What does “online/offline desktop” news aggregator mean?
Feed readers or news aggregators can be realised as web applications or as desktop applications. The place of execution (your computer vs. some webserver) implies certain advantages and disadvantages. A desktop news aggregator runs on your own PC and stores aggregated feeds locally. It accesses each news feed and downloads its newest headlines periodically. Note that not all desktop news aggregators can work offline. Some desktop aggregators retrieve feeds each time you access them instead of caching them for later use. Liferea as an offline capable desktop aggregator caches feeds and is suitable for use with portable devices (laptops, hand helds…) that do not have a permanent internet connection. • Disadvantages: • No implicit state synchronization when used from different client machines • Higher bandwidth usage compared to online aggregators • Need to be installed on each client machines • OS-dependant • Advantages: • Your cached feed contents are saved on your own (secure) machin
