Comments on: News-reader Shootout http://gigaom.com/apple/491/ Fri, 25 May 2012 16:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Workflow Process http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306722 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306722 Hi, is there a way to receive your blog feed in my daily email? Randy in Tacoma.

]]> By: The Apple Blog » Om Malik: NewsGator to buy NetNewsWire? http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306711 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:11:43 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306711 [...] tually be good for NetNewsWire? Dan had done a fairly extensive review of News Readers a while back. And Vienna too! Leave a response | Email This Art [...]

]]> By: Kesey http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306712 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:44:45 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306712 Shrook is my OS X newsreader of choice. I’ve tried them all and not even NetNewsWire is as good in my opinion.

The software website is:

http://www.fondantfancies.com/apps/shrook/

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306713 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:55:16 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306713 Newsfire…developer…asshat :-)
I was ready to buy Newsfire but found the developer to be totally unresponsive. Nice looking program though.
PulpFiction…The mail-like interface with rules etc. seems easier for the average joe. It is a resource hog and is my most crash-prone app at the moment. It was just sold to another company so maybe they will straighten things out.

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306714 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:39:49 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306714 I bought NewsFire, and now I’m regretting it because of its tendency to mark sites as “invalid” and its noticeable slowdowns during refreshes. Developer Dave Watanabe is quite the asshat about customer support and suggestions in general, too.

Now I’m thinking about buying NNW, but I miss Growl support…

]]> By: Dana Farber http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306715 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:00:25 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306715 NNW also has Automator support. You can create an Automator workflow for it and save it as an iCal event to run whenever or how often you like.

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306718 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:39:06 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306718 THAT was it! I couldn’t remember if I had problems with stability/recource usage, or usability, so I just threw UI out there. I remember now how often it would crash on me, and how my computer would lock up when it refreshed feeds. As someone who sits down to over 400 news items every morning, I don’t think PF is for me.

]]> By: Darkside http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306717 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:36:42 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306717 I’ve been using PulpFiction for a while now, and it’s (mostly) insanely great. It has a Mail.app like interface, which makes things very simple for me to understand.

PF keeps a database of your feeds, so you can keep archives of content indefinitely; this is great for full-text feeds. I’ve added a lot fewer bookmarks in Firefox after using PF.

I’ve always had some stability issues with PF; sometimes it crashes after opening a link in its built-in web browser. It’s a real hog when it’s checking feeds, and can be almostly completely unresponsive during that time. So if you have a lot of feeds, it can be really annoying.

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306716 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306716 I tried PulpFiction a while back, but I found the UI more confusing than helpful.

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/apple/491/#comment-306720 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:53:35 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/13/491/#comment-306720 Has anyone tried PulpFiction?

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