Comments on: NewsGator Applications Are Free But Does it Change Anything?

By: JHG

JHG — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:50 +0000

I definitely believe into Google Reader, which is so well connected with the rest of the google suite, that now that I’m a bit more into reading rss, I can’t switch to another one. I can also have the google reader directly on my iPhone, which is also very comfortable to use. I’ll probably have a look on this newsgator, especially now that is available on Mac.

By: TechLog: » Mac tip: RSS čtečka Newsfire nyní zdarma

TechLog: » Mac tip: RSS čtečka Newsfire nyní zdarma — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:25:00 +0000

[...] už je to pod tlakem NewsGatoru zdarma, jak se domnívá Mike Gunderloy z WebWorkerDaily, nebo pod nátlakem celé řady možností jak si [...]

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Another Newsreader Goes Free «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Another Newsreader Goes Free « — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:34:07 +0000

[...] 1st, 2008 (8:34am) Mike Gunderloy No Comments Possibly feeling the pressure from the giveaway of the NewsGator client applications, Mac OS X RSS reader NewsFire is now free. Unlike the NewsGator giveaway, this one doesn’t [...]

By: A few thoughts on the Newsgator announcement (aka Desktop versus Web-based feed readers) | chilibean

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:30:19 +0000

[...] Web Worker Daily has been covering Newsgator’s decision to release its consumer products for free: As you may have heard, this afternoon NewsGator announced that all of their desktop/mobile client applications are now freeware. NetNewsWire (see our review) and FeedDemon are well regarded as the best-in-class for all things RSS in a desktop application..now without a price tag. Loyal fans are cheering that the company has abandoned their ‘buy the software and get a free subscription’ model in favor of different ways of raising revenue (including abandoning all but web forum support options). [...]

By: david fauber

david fauber — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:26:11 +0000

personally I think its too late, GoogleReader et al are too far out in front. Also given that most of the folks who use things like RSS readers like having that info available from anywhere, it gives a huge legup to browser based solutions.

By: A few thoughts on the Newsgator announcement (aka Desktop versus Web-based feed readers) | Wired Gecko

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:44:23 +0000

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Newsgator: It’s the Attention, Stupid «

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:00:09 +0000

[...] giving away all of its client products. Much of the early discussion (including in the comments to our own coverage) has been about whether the software is compelling enough, even at a “free” price [...]

By: Bill Day

Bill Day — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:38:12 +0000

Mobility and availability on any computer, phone, and browser is much more important to me than price. This isn’t even a blip on my radar.

By: The Flowercast » NewsGator’s Free Offering

The Flowercast » NewsGator’s Free Offering — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:41:26 +0000

[...] I guess by now we all know that NewsGator’s products are all now free. There has been a lot of talk on this subject and Web Worker Daily asked yesterday if it changes anything. [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:25:23 +0000

The other day I exported all my feeds from NNW and imported them to Google Reader. Googles lack of support for sub-folders, and auto-refreshing of all feeds meant that I had over 200 articles instead of just 20. I’ll stick with NNW which itself syncs with the online service at Newsgator.com

Also I’m skint, my trial just ended and I was to buy NNW, so great timing!

By: Captain Marc

Captain Marc — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:05:10 +0000

Thought I’d be excited about this, but a few mins after running NNW for the first time in months, I decided to stick with Google Reader.

Ability to move seamlessly between different devices and have everything in sync is so nice with GR (great mobile interface, too). Also love the ability to just show updated feeds.

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:52:19 +0000

Thanks for the lively feedback! I’m with most of you. I already have paid licenses for both NetNewsWire and FeedDemon. But I still switched to Google Reader a couple of years ago and I’m not quite compelled to switch back.

Personally, I like taking “hit & run” passes on my feeds in between other things and it’s easier to do that in the browser than have a separate application running.

Plus, with all due respect to NewsGator folks, I don’t think NewsGator Online is their best effort. ’nuff said there.

By: Leonid Mamchenkov

Leonid Mamchenkov — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:27:52 +0000

@Brian Yamaba: Google Reader with keyboard navigation does pretty good. I used to manage close to 800 feeds, and it wasn’t the speed of the application that caused me drop the number of subscriptions to under a 100, but the information overload. :)

Also, Google Reader supports Google Gears, which speed up things a lot in off-line mode and offer a way to go through feeds when not connected.

By: Leonid Mamchenkov

Leonid Mamchenkov — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:25:10 +0000

Desktop RSS readers don’t make much sense for me. I need to keep my computer on, connected, and RSS reader running all the time if I don’t want to miss anything from high traffic feeds (some del.icio.us tags, Flickr groups, etc). I need to do backups. I need to find the way to synchronize collected data, bookmarked items, and read/not-read information among several devices (my laptop, my mobile, etc). Web-based RSS reader takes care of the problems that I care the most.

Oh, and I keep a browser window open with most used tabs all the time my laptop is on anyway…

By: Brian Yamabe

Brian Yamabe — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:50:55 +0000

Online readers stink for speed and interface. I can fly through 500+ feeds with NetNewsWire, I can manage an order of magnitude fewer with an online reader.

By: zemote

zemote — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:34:35 +0000

Onfolio lost me to bloglines, then bloglines lost me to google reader. A desktop app is not needed for feed reading. I have google reader on my phone if i need it too.