I've been playing with RSS aggregators lately, and I can't find any that do what I want them to. I've tried SharpReader, which allows me to read the contents of my individual folders as a unit when I click on them. I've tried Thunderbird, which lets me view the actual HTML page when I click on it, but has no option to pre-load or anything, won't let me log in for pages that need it (like Livejournal), which could be fixed by allowing some primitive browsing in the display window. I've also tried Firefox with the Sage extension, which I don't like the interface and display at all.

Any other recommendations? Are there any that do what I want it to?

I'm using Opera's (currently Opera 8.00 Beta 1) RSS feature and I'm quite satisfied with it.
It displays every feed in one folder, supports HTML, features a link to the real topic and allows feeds which need password authentication.

You can get the lastest beta here.

Best regards,
~ Florian

I wouldn't use Opera...if you use the free version you have to accept banners, which makes it very uncomfortable to surfe...so the only Opera version that is useable is the one you pay for...but why pay if you can use Firefox, which offers all that stuff too? Maybe even more if you install some plugins...

Jojo,

I've paid for Opera because I use it for browsing, mailing and reading RSS feeds and I'm used to it. I like the idea of one app for email and web - but that's me and as you stated correctly, it's not free.

The only reason I've not suggested FireFox is, that Canar already have tried it. Maybe you can suggest another extension than the "Sage" extension?

Best regards,
~ Florian

For Linux I use LiFeRea:
http://liferea.sourceforge.net/

For Windows I use FeedReader:
http://www.feedreader.com/

RSSOwl, multiplatform java-based newsreader. Very complete.
http://rssowl.sourceforge.net/

so what about Thunderbird? I've never tried it though...but it would be interesting to know why you chose a product you have to pay for and doesn't seem that much different from it's free opponent...

I don't want to tune this topic in a Opera vs. Freeware battle so maybe we can stop beeing off-topic after this post. To answer your question:

Thunderbird isn't included with FireFox in the same way M2 is with Opera. M2 in Opera is just another panel and as I've stated above: I'm used to it. I also like the way of organizing emails in M2 - no more static folders and multiple inboxes, only user-defined "views" which are rule-based and optionally self-learning.
Another reason is, that the time I've bought Opera (for 22,99 EUR), Thunderbird was far from beeing stable.

One major advantage of Thunderbird to M2 is its good IMAP implementation. M2's is really bad and I hope it will be fixed soon. A thing I don't like at Thunderbird is the lack of specifying one SMTP server for each account (but maybe I didn't search hard enough). It's a great email client and it's great that it's free.

But Canar already tried Thunderbird, so I didn't recommend it again in my first post.

I use Bloglines, which is a very complete web-based solution.