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Spectives, which launched today, is an excellent (at least in my opinion) RSS reader that aims to take you away from your traditional RSS reader. Instead of simply using text and images that are included within a regular post, it generates, or takes, images from the websites of your choice. Select a group of sites to “follow” or subscribe to, and your page will update automatically with the most recent post.

What I like most about the site is how it presents content. Sometimes, browsing through an RSS reader becomes old and boring, especially when much of the content is text-based. With Spectives, you can easily get a snapshot of the content recently published, allowing you to create your own collections or view what others have created. A traditional RSS feed is also available for these pages, making it easy to share and follow what others like through another reader.

One of the other major benefits that I find interesting is how sites like this could change the way the average person stays updated with their favorite sites. Due to the fact that collections can be created, you could easily create a “collection” for your site, providing a link for others to stay up-to-date with your site. As long as you insert images into your content, it’ll maintain a complete look. Not only this, but the site is well-designed and doesn’t require much time to set up.

The Ideas for Spectives

Creating an account through the site gives you more options, specifically the ability to create collections through tabs, displayed at the top of the page, and your own collections at spectives.com/yourcollection. There really aren’t a ton of options beyond being able to save your collections, but there really is no need for them.

An introductory video (lasting a minute) has been embedded below.

The site will be posting updates through their Twitter profile @spectives. Site found via The Next Web.