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RSS Menu
RSS Menu 2.1
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System-wide menu RSS/Atom reader.   Commercial ($1.99)
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RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.

The articles are automatically updated and you will get a notification when new articles are available or when some other event occurs. In addition to visual notification, you can also enable speech notification and choose one of the many built in voices.
It is also possible to integrate iTunes (for podcasts) and Safari (for RSS bookmarks) with RSS Menu.

Key features include:
  • background application (doesn't get in your way and is accessible from
What's New
Version 2.1:
  • fixed a bug that wouldn't parse all feeds
  • optimized overall performance
  • updated parser engine now uses libxml2 for even faster parsing
  • fixed a bug that would continuously show a dialog box when Safari Feeds integration was enabled
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.


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RSS Menu User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
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+8

Multimediapimp reviewed on 17 Feb 2011
Thank you for updating my favourite RSS reader! I can now ditch the rest and go back to the best. I don't agree with some people who say that this app needs Reader integration to stay alive, it does not. This is a fast parsing RSS reader that sits on the menubar and does exactly what it is supposed to do. I, for one, do not need to bring the big "G" into the equation for my RSS feeds.

Thank you for making a quality piece of free software.
[Version 1.12]


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+3

Herbert68 reviewed on 17 Feb 2011
Thank you for keeping this wonderful gem alive - and free!!! It is one of my top 5 favorites since quite some time! I tried Google Reader, Reeder and others, but always happily returned to RSS Menu, there is nothing easier out there!
[Version 1.12]


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+22

Wzrdjr reviewed on 05 Jan 2010
Love this program but unless it adds Google Reader sync, it will be dead soon. I'd even pay for a Pro version if it has the Google Reader sync.
[Version 1.11.6]


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+71
Flash1296 commented on 08 Oct 2009
PLEASE make this Snow leopard compatible.
[Version 1.11.6]


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+1

JeremiahTwice reviewed on 03 Jun 2009
I don't know...I wanted to like this product as it just seems so cool. And it is a very polished product, perfect for the geek who loves his RSS.

I just feel it could be easier to use. I want to be able to choose from a nice list of RSS feeds like those shown in the screenshot.

So, I think it is a very nice piece of software--but perhaps a little more than I personally was looking for.
[Version 1.11.6]


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+2

-13

ClarusAD reviewed on 30 Sep 2008
the best RSS reader with a nice MacOS integration. Good job guys !
[Version 1.11.6]


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+2

+66

siamlotus reviewed on 30 Jul 2008
Excellent little app. I only use it for news feeds as it saves me the time of opening Safari only to find that there is nothing interesting to read most of the time.
[Version 1.11.3]


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+2

Jacker reviewed on 27 Mar 2008
Great application now as it turned out with this version. Everything work like a charm. Gmail is also working again, how cool is that!! Open Gmail in you Safari and click the RSS icon in the link bar, and you're done!. Now all my information is tight together, mail and news. It saving so much RAM and CPU, it is untrue!! Such a great economic/ergonomic brilliance.

Apperance: 5/5
Easy of use: 5/5
Value: 5/5
Stability: 5/5 (fast reply and improvements along, but testing should be done beforehand!!)
Features: 4/5 (Because there is still potential with global shortcuts, and a key-click on menu-bar icon combination)

I hope these will be incorporated soon!
[Version 1.11.2]


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+2
Jacker commented on 26 Mar 2008
Gmail has constant problems, I think they just launched it, and anyway it's ATOM NOT RSS. I tried Gmail myself with NetNewsWire, didn't work either.
[Version 1.11.1]


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wzrdjr commented on 18 Mar 2008
Can't say I love this new version either. The feed from my Gmail account is constantly grayed out. The folders lists (0) feeds when there are no new updates but I preferred it when it just listed nothing.

Can we download the previous version anywhere?
[Version 1.11]

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Jacker replied on 26 Mar 2008
Gmail has constant problems, I think they just launched it, and anyway it's ATOM NOT RSS. I tried Gmail myself with NetNewsWire, didn't work either.
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globetrotterdk had trouble on 10 Jul 2008
I can't get the feed to work from my Google Reader account. The menu item is grayed out. I also seem to be unable to have more than one Gmail feed. This is possible in most of the other notifiers for both OS X and Firefox.

I am using version 1.11.2 on a G5 single (PPC) with OS X Tiger 10.4.11.
[Version 1.11.2]


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-13
ClarusAD had trouble on 24 Mar 2008
still bug with some feeds !
[Version 1.11.1]


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ClarusAD had trouble on 24 Mar 2008
same problem as CRSP
[Version 1.11.1]


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crsP had trouble on 10 Mar 2008
Hi, I'm having trouble with the latest release. The feeds are disappearing. All but the first feed has posts in it. Updating all feeds doesn't help. This did not occur with the previous release. OS X 10.4.11 . All help appreciated.
[Version 1.11]


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+5
Vitalis had trouble on 08 Nov 2006
Still seeing the bug that makes it growlnotify every article while non of the indicated articles have actually updated, which makes the actual updating progress annoyingly slow.
I'm keeping 1.8.x around untill i find/get an answer as to why this is happening...
[Version 1.9.3]


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+5
Vitalis had trouble on 11 Sep 2006
Shows Growl messages for every article even if they're not updated at start-up, and following eachother only slowely, it takes a while for it to finally be done and over with.
[Version 1.9.1]

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Vitalis commented on 12 Sep 2006
It seems updating has slowed down to a crawl in general.
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omdot had trouble on 11 Sep 2006
Version 1.83 worked as a charm and I loved it.
The new one (1.9) works for about two minutes and then just quits. No reason given.
Hope they fix it soon...


om.
[Version 1.9]


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Pat Mactheny had trouble on 10 Sep 2006
Version 1.9 doesn't work at all. Please fix that bug!
[Version 1.9]


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wzrdjr had trouble on 10 Sep 2006
Love this app, but I had the same problem with version 1.9.

The new article counter goes up (in my case, to 7), and then the app quits. Repeatable.
[Version 1.9]


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+5
Vitalis had trouble on 10 Sep 2006
At startup of the program in version 1.9, it treads every single article as a new article...
[Version 1.9]



+30

Myka rated on 15 Mar 2011

[Version 1.13]


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License:Commercial
Date:10 Feb 2012
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Price: $1.99
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RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.

The articles are automatically updated and you will get a notification when new articles are available or when some other event occurs. In addition to visual notification, you can also enable speech notification and choose one of the many built in voices.
It is also possible to integrate iTunes (for podcasts) and Safari (for RSS bookmarks) with RSS Menu.

Key features include:
  • background application (doesn't get in your way and is accessible from anywhere)
  • very fast parsing engine
  • importing and exporting of OPML files
  • Growl and speech notification
  • many options to customize the menu
  • support for grouping feeds in submenus and adding seperators
  • support for using RSS Menu as an external reader in Safari (or any other application)
  • support for integration with iTunes and Safari
  • support for favourite icons (aka page icons)

Note: Fixed a last minute bug that would generate a lot of CPU and memory. Please redownload RSS Menu, we apologize for the incovenience.
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