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| Description: | Always know what's happening around the world with News Reader, the new Dashboard widget that lets you easily view RSS news from any number of sources in a single widget. You can zip through headlines and summaries using just the arrow keys. RSS is the same standard used by Safari RSS and many other news-reading applications. Most news sites and blogs have RSS feeds that let you see news headlines and summaries in News Reader. Features - Unlimited number of feeds. Unlike other widgets, News Reader can display as many feeds as the user wishes. - Complete summaries. News Reader displays complete news summaries, not just headlines. - Streamlined navigation. You can zip through headlines and summaries without leaving the arrow keys. |
| Author: | bkazez |
| Version: | 1.11 |
| New in v1.11: | - Added Catalan and Spanish localizations. |
| Uploaded on: | December 13th 2005 at 4:12 PM |
| Rating: |
 
(4.42 stars) [Show Detailed Ratings]
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| Downloads: | 2407 (all versions), 1218 (this version) |
News & Blogs - News Reader
Comments
FINALLY a general purpose RSS widget! Thank you, bkazez!
I'll have to give this a qualified recommendation at the moment. I like the interface quite a bit. You've managed to fit a lot of functionality into a compact space while keeping it easy to "grok" and use. That said, it looks a little rough around the edges and I can't comment on the functionality yet as I've only just used it for a few minutes.
In any case, GREAT START! I'll be closely following any updates you make to this promising widget!
-Andrew
Posted by: segdeha on Jul 13, 05 (8:36 PM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
What is rough around the edges for me is the scrollbar on the right side.. The 2nd or 3rd time I clicked into it it was locked up.. changing the feed made this scrollbar work again... but the RSS feed scroller buttons on the left side is working great and the smooth automated action is very cool, so I hope you will implement it on the right side as well.
Also I use the "graphite" OSX appearance, so when "aqua" elements show up in my software, it looks bad to me. (e.g. the plus button on the backside)
4 solid stars... great work. I think will use this.
cerberus
Posted by: cerberus on Jul 13, 05 (10:42 PM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
Only one problem...I can't seem to change the name of the feed, other than that, great!
Posted by: EricNau on Jul 13, 05 (11:08 PM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
This widget is amazing. I'm defintly going to use this one. I have 3 requests.
1. To be able to rearrange the feeds in a different order.
2. To be able to rename feeds.
3. To be able to accept atom feeds.
Posted by: emblym on Jul 14, 05 (7:44 AM) for version 1.0 (previous version)
Could you also make a black version?...
I think a lot of people want that!
other then that... Great widget!
Posted by: Rik on Jul 14, 05 (10:04 AM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
Unfortunately, when I closed the widget and after a restart of my iMac, the preferences do not get saved. All of the feeds I entered disappeared both times and reverted to the default ones. Please fix this bug so I can say News Reader is tied with iClip Lite as the best widgets out there! Keep up the good work!
Posted by: chrismarriott on Jul 14, 05 (2:01 PM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
A great idea for a widget, uses a small amount of screen space very efficiently. I'd use this all the time if it worked flawlessly!
1. After a short time the individual feeds don't appear correctly in the window, eventually they disappear. they only was to get them back is quit the widget annd start it again...
2. On quiting the widget and restarting, the feeds revert to the default set.
If these 2 things could be sorted it would be fantastic.
Luxuries would be the option of a black appearance and the ability to re-order the feeds (drag and drop?)
Good work!
Posted by: Russell on Jul 14, 05 (4:35 PM) for version 1.0 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
Now here's an amazing widget.
Posted by: pm (Administrator) on Sep 09, 05 (12:13 PM) for version 1.1 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
Very slick and polished widget! I love the fact that it's able to show full summaries for news items. The only thing I'd like to see added is some kind of resizability options. The current size is a little large for my screen, but other than that it's very well done. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: tydalw4ve on Sep 23, 05 (11:10 PM) for version 1.1 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
You're my hero.. I now use this as my primary news reader.
The only thing I'd really like to see is a way to separate/reorganize my feeds. I just want to glance at my mac news separately from my politics/worldnews.
If you manage to implement that, I'll gladly give you my first born.
Posted by: CrzyMke on Nov 15, 05 (7:46 PM) for version 1.1 (previous version) View Detailed Rating
oh - and being able to alter the names of the feeds - i have two separate washington post feeds that i can't distinguish because the first 20 characters or so are identical.
Posted by: CrzyMke on Nov 15, 05 (8:03 PM) for version 1.1 (previous version)
BEST Multipurpose RSS widget! GREAT WORK.
Would love to be able to resize...
Posted by: kevhead on Nov 27, 05 (1:59 PM) for version 1.1 (previous version)
If you could get a resizer on this thing it would kill all other news widgets out there. I love it tho. Keep up the good work
Posted by: novis on Dec 14, 05 (3:32 AM) for version 1.11 (current version) View Detailed Rating
use to work awesome. loved it... then it just stopped reading any RSS feed the week of 9.24.07- anyone else have this problem. "Unable to retrieve RSS news from this URL" error for every URL. bummer.
Posted by: etard on Sep 25, 07 (12:22 PM) for version 1.11 (current version) View Detailed Rating
ooops... my bad. Little Snitch had blocked the news fed... sorry - it still works great!
Posted by: etard on Sep 25, 07 (12:23 PM) for version 1.11 (current version)
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