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I've been using bloglines for quite some time now. I tried several times to switch to a desktop RSS reader but kept going back to the old web based bloglines, mostly because it was easier to have my reading synchronized as I was using two computers (one at home and one at work).

My new 12'' powerbook, beeing much lighter and smaller than my old laptop, follows me around more often (well, in fact always). So I decided to give desktop RSS reading one more shot. I googled for a decent RSS reader for the mac and found Vienna a simple and nice RSS reader.

What I'm liking most about using this kind of setup is that I can keep my reading up to date even when I'm webless.

Since I made the switch I'm having this dilemma: Should I use the good ol' Firefox or use the more macish Safari?

As I'm posting this I just discovered one more reason not to use Safari. Blog.com's rich text editor doesn't work with Safari. Still I'm forcing myself to give it a try. First because it fits much better into the OSX GUI and also because it seems to be a little bit more snappier than Firefox. So what don't I like about it? Well in fact a number of things:

• I miss all those nice Firefox extensions. Sure there is Pimp My Safari, but it just ain't the same thing, is it?
• I still didn't find a way to use the address bar to perform I'm feeling lucky searches in google;
• I can't move or edit bookmarks without entering the bookmark manager thingy;
• Some sites just don't like Safari;
• I found a way of having Firefox's "Search as you type" feature but it's not as good as the original one;
• And other pet peaves that I just don't remember right now ...

Still I'm sticking with Safari for some time and give it a chance!