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Ole Brandenburg · 2 years ago

Pageflakes offers that feature since October 2006. Simply click on the edit link of a RSS feed module and select "show description". I know it's not the exact same feature but the end result is the same. Hope you like it.

Best regards
Ole Brandenburg
matt_winn · 2 years ago

Thanks for stopping by, Ole. I see that rolling over a headline pops up an abstract too - that's probably most efficient. Any take on feed reader/homepage combos? Will we see attempts at merging the two with more robust feed solutions?

Best,
Matt
Ole Brandenburg · 2 years ago

Hi Matt,

that's a tough question. I think only time will tell. The main challenge that I see is that mainstream users (quote: "What's a feed?") and tech savvy users have very different requirements and while I think that start pages and feed readers make a perfect fit, the majority of users might not think so. Really hard to say what's right and what's not.

Cheers
Ole
Adam · 2 years ago

Yourminis has also offered a similar feature for quite a while as well. Click on the edit drop-down and select "Edit Feed Settings." From there, you can enable showing the description inline and pick how many lines you want it to display.