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@Shawn: FeedDemon doesn't automatically include "system tags," but they are used when recommending tags for a specific post.

And of course the first thing I did after reading this was to add it to my link blog :)

PS: I personally dislike the idea of subfolders, but we've had a ton of requests for them, so you can expect to see them in FeedDemon in the future.

Thanks for the kind words, Steven! BTW, for an example of what Glenn is referring to, see this post in his blog:

http://blog.slaven.net.au/archives/2008/02/05/f...

Thanks, Glenn - and thanks for being one of the "cool kids" before FeedDemon was free :)

I couldn't agree with you more about the state of FPS games. I can't tell you how many crappy days I survived by taking a break from work and jumping into a mindless FPS like "Serious Sam." These days, though, it's too much like work trying to play one.

Arni, if you purchased on or after Dec 9, 2007, you'll receive a refund (my understanding is that your credit card charge will automatically be refunded).

Glad to hear you're happy about the news, Steven! I think our biggest fear in all of this was how existing customers would react to it.

PS: Frankie Goes To Hollywood? Geez...no wonder you're cranky ;)

A movie I really enjoyed that didn't get much press is "Monster Road," a documentary about animator Bruce Bickford (he did the weird clay animations for Zappa back in the 1970s). You can view the trailer at http://www.monsterroad.com/

Overall I think your link blog is great - FeedDemon's new attention report shows that I'm reading, flagging and sharing a lot of articles in it. In other words, it's bringing me a lot of value.

The only thing I'd recommend is not adding so many articles. There have been a number of times when I've seen 40+ new items in your link blog after updating my feeds, which combined with my "regular" subscriptions is far too much to keep up with.

Robert, I do think geeks can change the world, I just think we often don't aim high enough.

Robert, your post mentioned nothing about agreeing with Ethan.

Look, I understand why you wrote this post. Chris is a friend of yours, you saw his work being attacked, and you stood up for him. That's admirable.

But that's not really what Ethan was writing about. Too many geeks - myself included - like to believe we're making the world a better place, when all we're really doing is making the world a better place for those who can afford the technology we create. That's what Ethan was really writing about, and I commend him for it.

Sorry, Robert, but I think you're off the mark on this one. As you know, I'm a big fan of Gnomedex, but Ethan's post was about far more than just Gnomedex, and I agree with much of what he says.

Thanks for giving FeedDemon such high marks, Adam!

Robert, if you leave FeedBurner, any request for your FeedBurner feed will result in an HTTP 301 (redirect) response. This tells the RSS reader that the feed's location has changed, and every RSS reader I know of will honor that request by updating the stored location of the feed.

In other words, you will NOT stop getting the feed.

Robert, to answer you questions about FeedDemon, yes, it can be used to create a link blog. There's a screencast on my blog which demonstrates this feature - see http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2007/05/feeddemon_...

It also has a "river of news" view, complete with single-key navigation. And, of course, it synchronizes with NewsGator Online, so you can run it on multiple computers and have your feeds (including unread states) synched between them.

Thanks for posting this! I've been trying to get a WII for weeks, but they're always out of stock. So it was nice to walk out of the new Best Buy yesterday carrying one :)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of "Higher Ground" is near the top of my list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE

And the new Pearl Jam cover of The Who's "Love, Reign O'er Me" is surprisingly good, too.

Shawn, thanks for commenting about FeedDemon here. For the record, the ability the share items is in the works (you'll be able to share your FeedDemon news bins).

Hey, I just didn't like how {wlw} looked, ok? :)

Glad you like the new beta, Glenn.

Thank you, Robert. I'm in complete agreement with you about how something like this puts your life in perspective. After the accident, I wasn't thinking about Web 2.0, RSS, Google vs. Microsoft, or any of that stuff - I was thinking of my son and my family.

And yeah, some banana pudding sounds pretty good right now, unbridled hedonism be damned :)

PS: Ian, Isaac is playing Lego Star Wars II on his XBOX right now, and I'm just about to join him.

Nice to know that you like the new "Popular Topics" feature, Paul - thanks for blogging this!

Nice work - thanks for sharing it! FWIW, I'm talking with the Live Writer folks right now, and I'm planning to support Live Writer in the next FeedDemon build.

Tom, just an FYI that I've already contacted Microsoft about the "Open in new tab" bug, so they're aware of it. The next FeedDemon build (coming soon) includes a workaround for this problem, just in case it doesn't get fixed by MS soon.

Thanks, Tom!