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May 21st, 2008
Spectra – awfully pretty but has control issues
The world of the RSS reader has become a hotbed of competing products. Whether you opt for readers built into your browser, AJAX desktops or a standalone program, the options are almost bewildering.
Into the fray steps Spectra, msnbc’s very pretty effort that allows you to select from a range of colour-coded channels. These then build into a slow-moving tornado of news (or a tornado-speed tornado if you set it in the prefs). You can then flick through your selections to get an overview of what’s happening and click to get a pop-up with the full story. So far, so pretty.
