Believe it or not, these are all names of applications called variously channel viewers, news aggregators or feed readers. There are dozens of them available on the net, with more popping up every day. If you would like to peruse one of the more comprehensive lists of these applications, you can visit the DMOZ RSS Readers List.

Or, you can take a look at the list of applications compiled and reviewed by About.com guide Heinz Tschabitscher, at RSS Feed Readers / News Aggregators.

Each of these applications handles RSS feeds in a slightly different way. After extensive research, the Qheads chose Awasu from this group for use with Q Channels because it was very user-friendly, full-featured and did not strip tags, allowing subscribers to see everything their publishers have to offer. However, it is currently Windows-only and it does require a small download, which are impediments to some of our Q Channel subscribers.

This morass of viewers and the needs of our subscribers is also the reason that the Qheads decided to develop their own in-browser channel viewer sidebar, which they called QuikView. It is easy to get and use and not only is it a channel viewer, it is also a personal bookmark server, which both our publishers and their subscribers are finding very handy.

If you would like more information about our channel viewer of choice, please click on over to QuikView - Our Channel Viewer for more details, and to get your own free channel viewer and personal bookmark server.