NewsFire 1.0 has been
announced and released, just in time for Freeware February.
Alas, it is no longer free. A single user license will run you $19.99, but for that money you get the slickest news
reader available on any platform.
The biggest selling point of NewsFire is most definitely the user interface which, to quote the developer blog, uses
'design cues from iChat and Safari.'
2. I had just about given up on other RSS readers after an exhaustive 2+ year search. After reading about newsfire on this blog, thought I'd give it a go. I was hooked within minutes! It really is the most straightforward and intuitive reader out there; especially love the way new items zip to the top. With any product, functionality is one thing, but presentation and design are key.
I paid my 19.99 for version 1.0 btw. It's a bargain if you ask me.
4. I'm just curious why anyone would want or need a stand-alone RSS news aggregator, let alone pay for one. I have used Bloglines for some time now, and it offers me all the features of a standalone client, plus even more, for free. You can access your personalized RSS content from any web browser on any computer. You can clip and save items, or even publish them to a blog of your own. They offer free tools including Firefox extensions to notify you when a feed has been updated. And did I mention it's free?
If you want to give it a try, it's at http://www.bloglines.com
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott-O-Rama
6. Hold up here.... NetNewsWire Lite is truly free and has a much better interface. Three panels make for much faster RSS browsing, and there's no unnecessary metal.
http://www.inessential.com
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Dan Steingart
7. I've been using NewsFire for a couple months now, and I am absolutely addicted to it. I plan on purchasing it ASAP.. the developer has really figured out how to make a refined application.
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Zack Mahdavi
8. NewsFire may be slick, but it's far from being the best news reader and it's far from being worth $20. If you want the best news reader available for any platform (and it's mac only!), go check out NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta. I've been using the private beta for a while now (the current public beta was just released, so it has everything I've been using in the private ones) and it is by far the best news reader available. It is extremely powerful, yet a breeze to use. You may think the UI of NewsFire is slick, but it's just dolled up. The UI of NetNewsWire is just as easy to use as NewsFire (and with the latest public beta you can now set your subscriptions to sort, just like NewsFire does) and more powerful. I can do things in NetNewsWire that I *wished* I could do in NewsFire, like use all the keyboard navigation shortcuts that NNW has (that are documented in the Help menu) that NewsFire doesn't.
Scott-O-Rama - if you like bloglines, you should try out NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta. It can add all your Bloglines subscriptions to it and it will access them through the Bloglines API, so you get to use Bloglines while having the benefits of NetNewsWire's powerful feature set and UI.
Seriously, NetNewsWire 2.0 is so much better than NewsFire. Anybody who tries NNW 2.0 won't want to go back.
And if you guys want something good for Freeware February, try NetNewsWire 2.0 Lite public beta.
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/beta.php
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kevin Ballard
9. I dunno. I'm still hungup on NewsFire. I just love the dynamic sort that moves all feednames with new items to the top and moves them back down after they're read. I also like the fact that I can shrink the window down to a small size and still have full access to new items without scrolling.
In the end, to each his own.
10. NewsFire is brilliant, but buggy. My post on the subject (http://hiddenchemistry.com/2005/04/18/newsfire-crashes-due-to-specific-feeds) attempts to explore possible reasons for the cause.
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Peter Parkes
12. I had just about given up on other RSS readers after an exhaustive 2+ year search. After reading about newsfire on this blog, thought I'd give it a go. I was hooked within minutes! It really is the most straightforward and intuitive reader out there; especially love the way new items zip to the top. With any product, functionality is one thing, but presentation and design are key.
I paid my 19.99 for version 1.0 btw. It's a bargain if you ask me.
14. I'm just curious why anyone would want or need a stand-alone RSS news aggregator, let alone pay for one. I have used Bloglines for some time now, and it offers me all the features of a standalone client, plus even more, for free. You can access your personalized RSS content from any web browser on any computer. You can clip and save items, or even publish them to a blog of your own. They offer free tools including Firefox extensions to notify you when a feed has been updated. And did I mention it's free?
If you want to give it a try, it's at http://www.bloglines.com
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott-O-Rama
16. Hold up here.... NetNewsWire Lite is truly free and has a much better interface. Three panels make for much faster RSS browsing, and there's no unnecessary metal.
http://www.inessential.com
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Dan Steingart
17. I've been using NewsFire for a couple months now, and I am absolutely addicted to it. I plan on purchasing it ASAP.. the developer has really figured out how to make a refined application.
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Zack Mahdavi
18. NewsFire may be slick, but it's far from being the best news reader and it's far from being worth $20. If you want the best news reader available for any platform (and it's mac only!), go check out NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta. I've been using the private beta for a while now (the current public beta was just released, so it has everything I've been using in the private ones) and it is by far the best news reader available. It is extremely powerful, yet a breeze to use. You may think the UI of NewsFire is slick, but it's just dolled up. The UI of NetNewsWire is just as easy to use as NewsFire (and with the latest public beta you can now set your subscriptions to sort, just like NewsFire does) and more powerful. I can do things in NetNewsWire that I *wished* I could do in NewsFire, like use all the keyboard navigation shortcuts that NNW has (that are documented in the Help menu) that NewsFire doesn't.
Scott-O-Rama - if you like bloglines, you should try out NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta. It can add all your Bloglines subscriptions to it and it will access them through the Bloglines API, so you get to use Bloglines while having the benefits of NetNewsWire's powerful feature set and UI.
Seriously, NetNewsWire 2.0 is so much better than NewsFire. Anybody who tries NNW 2.0 won't want to go back.
And if you guys want something good for Freeware February, try NetNewsWire 2.0 Lite public beta.
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/beta.php
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kevin Ballard
19. I dunno. I'm still hungup on NewsFire. I just love the dynamic sort that moves all feednames with new items to the top and moves them back down after they're read. I also like the fact that I can shrink the window down to a small size and still have full access to new items without scrolling.
In the end, to each his own.
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1. Seems to be the trend...hook you on the beta, then bend you over with a fee. Even though NewsFire is nice, $19.99? Come on, it's a utility. Sorry, overpriced, ain't gonna happen here.
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by PXLated