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Vienna 2.2 is available
Just eight weeks after the teaser announcement, Vienna 2.2 has been released. I have been happily using Vienna for months. It's a light and simple RSS reader that's free and open. What more do you need? How about (new to version 2.2):- Snappier performance
- Major UI improvements (no more brushed metal!)
- Support for RSS/Atom enclosures, plus a new Enclosure panel for articles that contain enclosures.
- Global search
- Feed auto-discovery
If you like to travel light, check out Portable Vienna, which runs on a USB keychain drive.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
drew said 3:34PM on 9-10-2007
just a tip: you should probably describe what kind of software you are notifying us of an update to-not trying to be snarky.
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Steve C said 3:43PM on 9-10-2007
I just love it when a new app or new version of an App is released and the one critical bit of missing info is missing: what the app is.
For example, "RSS reader Vienna updatad to version 2.2."
At least I assume this is YARSSR (Yet Another RSS Reader) from the one little hint about handling RSS/ATOM enclosures?
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Simon Arch said 3:44PM on 9-10-2007
@Drew: "Support for RSS/Atom enclosures"
Sounds like it's a graphics app of some sort.
< /sarcasm>
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Kendal said 3:50PM on 9-10-2007
Vienna is a fantastic RSS reader for the Mac, easily competing with NewsFire and the like, and best of all, it's free!
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Joey Sichol said 4:01PM on 9-10-2007
Be sure to "export subscriptions" before you update. I lost all of my subs after this update was applied... :(
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Tournevis said 4:12PM on 9-10-2007
Well I knew what Vienna was about. I use it and the new version is snazzy. Really like the new tid-bits and tweaks.
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Jesper Särnesjö said 4:21PM on 9-10-2007
Frankly, I think the new UI is horrible. IMHO, it is inconsistent, full of unnecessary or simply ugly elements and has glitches.
The old UI was simple and highly functional, which is one of the main reasons I like(d) Vienna more than, say, NewsFire or NetNewsWire.
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Norbert said 4:24PM on 9-10-2007
I love Vienna, but there is one flaw they still didn't fix:
the unread folders and articles are displayed in a bold font. You can change the font, but you can't change the style.
If you hate to read bold lines, then here's my workaround: use "Nadeem" as font, and everything is much more readable.
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yesno said 7:56PM on 9-10-2007
Still needs to sync with Newsgator or Bloglines. I switched back to NNW for the Newsgator syncing so I can do RSS from my iPhone.
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x-f said 1:52AM on 9-11-2007
It's uglier now. :( And I'm not the only one saying this.
I'm thinking about going back to version 2.1
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