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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 15, 2008
- Total Downloads: 200,621
- Downloads last week: 642
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 59 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This top-notch feed reader will devour your RSS and Atom feeds, though a few users might find it too basic. Snarfer keenly follows the "keep it simple" adage in every function. An uncomplicated, uncluttered interface follows a generic app design of left-side listed entries with a right-side preview pane. Copy a feed link in your browser and switch to Snarfer, and you'll find the program has already entered the link from the clipboard into your add-feed dialog.
To save an entry, simply drag it to a Save folder. E-mailing an entry and other basic functions are available in the context menu, while helpful wizards make it a snap to add and save Craigslist or eBay searches. Especially helpful is the prominent Quick Search box, though searches can't be limited to a single feed. Feed updates and update intervals are easily set, and users can elect to automatically save entries they have read or have them expire after a certain number saved. You can also import feeds from other readers using OPML.
This is a perfect first feed-reader for newbies, although experienced readers will miss customizations like changing fonts and preview pane location. Nevertheless, we recommend this freeware feed reader for its simplicity, small footprint, presentation, and efficiency.
Publisher's description
From Snarfware :Snarfer is an easy, fast and free approach to enjoying RSS, ATOM, and XML feeds. Snarfer comes with hundreds of feeds to choose from, includes a tabbed browser and has wizards to help you construct complex searches for Google, EBay, and Craigslist that update as new results become available. Snarfer can synchronize with the free Bloglines or Google Reader service so you can access your feeds from another location (like the office or an Internet cafe) with a browser.
Version 1.0.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 59 votes
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Snarfer 1.0.2
Pros: Take it!
Good.
Free.
and Simple.
Cons: Really. like good.
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Version: Snarfer 1.0.2
Pros: *Access to a TON of feeds built in
*Ability to add any other feeds
Cons: *Can't close tab with Snarfer info
*Re-downloads read feeds (though perhaps these are re-submitted by sites)
*No Snarf! Thundercats are not go!
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Snarfer 1.0.2
"Fantastic! Tried Feedemon, others, this is best!"
Pros: Fast and only a 400kb download w/ an SQL database not some silly flat file system. Tried Feedemon and all the others before finding Snarfer. Does what an RSS reader is supposed to do... make reading feeds easy.
Cons: Would like automatic email alert system for keyword watches.
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Snarfer 1.0.2
"Disappointing Product and no real support"
Pros: The feeds showed up whenever I refreshed manually.
Cons: Ok, so I know you're wondering why I gave it such a low review. Well let me say that aside from actually being able to read the feeds whenever I manually refreshed, I was disappointed. I've added in 3 very popular news feed while I've seen update itself every few minutes. I wanted to be updated as much as possible so I downloaded this popular software. After changing the settings around from the default setting of updating every 15 minutes to updating every 5 minutes, I've seen it switch BACK to the default setting every day for the last 3 weeks (the time period I've had this software). I've checked all possible tabs and information to find out why this was happening. I've uninstalled and reinstalled based on what the support forums has said. Nothing as it goes back its painful 15 minute updates.
I've tried suggestions people have gave me (and I'm not computer illiterate) and Snarfer decided it wanted to do its own thing. At this point, until Snarfer decides to actually remember and understand what a user want to do when reading feeds, itâ??s not worth the trouble if youâ??re looking for something less than 15 minutes updates.
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Version: Snarfer 1.0.2
"Doesn't overwhelm you with things you don't need"
Pros: I found it to be very intuitive and was able to navigate around and add feeds, categorize feeds, and move feeds between categories easily.
Cons: I have to enter 10 characters.
Summary: I had tried several other news readers before trying Snarfer and they either were much more complex than i needed and cumbersome to use. Snarfer was intuitive and easy to adapt to my needs.,
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