Times makes your RSS feeds into a newspaper

Times is a new RSS reader with a snazzy interface designed to look like a newspaper. You can choose different RSS feeds to supply the content to the different columns. In the screenshot above I've got TUAW in the top, an Apple feed on the right, and I've left the space below TUAW clear where another feed would go. When you want to read a story the top page folds down and the story appears on a separate page behind it. At the top are buttons to go different sections, each with a different set of feeds. Finally there's a "shelf" where you can "save and sort articles for later reading."
While I couldn't possibily use Times in place of NetNewsWire for the hundreds of feeds I read, nonetheless it is a very slick piece of work. Times is $30 and a demo is available.
[via The Apple Blog]
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I downloaded the demo and I've got to say, I'm quite impressed. From a strictly UI stance, it's one of the most pleasurable experiences I have ever had with RSS.
However, like many before me have said, it crashes when I try to delete a page. And honestly, I can't see myself leaving Mail.app's RSS reader (worked flawlessly for months) and paying $30 for this. UI is refreshing, but functionally, it's just like any other RSS reader, maybe lacking in some areas.
I do like the direction this thing is going, and perhaps with later builds, I'll consider purchasing it. But still, $30 is way too much to shell out for a reader.
There is an update you guys know, it definetly fixed all the bugs I ran into. Much more stable. Not to mention uses less ram then it did @ version 1.0.1
Uses about 1/3 has much "real memory" as Safari with a few tabs open.
Still crashing.
This is definitively a Time(s) waister!
First/ it crashed my Leopard with an interminable wheel of death. This was on first start.
Second/ after a restart, it opens but took about 80% of memory and slow down considerably my System (1.25Gb RAM).
Third/ I then could take a look, great interface and data handling structure...
BUT...
does it worth 30$ ?? Since it's not even localized, not so for the new content but for the application, its menu, etc. It also feel as not complete (not far from beta).
Too expensive IMO.
did a review: http://www.appleintellect.com/review-times-rss-reader
May 02 2008 at 10:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI prefer Klipfolio. Is there a Mac equivalent for that?
May 02 2008 at 10:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOdd.
this is the first rss reader I actually like...because it makes the news work like news...not like...email or usenet.
I'm not going to get into the pricing. I find it...irritating how some TUAW writes seem to think that anything that has a charge is too much.
Now...for the critique:
The page curl thing is a mess. Switch to slide in the prefs.
Needs to support direct drag dro better.
What love:
I LOVE how i can drop hella feeds into the sections, based on the way the feeds are made.
And it will take as many as you toss in a section; it doesn't just work with 3 feeds.
I hink in a couple of version this will be great.
It comes close to me fav way to read rss...via a feed to ebook thingee i found. It cues up the overnight news, and i can read it n my hand on my e book reader over a coffee in the morning.
It's nice - it has potential, but like others I can't see leaving my feed reader for it (netnewswire). It feels like google news could be if google wasn't diametrically opposed to to anything that looks good.
I have to fully agree that the price is too high, maybe by half. Otherwise it's cool to see a new take in UI development. I hope it evolves.
Nice but $30 too much I also wish it just gave me the news in one place and integrated the pictures. What I need is a standalone app for assembling RSS like a newspaper. Pretty close but I have to go out to individual sites for the full article.
May 02 2008 at 6:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, I will have to say after trying the demo, it's definitely not worth $30.
- It crashes when I am trying to delete feeds and pages.
- There is no way to delete multiple feeds
- It doesn't import groups from OPML file (from Google Reader)
I think it's cool maybe for people just start looking at RSS feeds. But certainly not for power users.
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