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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/netnewswire.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/netnewswire.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8646b64 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/netnewswire.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +NewsGator has released the final version of NetNewsWire 3.0, the popular RSS reader for Mac OS X. The new version boast some speed gains and features better integration with other Apple apps such as Spotlight, Address Book, iCal and iPhoto. + +Version 3.0 offers a few enhancements not present in the beta we reviewed a few weeks back. + +NetNewsWire 3.0 sports redesigned interface with customizable color schemes and some much needed performance improvements. + +The biggest news though is undoubtedly the speed boast. Switching between feeds is now instantaneous and images in feeds seem to load faster as well. NewsGator says the speed gains are made possible by improvements to the storage and memory systems. + +There's also a host of new bells and whistles that, while they won't revolutionize how you consume feeds, are welcome nonetheless. + +NetNewsWire now offers support for posting news items straight to your del.icio.us account and contact and calendar items can go straight to AddressBook and iCal thanks to microformats support. + +The Spotlight integration means that when a search returns something within an RSS item the results will shows up in the list of Documents complete with a NetNewsWire icon. + +Thanks to iPhoto integration you can now send images straight from a feed item to your iPhoto library. + +NetNewsWire 3 also adds support for Growl notifications and Twitterific as well as the ability to email the contents of a news item via a new menu command + +There's also a new "flagged items" option in the right hand feeds column which mirrors the functionality of Google Reader's starred items. But NewsGator goes a step beyond Google Reader, letting you store news items as "clippings," which are synchronized with your NewsGator account. + +I've been a NetNewsWire user for years. In fact, up until about a week ago I'd never really used anything else, but then Google Reader launched its offline support and in the course of testing it I got addicted. + +For one thing my browser is always open anyway and using Google Reader means one less application eating up my limited memory. And the "starred items" feature has proved highly addictive so it's good to see something similar in NetNewsWire. + +But the real drawback to NetNewsWire is that it's tied to NewsGator and NewsGator's online interface is, quite frankly, terrible. + +If you're already a NetNewsWire user, I highly recommend the upgrade, but if you're debating between Google Reader and dedicated desktop news client, I don't see much in this release to compel you to plunk down $30. The free version of NetNewsWire, NetNewsWire Lite has not yet been upgraded, but the site claims it should arrive in the very near future.
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