12 I won’t need Attensa.
Thanks Stephen for that update. I’m sure there are plenty of readers that this would work for but were not aware of it!