FeedTree Web Proxy 0.7.2 review

FeedTree is a peer-to-peer application that brings Web feeds to your desktop faster.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 2071K Developer: FeedTree Project Price: $0.00 Updated: 15 Mar 2006

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FeedTree is a peer-to-peer application that brings Web feeds to your desktop faster. FeedTree users work together to share news as soon as it is available; news arrives immediately, instead of on a polling schedule, making RSS as instantaneous as e-mail.

The client software, ftproxy, can be used with any existing desktop feed reader and any existing RSS or Atom feed.

The FeedTree Web Proxy runs on your Mac alongside your favorite feed reading application. Your feed reader then talks to the proxy instead of the Internet, so it gets the latest news without polling the server.

FeedTree is a research project from the Rice University Department of Computer Science.

What's New:
Improvements to bootstrap selection, reducing the likelihood of “all bootstraps are faulty” messages: [184]
Fixes to the FreePastry p2p substrate: [188] [192]
Minor bug fixes and tweaks (see the project timeline for a complete list).

Requirements:
A desktop feed reader (such as NewsFire, NetNewsWire, Shrook, or Safari).