MioNews - What FriendFeed Has Been Waiting For

I found this great new FriendFeed service from Duncan Riley’s The Inquisitr.

If you are reading this, there is a fair chance that you are using FriendFeed, or at the least have heard of it, but if you haven’t, below is a quick explanation.

FriendFeed is a service that allows the user to aggregate information from various websites they belong in a central location, while making it possible to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. FriendFeed integrates with sites such as Digg, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.

You can see an example of the standard FriendFeed screen below.

As you can see, for many people, the standard FriendFeed interface may appear a little sparse and uninteresting; enter mioNews.

Patrick Lightbody, made use of the FriendFeed API to create a new way to deliver your FriendFeed service in an RSS style reader interface. It makes heavy use of Ajax for the interface, which provides a much more intuitive experience for people unfamiliar with FriendFeed.

A really great feature is the ability to add a topic and automatically, mioNews will display all the feeds relating to that topic.

It also boasts Twitter and blog integration, although I was unable to get Twitter to work, which is fairly standard for services trying to work with Twitter. You can send friends requests from inside mioNews and import friends from various mail services and email clients.

I agree with Duncan, mioNews may provide an easier way for the general population to embrace FriendFeed, which would go some way to increasing the depth of topics.