RSS Bandit 1.9.0.972

Rated 50/50 by JeremyGNJ at Jan 2, 2008

Wow! I just found this program. I've been an avid user of FeedDemon for many years, but I like this much more. Standard UI, great options, newsgroup reader....it's perfect for me!

Rated 30/50 by anomoly at Jan 7, 2008

OK. not bad with the css styles and what not but is not portable as is feedreader. IE, feedreader can run and does not leave files in the apdata folder. Size is smaller, and upon first opening you get a plethora of feed choices unlike this open source project.

Rated 40/50 by derethus at Jan 8, 2008

Uses IE

Rated 20/50 by skiracer712 at Mar 5, 2008

It seemed to be a good GUI and have some neat functions, however I never used them, see Cons. Many things I did not like. 1) No EULA (end user liscence agreement). Why not? Something is fishy here. On a side note on this, this was a featured download, and right beneath was an article on keeping your computer safe, stating that you shouldnt install software without an EULA. 2) As soon as I started RSSBandit, Spyware Terminator's realtime proctection popped up with a high threat level. 3) Firewall popped up, and my firewall is set pretty liberal, I almost never have to allow a program to access the internet, so when it asks, I question. So no EULA, and two unusal flags popping up. No thank you. Add one and at least I will feel better about installing.

Rated 20/50 by sspies at Mar 6, 2008

"Difficult to download" Download process bogs down in advertisements for other products.

Rated 50/50 by The Fac at Mar 20, 2008

"Exactly what I was looking for" Completely flexible on whether I auto download any feeds (for all and each feed) Easy Categorization (multiple layers) Flexible on whether and how it informs me of new feeds (for all and each feed) Allows for network storage of feeds Feeds are stored as the native file, not in a locked database, so I can get at the feeds (in this case mp3's) from anywhere in my network using my mp3 player, I don't need to re-open Bandit. Doesn't take up space on task bar when minimized. FREE!!!!!

Rated 30/50 by dick662 at Apr 19, 2008

"Does the Job with Ease" 1. Ease of use. 2. Very intuitive to me. Sort of work in a logical manner. 3. Layout of screen is good and moves back and forth into browsing and next feed with ease. N/A at this stage. Will continue to try out other RSS readers . I am relatively new at the RSS game.

Rated 30/50 by danielmendes at Jun 24, 2008

"Good - but not much" I'm looking for a new reader to replace Feedreader 3.12, which uses a lot of memory (90-130 MB on a 1GB ThinkPad T41). The interface is good, and the included browser works good too. Memory consumption is basically the same as Feedreader, peaking at 176MB sometimes. News folders' count of unread items is sometimes confusing. all in all, couldn't find a reason to switch from my current reader.

Rated 10/50 by Standa.Holecek at Nov 14, 2008

unstable version. Crashed on Windows Vista

Rated 30/50 by pjcamp at Jun 3, 2009

Keeps feeds well organized. Loads SLOWLY, preloaded feeds need cleaning out The slow loading time is no doubt due to the use of the .NET runtimes. But it takes forever to start compared to FeedDemon. Also, I could do without the preloaded feeds. I suppose some might need that but seems like anyone looking for a feed reader already has some feeds to read. Otherwise, they aren't likely to know that they need it.

Rated 10/50 by garesfield at Oct 25, 2009

"Doesn't work with win2k" No idea. Couldn't install it. Doesn't do what it says on the tin. Despite what it says, it won't run on Windows 2000. To be more precise, it requires dotNet Framework 3.5 which will not install on Win2K

Rated 20/50 by falexge at Dec 18, 2010

It at least allows you to read RSS feeds. 1. The whole app freezes when you try to open a webpage.2. It consumes WAY too much RAM when runnning (approx 200MB)3. Can't view all feeds at a go if they're marked as read. It's true that .NET applications tend to be memory hogs but this is way too extreme. An RSS reader is supposed to be at the very least, lightweight.The author also has to look at loading web pages in the background, say, on a thread or background worker because an application that freezes each time you want to open a different page is totally out of the way.

Rated 20/50 by imperialcoins at Apr 17, 2011

Easy to use Highly unstable. Freezes often A quick search reveals that there have been several known issues for many years which make this program unstable. If they ever get around to addressing them this would be one of the best RSS readers.