Mindity.com - RSS Feeds on Your Desktop

If you want to receive real-time information without surfing from page to page, your best bet is probably to use an RSS feed reader. There are essentially two ways to view RSS feeds, either by using an online service, or by downloading a desktop application. Mindity is of the second variety, meaning that you have to download their application to your desktop to receive browser-less feeds. Mindity is easy to use and basically just requires that you download it, register, and start cutting and pasting the URLs of the feeds you’d like to receive. As an added bonus, Mindity also incorporates elements of social networking to help you get the most out of your RSS feed reader. Other users of Mindity can vote on their favorite stories and the results are displayed on the Mindity website. User can also see a list of subscribed feeds of users who voted for a given article and easily share with your friends.

“Mindity is a personalized newsfeed service that serves a community of web users by enabling them to explore the "Really Simple Syndication" (RSS) space on a single platform across a variety of feed formats. It is designed for people who want to stay on top of the news and never miss the latest and hottest stories, wherever their interests may lie.”

Mindity stands out in its incorporation of social elements to its standard desktop reader. Like-minded users can share their favorite articles and introduce each other to new feeds or articles making this an attractive new way of getting better news and updates.

The incorporation of social features certainly makes this a more attractive offering but will desktop clients, which require a software download, continue to be popular or will they lose ground to web-based solutions that don't require a download?