5 Mac OS X RSS readers worth giving a shot

5 Mac OS X RSS readers worth giving a shot

 

 

Five RSS reading tools worth noting under Mac OS X

 

There was once a time when my favorite RSS reader cost a fair but not insignificant price and the Open Source alternative wasn' t up-to-Snuff. I won't name any names, though you can probably deduce their identities by ruffling through some articles I wrote before I switched to a decent web-based solution (not all of us are able to resist the tides of trends and time, Y 'know ).

 

 

I have been a favorite RSS reader for a long time. I won't say their names, but you can simply write them before I use a web-based solution.ArticleThink of who they are (not all of us can reject the trend and time ).

 

There are probably a whole lot of RSS readers for the Mac; I haven'ttried them all and I won' t claim too. in fact, I 've only tried a few of the most popular. i'm not the kind of person to spend countless days and weeks trying out new applications. I like to find something that works well, lets me get my job done the quickest, and get on with life. in my opinion if you want to be a productive person, that's a habit you shoshould also develop-too so-called "personal productivity enthusiasts" spend half their time looking for new software. unless reviewing the stuff is your job, there's no sense in spending more than a small amount of your time doing this. that is what articles like this are.

 

There may be many RSS readers that support Mac; I don't want to give them a try. In fact, I only tried a few of them that are quite popular. I am not the kind of person who experiences new software in days or even weeks. I'm happy to find something practical and quick to use. This is a good habit you should also try-many so-called "efficiency geeks" waste half their time looking for new software. Unless the classification check is your job, it makes no sense to waste your time with wealth. This is the purpose of this Article.

Newsfire

Newsfire has been around for quite some time. it's a free download from the newsfire website. newsfire sports a very simple two-pane view, with feeds on the left and feed items on the right. that said, it's attractive and easy to read from. it doesn' t make use of tiny fonts by default like one or two readers I 've used in the past. search is fast and will run your query through every feed you're subscribed to pretty much instantly.

Newsfire has been available for a long time. It can be downloaded for free here. Newsfire has a concise and dynamic two-column view, with the source list on the left and the source content on the right. It can be said that it is easy for people to read. Just like one or two readers I have used, it does not use small fonts by default. Searching is fast, and querying all your subscriptions is also fast.

 

 

If you're a chronic Sorter, then you might find newsfire falls a little short. you can create smart folders, but you can't use labels or tags to organize certain items or feeds. its organization features are good enough for most users. where it falls down for me the most is the lack of synchronization.

 
If you want to take a closer look, you will find that newsfire has some disadvantages. You can create smart folders, but you do not need tags or tags to organize certain items or sources. In fact, its organizational characteristics are sufficient for most people. For me, his fatal disadvantage is that synchronization is too slow.

 

Shrook

Shrook is an interesting application. it's free, but the look and feel of the application is-to my eyes-very dated. I found the website to be much the same. evidently shrook's founders are function over form types (like all programmers, right ?). Looks aside, it has some really interesting features. instead of setting up smart folders Based on keywords, shrook will use Bayesian Statistical Filtering to pick out items of interest, and you teach it by picking out examples. it's a learning RSS reader. it also uses a distributed checking mechanic to keep you as up-to-date as possible with new feed items; when one copy of shrook checks a feed and find new items, it broadcasts the presence of a new unread item to other copies of the application around the world.

 

 

Shrook is a very interestingProgram. It is free, but it gives people the feeling-in my opinion-too outdated. I found that the same is true for its website. Apparently, the founder of shrook thinks that a function is more important than an External table (just like all programmers, right ?) In addition, he has some interesting functions. Instead of using the keyboard to set SMART folders, shrook uses Bayesian statistics to filter and pick out what you are interested in, and you can give some examples to teach it. It is a Continuously learning RSS reader. It also uses a distributed check mechanism to update your source at any time. When a shrook checks a source and finds an update, it will broadcast this unread item to people who use it for futures in the world.

 

 

Shrook features synchronization by way of shrook.com, a Web-based version of the reader that will sync with copies of the app on varous computers.

 

 

The shrook synchronization function is derived from shrook.com. It is a Web-based reader that synchronizes copies to various computers.

 

 

Netnewswire

Maybe you don't need to go checking my login ent articles after all. before I moved to Google Reader, I was a netnewswire user. I was happy to pay for the software because it's great. I can still get through all my feeds in netnewswire faster than any other reader, including Google Reader. netnewswire is now completely free, so there's no obstacle to trying it out-just go here. netnewswire features a variety of views, a bunch of keyboard controls that don't require contortionist acts and let you fly right through your feeds, detects microformats allowing you to quickly add data to ical or address book, and has a tabbed browser right inside. all very cool.

 

 

Maybe you won't check my previous articles. Before heading for Google Reader, I was a netnewswire user. I am happy to pay because it is very handsome. Over all other readers, including Google Reader, I can use netnewswire to quickly browse all my sources. Netnewswire is now completely free, so there is no obstacle to trying it-click here to try it. Netnewswire has multiple views, so you can use a bunch of shortcuts to quickly switch back and forth to a large number of sources. You can use thumbnails to quickly add information to your calendar or address book, tag browsing is also supported. It's so handsome.

 

 

 

Additionally, netnewswire's owners newsgator own a Web-based reader, a Windows reader and there's a version of NNW for the iPhone. the web-based reader acts as a synchronization server. if you want synchronization between just about every device you 've got, try this app.

 

 

In addition, newsgator, the master of netnewswire, has a basic web reader that supports windows and the iPhone's NNW version. A basic web reader is like a synchronization server. If you want to synchronize all your devices, try this software.

 

Vienna

 

Vienna is the only open source reader on this list, and as far as I know the only open source RSS reader for the Mac that's currently worth looking.

 

 

Vienna is the only openSource codeAnd is the only open-source reader that deserves attention.

 

These days, Vienna looks a fair bit nicer than when I used it for a good six months a few years back. I haven't been able to stress-test it though, but in times past it really suffered under a heavy load and got quite slow. vienna's got a nice quick filtering bar on launch that enables speedy research and trend monitoring, blogging app integration, and a bunch of helpful but pretty standard features. it has certainly come a long way over time.

 

 

Over the past few days, Vienna looks a little more elegant than when I used it for six months. I have to emphasize that at that time, it loaded a lot of things and got very slowly. Vienna also has a good filtering tool bar for quick search, integrating blogs, and many helpful basic functions. It has a long way to go in the future.

 

Google Reader

 

Google Reader is a good web-based feed reader, though not without its quirks (sometimes I 've seen duplicate items I 've already read in the all items view, and sometimes things just get stuck and items won't get marked as read ). you can separate your feeds into folders, though creating and maintaining them is tedious. when Google Reader isn' t being a pain, it's great being able to fly through your f Eeds with just your scroll wheel-items are marked as read as you scroll past them-but more often than not this doesn't work out. sounds like an awfully negative review for the reader I'm actively using right now, eh? I suppose it's all about convenience.

 

 

Google Reader is an excellent web-based source reader, but there are still some problems (sometimes I will see that the repeated items I have read are still in all views, it sometimes gets stuck or cannot be set to read ). You can separate your sources and put them in folders, even though it is boring to create and keep them. When Google Reader is not a pain, you only need to scroll through your source-when you browsed them, the project is automatically marked as read. What's important is that you don't need to do anything. It sounds like this is a negative comment on the reader I am using. Oh? I think it is for convenience.

 

 

 

But it is good. it does work well and the bugs aren't serous enough to be worried about. it's the only reader I 've used that has a social aspect-you can share items, and if you're 've conversed with someone via Gmail you'll see their shared items too. it features a trends screen that lets you peruse your readership statistics, but no smart foldering or statistical sorting as yet. the trends screen lets me know that my most frequently checked feeds are those pertaining to the forums or blog at the sites I manage and edit, which I'm sure will be happy news for my employers if they're reading this.

 

 

But it is excellent. It works well enough, and the bug is far from serious to worrying. It is the only reader I can use for social networking-you can share projects, and if you can also see shared projects for people who have spoken to your Gmail. It has a trend chart to collect statistics on your reading numbers, but so far there is no classification and sorting function. The trend chart shows us which forums or blogs are our most important sources, and I am sure it is good news for my employees if they can read this.

 

 

I 've been a bit unfair by throwing Google Reader into the mix; it's not fair on the desktop applications to be compared to a web service and it's not fair on a Web service to be compared to desktop apps. I use Google Reader myself these days, so it gets my vote, but it was a long and hard struggle to give up the comfort of a good desktop app. for that reason I 'd have to call a tie between Google Reader and netnewswire, which is the best of the list in my opinion-especially now that it's free.

 

 

I think it is unfair to put Google in this article. Compared with a network service, it is unfair to desktop applications. At the same time, compared with desktop applications, it is not a company for network services. I used Google Reader myself for some days, so I voted for it, but it has long been highly controversial with desktop programs in terms of comfort. For this reason, I can only associate Google Reader with netnewswire. They are all the best I think-especially they are free now.

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Corn mail: I didn't expect the translation of the article to be so difficult. Wow, I can't translate it. I have no confidence in re-reading it. It took me 2.5 hours to translate this short article, google Translate ...... It has been three hours since the version was completed. God, it seems that I am too far away, but it does not affect me. I will stick to it!