NetNewsWire 3.0 pre-beta released

"Often the feed doesn't, so I have to go to the website. Whenever I click on the story link to do that it sends me to my browser."

i couldn't tell if this was referring to NNW or Newsfire... but in NNW, you can have clicked links open in a new tab, right in NNW (either in the background, while you continue reading headlines.. or have the tab load upfront). It uses the same rendering engine as safari, and you can enable (or not) java, javascript, plugins, etc..

if i could have NNW actually bookmark sites (not just feeds), i wouldn't have a need for safari..

jonathan (#9),

Suggestions for managing feeds might be an interesting topic to post on the NNW Tech Support section of the NewsGator forum:

http://www.newsgator.com/FORUM/Forum9-1.aspx

I'd be curious to hear some different usage scenarios and possibly pick up a few new ideas.

jonathan asked:
how do you organize your feeds and handle the massive amount....

I have 87 feeds and do OK. For me the key is to be merciless about marking things read. I use the combined view and scroll through all of the stories in a feed, opening ones that I want to read fully in a new background tab. When I've opened all of the tabs for a feed I mark it as read and then go read the stories. When I fall behind, I skim real fast and then mark the stories read. With 4000 stories of backlog you should just mark them all read and start over.

Thomas said:
Each day when I get home I have aboue 1500 entries waiting for me in Newsfire, the only time I ever open a page in my browser is if I want to reply to something later on. Otherwise I just read the full article - assuming the feed provides it. What's all this about only being able to read a summary?

You answered the question yourself, you read the full article if the feed provides it. Often the feed doesn't, so I have to go to the website. Whenever I click on the story link to do that it sends me to my browser.

i use netnewswire too...i have only 68 feeds, but have trouble reading all or most of them....i am behind by over 4000....

how do you organize your feeds and handle the massive amount....

a post with tips and tricks would be great...whatever secrets you got on rss management

thnaks a bunch

Funny for being a non-beta it has not crashed on me yet.

if you spend a few minutes tweaking NNW's layout and colors/styles.. you can make it into something pretty nice.. for instance, i went to a 3 column layout and used the color picker to grab colors from itunes (the light blue margin and alternating (grey/white) rows:

http://ideastorm.com/nnw.png (screenshot)

the only feature i'd like to see at this point is for NNW to let me bookmark a page/site (not just a feed). I've been experimenting with delicious and posting bookmarks there.. and then subscribing to that (my) feed. I just wish there was something built into NNW for this.

"1. I'm still waiting for somebody to explain the reason why NNW is so popular. Its interface is sub-par by comparison to the competition (NewsFire), it's not directly integrated with the browser (as with Safari), it's pricey ($30), etc. I tried NNW a few months ago, and it was obvious to me after 5 minutes that it wasn't half as polished as some other feed readers on the market."

100% agreed, I think I'll stick with Vienna

Yesterday I decided to switch from Bloglines to a RSS reader. I found a RSS reader called Vienna that is absolutely fantastic. Very simple, does what I need, and is really fast. I'm sold on it.

Best part is that it is free.

Each day when I get home I have aboue 1500 entries waiting for me in Newsfire, the only time I ever open a page in my browser is if I want to reply to something later on. Otherwise I just read the full article - assuming the feed provides it. What's all this about only being able to read a summary?