Snarfer for Windows

User Reviews

• Malware installed

  markrnc5/19/2014

  Pros

  Whatever good points it might have are horribly overshadowed by the malware it installed.

  Cons

  Snarfer installation installed Search Protect malware even after I specifically declined all options. Now I've got to hope my laptop isn't trashed. Thanks cnet......

  Summary

  Stay away. Don't touch it unless you have nothing better to do with your time than removing malware.

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• Excellent from Keep it Simple point of view

  pgarverick5/29/2012

  Pros

  Quick and easy to download. Usable without getting down into the technical details. Easy to add the feeds you want to add. Click on the "plus" icon a.k.a. "New" and put the url of the blog or whatever you want feeds from. Easy to unselect the feeds you don't want. Folder structure let's you put your blog feeds into Blogs folder, etc. Works great on my windows 7 box. Display window is easy to use.

  Cons

  I wish it had a very simple "how to" on the basics.

  Summary

  Easy to use application to capture the feeds from all the blogs, etc, that you want to stay aware of.

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• Good, but better on Vista than Windows 7

  hsalfen12/6/2011

  Pros

  RSS feeds in one place, easy to use

  Cons

  No ability to double click on a feed and have the web version open up in the reader. I used to have this feature when i used it on Vista. Still shopping for a different reader, because this one just doesn't have the features I want any more.

  Summary

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• Nice reader

  bedeboop4/19/2011

  Pros

  Like the features it provides,toss up between this and feed demon, keeping both for the time being.

  Cons

  Nothing at moment.

  Summary

  Great program.

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• Irritating

  c1a43611/12/2010

  Pros

  None that I found.

  Cons

  Have to use tabs, even if you don't want to. One of those programs that wants to force Google and ebay on you. Trying to search for help with the help link is useless. It opens their web page, but not much else.

  Summary

  I don't like being told what programs to use or what feeds to read. It's not intuitive how to add feeds. The only ones that are easy to find are the ones they want you to use. I couldn't get rid of the Google Translate box on the main page. All of the other Google or ebay links or folders you can opt out of or delete.

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• Decent light-weight RSS reader

  finalrain10/20/2010

  Pros

  Lightweight but still has plenty of features.

  Cons

  Seems to use some magical built-in version of IE6 instead of installed IE8. Makes it way too easy to delete feeds, never sure where the selection focus is.

  Summary

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• The best feed reader I've used

  xci5ter7/21/2010

  Pros

  Lightweight, fast and easy. Loads only one entry in Detail view and has the option to hide old entries, both of which conserve bandwidth. Changing update interval (for one or all feeds) is easy. Can change message font.

  Cons

  Can't create top-level folders. Can't close "News about Snarfer" tab. Window and panes autosize.

  Summary

  I like to size list panes so that one mouse wheel scroll moves the bottom entry to the top. With my current setting, this happens with the minimum possible size. But everything is resized every time I exit or resize the app window. Now it has started to open with only title bar visible above Windows taskbar. Not even clearing size cache with CCleaner helped. But other than that, it's perfect.

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• incredibly easy

  gvrixtel7/18/2010

  Pros

  Easy to customize personal prefferences make this program a must for the information addicts

  Cons

  Non-elivant and non-existing or out-to-date preset feeds take a long time to clean up. The over-all look is dated.

  Summary

  This program still has what it takes after many years, but a new more sleaker look would really help Snarfer

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• Good RSS Thingie....

  The STRAP Version One.6/29/2010

  Pros

  Collects everything cleanly without junk in the way.

  Cons

  Wish it could download podcasts en masse rather than one at a time.

  Summary

  Simple program, that I haven't found anything better yet.

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• R.I.P. Snarfer?

  jojoquacks12/6/2009

  Pros

  Simple, easy to add new feeds, able to organize according to my preferences, reliable...

  Cons

  Stopped loading images making many feeds useless, can no longer connect to internet; no help on website any longer, forum now closed!

  Summary

  I loved Snarfer - I tried at least 5 other feed aggregators, and this was the one I chose due to its simplicity and reliability... until now. For some reason, Snarfer no longer loads any images from my feeds, making many of them - LOL Cats & Fail Blog being 2 of my faves - useless. When I clicked on the link to the help page, the internal browser never loaded it; nor did it load any other pages, for that matter. A quick visit to the main website was no more helpful, as there is virtually no information there other than screen shots and dev info. Checking the forum, I found that the last post was in September of '09, and at some point a message was posted in red CAPS at the top banner: "FORUMS ARE CLOSED AND NOT MONITORED!!!" When I realized that the most recent release was in June of 2008, it sank in - Snarfer seems to be a dead project, and I have to start my search for an aggregator I can live with all over again. Sigh.

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