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If you're just getting started, NetNewsWire can suggest some great reading material. Distraction-free Reading articles in a browser means putting up with ads and sidebars. NetNewsWire focuses on content. Tabs For the true reading lover, NetNewsWire easily keeps track of multiple articles open at the same time. FeedDemon is a popular RSS reader for Windows, with an easy-to-use interface that makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. Tagging Assign your own keywords to items, making it easy to classify and locate articles you've previously read.
NetNewsWire 6.0.3
Vmware fusion 8 0 1 download free. A well-designed and flexible RSS and Atom news reader that enables you to stay updated with the la..
Newsflow 1.5
A small and streamlined macOS application that brings all your news feeds straight onto your Mac's..
You can locally override the Xcode settings for code signing by creating a DeveloperSettings.xcconfig file locally at the appropriate path. This allows for a pristine project with code signing set up with the appropriate developer ID and certificates, and for dev to be able to have local settings without needing to check in anything into source control. NetNewsWire for macOS/iOS0. It was the best RSS reader for Mac OS X in the far past and they have now revived it and made it open source. I particularly like that you can sync feeds via iCloud or self-hosted instead of an external service.
RSS Follower 1.8.4
Stay up-to-date with the latest news by reading RSS and Atom feeds on your Mac, with this well-des..
News Explorer 1.10
Newsreader application that can help you find RSS feeds and enables you to sync your database to a..
RSS Menu 3.2.1
A lightweight and unobtrusive RSS reader that enables you to stay updated with the latest news and..
Vienna 3.7.1
A powerful open source RSS reader application for macOS that can grab content from RSS/Atom feeds,..
RSS Bot 2.8
Unobtrusive macOS status bar menu application that enables you to monitor various RSS feeds, in or..
Winds 3.2.0
Open-source podcast player and RSS feed reader that combines two useful features into a single app..
Cappuccino 1.0.12
Minimalist news reader app for macOS with features such as a daily news digest, built-in push noti..
NewsBar 3.9.1
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iCloud based and highly intuitive feed reader for the Mac that helps you keep up with the latest a..
QupZilla 2.2.5
User friendly web browser based on the Apple WebKit that comes integrated with ad blocking capabil..
Netnewswire 4 0 – Rss And Atom News Reader Login
RSS Guard 3.5.1
Full-featured and open source RSS and ATOM news reader with built-in support for feed synchronizat..
ReadEver 1.1.0
Feed reader that comes with multiple themes and layouts and integrates with various services that ..
THE TICKER 1.2
Keka
Rectangle
The Unarchiver
Microsoft Remote Desktop
iCloud based and highly intuitive feed reader for the Mac that helps you keep up with the latest a..
QupZilla 2.2.5
User friendly web browser based on the Apple WebKit that comes integrated with ad blocking capabil..
Netnewswire 4 0 – Rss And Atom News Reader Login
RSS Guard 3.5.1
Full-featured and open source RSS and ATOM news reader with built-in support for feed synchronizat..
ReadEver 1.1.0
Feed reader that comes with multiple themes and layouts and integrates with various services that ..
THE TICKER 1.2
Keka
Rectangle
The Unarchiver
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Keysmith
Mimestream
VLC Media Player
Filmora
macOS
Big Sur Cache Cleaner
AppCleaner
Alfred
Amphetamine
Hidden Bar
- Filmora
- macOS
- Big Sur Cache Cleaner
- AppCleaner
- Alfred
- Amphetamine
- Hidden Bar
- Aerial
- Keka
- Rectangle
- The Unarchiver
- Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Keysmith
- Mimestream
- VLC Media Player
Sputnik 1.0.7
A handy and very useful application that was created as a reliable news reader for the Mac and Win..
Makagiga 5.4 / 5.5 Beta
A free and open source RSS reader and todo manager that will make your life easier by enabling you..
Newsbeuter 2.9
An open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals
Dayspring 1.1
A lightweight and very easy-to-use RSS reader for your Mac that enables you to stay updated with t..
RSS Growler 1.5.1
RSS Growler - menu bar item RSS reader
RSSOwl 2.2.1
Free and open source desktop client that reads RSS
Pulp 2.5.3
Takes your favorite news feeds and presents them in a beautifully friendly and familiar format
Developer: NewsGator Technologies
Price: $30
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4
Universal: Yes
Trial: Fully-featured (30 days)
As products age, the nature of the changes seen in subsequent productreleases evolves. Early in a product's life, the revisions often bringlarge changes as developers look to fully flesh out exactly what it isthey are offering. This is doubly so in young, rapidly changing markets.Later in a product's life, though, the revisions tend to be smaller.Changes in mature products are often aimed at polishing the product andincreasing usability instead of radically redefining the product.
The evolution of NetNewsWire follows this pattern, almost to the letter.As our previous reviews demonstrate, versions 1.0 and 2.0 saw many major changes.Features were added, removed, and spun out into new products whileRanchero Software and, later, NewsGator Technologies, determined whatNetNewsWire would become. Market and technology changes in thesyndication space forced the application's development in certaindirections. With NetNewsWire 3.0, though, it's clear that NetNewsWirehas entered the mature phase of its life.
That being the case, I will focus primarily on the changes toNetNewsWire since our last review.
Appearances
Whenever you use an updated a piece of software, changes to the userinterface are among the first thing that you notice. When launchingNetNewsWire 3.0 for the first time, the most obvious changes can clearlybe tied back to applications like iTunes and Mail. The subscription listhas taken on the same blue background as the source lists in theaforementioned applications. NetNewsWire has also inherited another ofiTunes' features, Cover Art. In NetNewsWire, the Cover Art widget showsa snapshot of the home page for the selected feed or article.
NetNewsWire 3.0's user interface features several refinements overprevious versions.
Although displaying Cover Art cuts into the vertical space you could usefor displaying subscriptions (and may be the difference between whetheror not your subscription list needs to scroll), it provides severalbenefits. If you're viewing a folder of subscriptions, glancing at theCover Art can quickly tell you the source of the selected article.Furthermore, Cover Art somewhat rectifies the complaint that, by readingfeeds, you miss out on the overall design of the Web site. That's not tosay that the Cover Art view is perfect, however. I know that the CoverArt image for a Web site does get updated, but I cannot figure out whattriggers the update. As far as I can tell, there is no way for a userrequest a refresh. This comes into play because I've seen problems withthe display. In one case, one feed was displaying the cover art foranother feed. In other cases, feeds were displaying blank images (eitherall white or all black) in place of the Web site snapshot.
Another addition which appears similar to an iTunes feature is FullScreen mode. As you would expect, given the name, activating Full Screenmode hides the menu bar and enlarges the main window to take up thewhole screen, allowing for undisturbed feed reading. To further minimizedistractions, you can also hide portions of the user interface.NetNewsWire 2.0 allowed you to hide the tab bar when it wasn't in use,but new in 3.0 is the ability to hide the subscription list. Both thetab bar and the subscription list can be explicitly hidden at any time,but both also support automatic hiding. Automatically hiding the tab barworks as you would expect. Automatically hiding the subscription listessentially makes the subscription list part of the News Items tab—yoursubscriptions are visible when viewing the News Items tab and hiddenwhen viewing a Web page.
Automatically hiding subscriptions works well with another ofNetNewsWire's new features, vertical tabs. The new tabs have additionalfunctionality compared to the more-familiar horizontal tabs (which arestill available). The vertical tabs can display a thumbnail of their Webpage and can be dragged-and-dropped. The drag-and-drop feature can beused to re-arrange the tab order within NetNewsWire or to drag the URLto another application. Neither of these features is available whenusing the horizontal tabs.
Hiding subscriptions while browsing the Web opens up horizontalspace, which can be used to display NetNewsWire's new vertical tabs.
There are a few other differences between the two tab types. The widthof the side tab gutter is fixed, so you will only ever see the firstword or two of the Web page title. For instance, the two Daring Fireballarticles I have open in tabs currently display their name as 'DaringFi….' With only a few tabs open, the horizontal tabs would display moreof the titles, though the difference would be lost as you opened moretabs. In either case, NetNewsWire could stand to inherit some ofSafari's smarts whendealing with tab titles. Conversely, if you choose not to display thepage thumbnails, the side tab gutter can display many more tabs beforerunning out of screen real-estate. Furthermore, the side tag gutter usesa scroll bar when tabs extend off the screen, as opposed to the pop-upmenu used with the horizontal tabs.
The style of tab you prefer will probably depend heavily on yourpersonal taste. I like the look and functionality of the new tabs, but Ifeel that they make the News Items interface a bit cramped. However,this is likely due to using the Widescreen View on a 1280×584 display. Isuspect I'd have no such complaints on a larger screen.
In keeping with the theme of 'Evolution, Not Revolution,' NetNewsWireincludes a number of smaller tweaks that pay dividends. The NewSubscription sheet now includes a pop-up menu for choosing a folder forthe subscription, which eliminates the frustration of having tore-organize your subscriptions after adding a new feed. Another suchtweak is the addition of browser-style Back and Forward options forarticles. I consider the Back button the more important of the two, asyou now have the ability to jump back to the previous article when youaccidentally continue on to the next unread item.
To further focus the news reading experience, NetNewsWire now allows youto hide your already-read items.
The new version of NetNewsWire also includes a user interface for theAttention Score feature introduced in version 2.1. The Attention Scoreattempts to provide a numerical value for how much you use a feed. Inversion 2.1, the score could be used to sort your subscription list. Thenew user interface in version 3.0 is called the Attention Report, whichattempts to show how much you interact with each feed. Ostensibly, youcan use this report to unsubscribe from feeds you tend to ignore.However, a feed's Attention Score is based on clicks, items flagged,items e-mails, and items posted to your Weblog or del.icio.us. Myexperience is that this algorithm systematically over-weightssubscriptions that do not provide full text within the feed. Thefull-text feeds that I read religiously have some of the lowestAttention Scores, since I never need to click through to the originalWeb site.
The Attention Report attempts to show you your most popular feeds.
Netnewswire 4 0 – Rss And Atom News Reader Reviews
Syncing
Syncing received a bit of an overhaul with the NetNewsWire 2.1 release.This is understandable, since this was the first release followingNetNewsWire's acquisition by NewsGator Technologies. The 2.1 releaseintroduced syncing with NewsGator, which gave users the ability to workwith their subscriptions on a variety of platforms, including WindowsPCs, the iPhone, Blackberries, and Windows Mobile devices.Additionally, this form of multi-platform syncing was superior to theBloglines integration introduced in version 2.0. Whereas the Bloglinesintegration required you to manage feeds using the Bloglines interface,NewsGator syncing lets you manage feeds from within NetNewsWire and havechanges propagated to all your synced platforms. From a userperspective, it offered the functionality of .Mac or FTP syncingcombined with Bloglines cross-aggregator support.
Support for NewsGator syncing has also improved with NetNewsWire 3.0.The primary difference is speed—syncing with the NewsGator service isnow much faster than in previous releases. The first time I tried thenew version, I was literally in awe of how fast my feeds weredownloading. The other place where this speed boost is noticeable iswhen quitting the application. NetNewsWire attempts to perform a syncwhen you quit. That way, any changes made in NetNewsWire since you lastsynced will be propagated out to NewsGator. Under the 2.1 releases, thissync would take several minutes. Sometimes, it was long enough to abortshutdown or logout attempts. That is no longer the case with NetNewsWire3.0. I haven't timed this process, but I think it is safe to say thatthis final sync takes under a minute to complete.
Another NewsGator feature supported by NetNewsWire 3.0 is Clippings,which are essentially the NewsGator version of Flagged Items. You add anitem to your Clippings and it gets saved until you remove it from yourClippings. Unlike Flagged Items, your Clippings are synced. Also, youcan have subfolders within your Clippings, and you can share yourClippings via RSS. Previously, I subscribed to my own Clippings feed andused this feature to save items I found while using NewsGator Online.Once I was done with the particular clipping, though, I'd have to logback into NewsGator Online to delete the Clipping. Now that NetNewsWirehas full Clipping support, though, I can manage the process withoutswitching out of the application.
Personally, I feel like there is a bit of overlap between Clippings andFlagged Items, and I wish there were some way to merge the two. I realizeI could always add all of the items I've flagged into my Clippingsfolder and hide the Flagged Items Subscription, but as far as I can tellthere is no Clippings equivalent to either the Flag column or one-key(‘f') flagging.
Although NewsGator syncing is now the primary form of syncing supportedin NetNewsWire, Bloglines, .Mac, and FTP support still remain, though Ido not believe any new features are planned for these options.
Plays Well With Others
Ultimate retouch panel 3 5. NetNewsWire first introduced the idea of integrating with externalapplications in version 2.0, with the Post to Weblog feature. Thisintegration was augmented in version 2.1 with addition of the Post todel.icio.us and Mail Link/Mail Contents commands.
NetNewsWire 3.0 continues this trend of integrating with externalapplication with the addition of several new features. The first two areSend To… commands. Send To VoodooPad creates a new page in an openVoodooPad document. If you havemultiple documents open, VoodooPad asks which document should containthe newly-added page. Unfortunately, though, the command fails silentlyif you have no VoodooPad documents open. This is more of a VoodooPadissue than a NetNewsWire issue, but it reflects poorly on the featurewhen you select a menu item and nothing appears to happen.
The second Send To… command is the Send To Twitterrific command. Unlikethe Send To VoodooPad command, Send To Twitterrific creates a brief notein Twitterrificcontaining the article name and URL so you can share what you arereading with your Twitter followers.
For the most part, integration with external applications is focused onsharing or storing the articles you are reading. NetNewsWire's supportfor microformats, though, issomething entirely different. Microformats are a way of marking upcontent to provide additional meaning. When viewing Web pages,NetNewsWire detects two types of microformats—contacts and events. If either of thesemicroformats is present on a page, NetNewsWire displays the appropriatebadge and allows you to import the contacts or events into Address Bookand iCal, respectively.
By recognizing microformats on Web pages, NetNewsWire is able to addan event to iCal.
Outside of NetNewsWire, you can now use Spotlight to search your NewsItems. Nobody is claiming that Spotlight is without rough edges, butthis feature means that you can now run searches on your archive withouttying up the application.
Follow-Up
In the NetNewsWire 2.0 review, I raised several points that I'd like tofollow up on now that NetNewsWire 3.0 is available. In discussing thedifferences between the Traditional, Widescreen, and Combined Views, Icommented that Combined View did not feel as fast as the other views. Inversion 3.0, both the performance and the user interface are muchimproved. I've noticed little to no lag when cycling through articleswithin a folder or subscription. Occasionally, when switching to adifferent group or subscription, there will be a lag in updating thescreen with new content. I've also seen some random crashes while usingthis view, which I consider a real issue. Using the Hide Read Itemsfeature seems to alleviate some of these issues, perhaps by decreasingthe complexity of the view displayed. This is not an option if you needto reference an already-read read article, though. Performance issuesaside, I can't recommend using this view given the stability concerns.
The appearance of the Combined View has been modified to increaseusability.
In the previous review, I also expressed surprise at the fact that Icouldn't specify a podcast genre on a feed-by-feed basis. That remainsthe case, but it appears to be something of a standard to apply thePodcast genre to all podcasts. At least, this is what iTunes does whensubscribing to a podcast.
As has been the case with previous releases of NetNewsWire, a featurepresent in a past release has been removed from the new version ofNetNewsWire. In this case, said feature is the subscription Sharingfeature.
Aging Gracefully
Having spent a significant amount of time using the latest version, Ifeel like NetNewsWire 3.0 benefitted from the relative stability inthe syndication market. As far as I know, there were no majortechnological shifts that the application needed to support in thisrelease. There was no post-acquisition work that needed to be done tobring NetNewsWire under the NewsGator umbrella. As a result, thisrelease of NetNewsWire feels highly polished, focusing on usabilityimprovements over radical reengineering.
The only major problems I've encountered with this release are theperformance and crashing issues with the Combined View, which is whatprevents me from giving NetNewsWire our highest ranking. Although I haveyet to lose any data to a crash, I'm not comfortable with the idea ofworking in a scenario that has such known failure states.
Given that NetNewsWire 3.0 is a free upgrade for anybody with an activeNewsGator Online Premium Package, I do not see any reason to avoid thisrelease, unless you rely on the Combined View. If you fall into thatlatter group, you should hold out until an update addresses the issue.As far as I know, anybody who purchased NetNewsWire prior to itsacquisition by NewsGator should still be within the period of thecomplimentary Premium Package they received as a NetNewsWire owner.
Those who do not qualify for the free upgrade but want a powerful RSSand Atom reader for the Mac should seriously consider NetNewsWire,particularly if you ever see a need or desire to access your feeds onmultiple platforms. I truly feel that this is the best feed readingapplication I have used and well worth the money.
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