NetNewsWire
Like most everyone else in the modern world I
subscribe to RSS Feeds and use an RSS Aggregator to
gather all of those feeds and present them in a nice
manner. Unlike most people I use a desktop
application to read my subscriptions instead of an
online application like Bloglines or Google Reader. I tried
both of those services, but in the end I always
enjoyed using a desktop application. For a while
now, on the Mac, I have been using NewsFire. I
received it with one of those bundles of
software I've purchased. It works nice, but I'm
always on the outlook for new software to try
out. Recently another RSS Reader was brought to
my attention through some blogs I read. It's
called NetNewsWire. This
software used to cost money, but a few weeks ago
the developers released it as a free download. I
downloaded it and gave it a try, and now it's my
new RSS Reader. Here's what sold me on it
1. It has a built in web browser interface, so if you click on a link in a post you aren't taken out of your feed reader into your web browser.
2. It has an online counterpart, NewsGator, which is also free, and it keeps in sync with your desktop application. That way you can view postings on your local machine or from another machine on the web, and everything keeps in sync. I don't read blog postings at work because they tend to take up my time, but this would allow me to hop on at lunch and check out what's going on.
3. It has a nice interface for saving posts or clippings from posts.
The company has a Windows application called FeedDemon. I can't speak for how nice it works, but if it's anything like NetNewsWire it's worth checking out.
1. It has a built in web browser interface, so if you click on a link in a post you aren't taken out of your feed reader into your web browser.
2. It has an online counterpart, NewsGator, which is also free, and it keeps in sync with your desktop application. That way you can view postings on your local machine or from another machine on the web, and everything keeps in sync. I don't read blog postings at work because they tend to take up my time, but this would allow me to hop on at lunch and check out what's going on.
3. It has a nice interface for saving posts or clippings from posts.
The company has a Windows application called FeedDemon. I can't speak for how nice it works, but if it's anything like NetNewsWire it's worth checking out.
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