NewsLife: News, blog and RSS reading simplified

Now I'm still waiting for an RSS _application_ that, just like Google Reader, marks items as read as I scroll by.

NewsFire is pretty much perfect as it is. What else could you want?

I have to say its UI is more stylish than Vienna, but it's definitely not worth of those bucks.Vienna has many more killer functions, the column view, the custom themes and built-in tabbed web viewer. It's just all I need as an RSS reader.

I'm sure this is a lovely little programme, but for basic RSS/Atom feedreading, why not just use the readers built into practically every web app that you already use? Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera...

I use the reader in Thunderbird. What do these kind of programmes have that T-bird doesn't?

I agree with you, Mark. I think Vienna is super-functional, but it does lack some aesthetic in its core: icons, layout, typos. This is something NetNewsWire has also addressed in the new version.

Schwa, I realise that I need what you mention, but also draggable feeds and ability to create folders based in my opinion, not just in smart rules. Besides that: better integration wit del.li.cious, search engine, etc, but just a clipping folder will make my day.

I use NewsLife from such long time and i love it... it still have some bugs but overall is one of my must-have apps... Hope it gets more attention.

This actually does look a LOT like NewsFire. Hopefully there won't be any lawsuits...

NewsLife looks really good for users that just need a basic RSS reader. I personally use NetNewsWire because it has sync support and the built-in web browser makes it fast to read stories. That's the biggest feature missing in most RSS readers and what keeps me coming back to it. At the same time I am disappointed that NewsFire hasn't gotten more updates and hasn't made it to 2.0 yet. I like the speed and simple layout (just glad I didn't pay the lifetime upgrade tax!).

Am I the only one who is tired of developers charging for betas, please help us find all the bugs in out product, it'll only cost you $15, come on already, used to be back in the good old days that when you beta tested something the developer(s) gave you a copy of the program for free and even a little swag (say what you want about Microsoft but some of the coolest beta swag I've gotten was from them), now you want me to pay you to find your bugs...no thanks, well that and I'm very happy with Vienna.

add me to the list of those who wonder what is so great about Vienna. Plus, it's ugly!

I don't know from Vienna, but as god is my witness I cannot figure out how this app is anything other than a rather amateurish ripoff of NewsFire, unless the "news bin" counts. The interface is almost a straight-up clone, just with the widgets changed.

And pablo, you won't hear me attempting to argue that David Watanabe is anything but a massive jerk, but what exactly is wrong with NewsFire as it is now? Off the top of my head I can think of maybe two extra features I'd like it to have: syncing and automatic downscaling of images to fit within the window. And both of those are fairly minor.