I’m hunting for a new RSS reader for Windows. FeedDemon is decent (and I own a copy), but I’m tired of the way it organizes feeds by groups (the drop down style) among a few other annoyances.

I was looking at RSS Bandit briefly and came across a post/contest for a new logo (more details). I disliked all of the options enough to sit down and experiment a little:

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I think of a bandit looking more like the first one. The second smiley (the more current RSSBandit look) makes me think RSS Pirate — not a bandit (pirates when related to computer software, etc are usually considered illegal, bad, etc.).

For fun, I threw in the tie to give the the first one a bit of mock professionalism. The general idea was to mimic the common RSS buttons (with a bit of flair). If nothing else, maybe this inspires someone else to come up with some new ideas.