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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Date added: September 03, 2008
- Total Downloads: 16,904
- Downloads last week: 70
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This well-crafted, standalone newsreader makes an ideal choice for both novices who've never heard of an RSS feed and advanced users looking to put some oomph and flexibility into their reading habits. We particularly liked NetNewsWire's setup wizard, which allows you to subscribe to an unlimited number of popular RSS feeds by simply checking boxes. The program also provides links to several other RSS directories.
NetNewsWire's interface is very good, but its default setting, which places the headline and browser panes side by side, is somewhat clumsy. This is easily remedied with the buttons that sit right at the top of each folder and each item. The utility's Watch Channels feature searches for news items containing user-specified keywords and places them in a separate group so they're easier to find. We're also fond of the app's News Bins function, which allows you to archive a story simply by dragging a headline and placing it in a storage bin in the left-side column.
Another compelling feature is the integrated podcast manager, which will automatically send new podcasts to your music jukebox. There's a support forum where you can post questions and get answers from other users, and NewsGator has a free Webware client so you can check your feeds wherever you are. We strongly recommend using NetNewsWire to soothe your hunger.
Publisher's description
From NewsGator :NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom news reader for Mac OS X. Its familiar three-paned interface -- similar to Apple Mail and Outlook Express -- can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs, making it quick and easy to keep up with the latest news.
CNET Editor's Review:
Like any Web news reader, NetNewsWire hardly qualifies as sexy software. But it's hard not to fall for an app that saves you this much time getting your daily news fix. Using a familiar three-pane interface (think Mail or Outlook), NetNewsWire lets you quickly fetch and digest news from thousands of RSS feeds..
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What's new in this version:
fixes a startup crash and compatibility with some proxies, adds a do javascript command, updates the French localization, and removes the microformats feature. See below for more detailed change notes.
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Version: NetNewsWire 3.1.7
"fast, easy to use, just one change"
Pros: The app is fast and easy to use, runs minimized well, and I like the counter that shows up in the doc icon. Does not suck down my system either. A lot of the readers I tried where cpu and bandwidth hogs. Integrates well with browser.
Cons: The only change I would really like to see, is an option to just automatically open the full story and not have to deal with tabs. I would give it 5 stars if it had that ability.
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