Do you use RSS readers?

yes I use ...

Sage, for firefox

never, never, never...I used them for one week a few years ago...got old very quickly

IMHO

I think RSS, though such a simple (yet horridly butchered by some sites) format, is still difficult for a regular user to understand. Yes, IE will adopt the little orange button that Firefox uses for sites with RSS feeds, but how many regular users will understand what that little button means?

I can't imagine trying to explain to most people, people who surf a good amount but have no clue about what they're really doing, what RSS is and how it could benefit them. It's fine and all for sharing text between sites, but it's still a while before the regular user is able to utilize it, in my own opinion.

Edit:

I'm sticking with the "Ninja" dude, and saying I won't use them. I've tested a couple of online ones (firefox extension / google.com/ig/) and, at least for now, I'll never use another one.

well, back when I tried out RSS, there were mostly a lot of sites posting RSS talking about how great RSS is...maybe it is better now?

I had one made that is online www.beverbal.com , it's not much to look at, but at least you don't have to download anything. It's like hotmail vs. outlook

~Ray

Bloglines is my main source for "stuff on the net" nowadays - I love not having to check each site separately to see if they've been updated or not.