NewsLife out of beta

I totally agree with you, mark!

Whether or not we support Mac devs has no bearing in this conversation. Rather, we're discussing what offline news readers offer over Google's always-accessible version. It doesn't matter whether or not Google Reader is a Google product, or a third-party product from another Mac developer. What matters is that online readers are inherently more convenient, since they don't require installing a new application, and can be accessed wherever a user is.

The whole "Mac developer vs non-Mac developer" argument is infantile; there's absolutely no reason a current Mac developer couldn't create an online product better than Google Reader, and no one should care that it'd be non-exclusive to OS X.

To all you guys who are saying 'what does this have over google reader'.....

Do we want to support mac devs or not? Keep bitching and all you'll have is google apps, no competition, nothing. Google will make every app you ever need.

If you want google to be in every part of your computing life then keep talking.

What does this have over google reader?

1 word. Search.

Some irony in there as well. I wish this client supported syncing with google reader then i'd be set. Now im torn between an amazing online client (greader) or an awesome offline client (this) with no sync between then two :|

I honestly don't like any of the RSS options out there. I tried Google Reader, but it is just too slow and REALLY buggy. Ever have the problem of repeated articles? Or stories suddenly becoming unread even though they are over a week old? Not to mention slow-to-a-crawl scrolling.

Although I could see myself using NewsLife, I want to wait until something bigger/better comes along.

Hi Mike, I'm intending to contact you. How may I do?

Thanks,
Nicolas

Nice app, but I'll stick to NewsFire until they implement Smart feeds in NewsLife. But when that is done, I will concider a switch.

I used to be a big Vienna fan but my iPhone has sent me back to Google Reader. Hard to picture why I would pay for a newsreader with both of those on

I tried Newslife at work for 2 days on my Power Mac G5. NewsLife is a really beautiful app with a lot of polish but it has some minor UI glitches. On several occasions I couldn't get rid of the green dot (unread indicator) for a last item on a feed even after it was clicked. Moreover, NewsLife leaks memory. After 12 hours of use and only 8 feeds, the used RAM raised from 27 Mb to 50 Mb and kept growing. During this time, NetNewsWire Lite footprint has been stable at around 28 Mb with the exact same feeds. I still prefer NetNewsWire Lite or NewsFire (my home reader) as streamlined readers. The preview of feeds on both are more enjoyable and navigating through feeds with the space bar is the killer feature for me.

I prefer Google Reader.

I can read all my feed without update an installed news reader in my computers.