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Cynical Peak Software, LLC.
Cyndicate is a easy-to-use, next-generation, RSS/Atom syndication feed reader that gives you command over your news. Cyndicate will fetch, organize, and display news and articles from millions of websites and weblogs, giving you complete control over your day's news.
- Mail-like interface - If you've ever used an email client, you'll feel right at home.
- Full RSS and Atom Support - No need to worry about the feed's format, Cyndicate has it covered.
- StyleSheets - Customize the look of articles using
What's New
Version 2.0.3:
- fixes creating smart folders with German as the user's language.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.
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| Downloads:3,314 |
| Version Downloads:194 |
| Type:Internet : Newsreaders |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:20 Jul 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $19.95 |
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Cyndicate is a easy-to-use, next-generation, RSS/Atom syndication feed reader that gives you command over your news. Cyndicate will fetch, organize, and display news and articles from millions of websites and weblogs, giving you complete control over your day's news.
- Mail-like interface - If you've ever used an email client, you'll feel right at home.
- Full RSS and Atom Support - No need to worry about the feed's format, Cyndicate has it covered.
- StyleSheets - Customize the look of articles using standard HTML and CSS or use any of the included styles.
- Organize your news
- Folders - Sort and save articles any way you like.
- Smart Folders - Create lists of articles automatically based on criteria you set.
- Filters - Automatically sort, label, and mark articles as they are downloaded.
- Flags - Flag important or articles you need to come back and read for easy reference.
- Labels - Assign articles a label for more organizing power.
- Persistence - You have full control over the life of each article. Save it for as long as you like.
- Share This - Easily share articles through email, blogging or one of the many social websites like Digg, del.icio.us, Technorati, or StumbleUpon.
- Automatic Ratings - Find out what articles you'll like before reading them. Cyndicate will automatically rate each article based on your history.
- Podcasts and Enclosure - Manually or automatically download podcasts and enclosures. Podcasts can even be added to iTunes automatically.
- Search - Easily find the information you're looking for.
- Universal - Made for both PowerPC and Intel Macs
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FLASH1296 reviewed on 13 May 2009
There are plenty of fine alternatives, several that are free.
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infosec reviewed on 29 Dec 2007
There are many features with this app, you have the option to be in total control of what is going on and how to manipulate the data.
In my opinion the only negative thing I can say about this application that documentation needs to be expanded. I expressed this to the developer and he very quickly responded and advised they are currently in the process of providing additional documentation.
If you try this app take the time to understand all of the features and how nicely the the label, filter, auto rating, and smart filters can work together to present the the feeds in a very efficient and effective manner. Even thought there are some free alternatives I felt that unique features, stability, speed, responsiveness of the development team regarding questions, and logical workflow all made this product worth $30.
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I hope the account for former pulpfiction user will be encouraging.
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Cyndicate uses none of PulpFiction's assets - code, icons, etc. Naturally there is a resemblance, as the people behind it are the same, and it follows the same model.
As for stylesheets, Cyndicate switched up the model a bit. You can visit http://forums.cynicalpeak.com/viewtopic.php?id=196 to find out how to make compatible stylesheets for Cyndicate - it should be relatively easy to convert your PF stylesheet. However, it sounds like the feature you're looking for is one for which you don't need a stylesheet at all (and didn't in PF either) - you simply set all of your subscriptions to display the "permalink content" rather than the "feed content" and the website will load in the article viewer. You can toggle this at any time, per-article, with cmd-D.
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Read his blog post for the details. http://www.artofadambetts.com/weblog/?p=181
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As for the product, Cyndicate is a great app with nice interface and I encourage other people to give it a try.
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http://nslog.com/2007/03/06/adam_betts
Erik says that the only mention of a lawyer involved was when he offered Adam a 3rd option: to get a lawyer himself if he wants payment. But that doesn't really fit in with a resolution like the first 2 options, so I wouldn't consider it a third option. In fact, I'm not even sure why Erik would mention that to Adam. If the context was that Adam get a lawyer for _defense_, that wouldn't make sense either, because no one goes and gets an attorney until after they have received notice from the group making the charges.
Adam states that he didn't complete the project, using two reasons in different posts: (1) "There is a reason why I cannot continue and I can't tell you why yet....[it has] nothing to do with me doing graphics for any competing products." (2)
"this was not a breach of contract but more of 'personally offended.'" So it sounds like a mixture of dealing with relations that were already poor between Erik and Adam, and priority of something else Adam was doing.
Overall, it sounds like Adam should have completed the project. And Erik should have handled it more smoothly. I can understand Erik's frustration with the situation, but he sounded pretty harsh in the replies to posted publicly, and even if no law suite was actually threatened, I can understand why Adam would back off even more after communicating with Erik.
Erik has since pushed a strong arm decision for MacUpdate to either (1) remove this thread from our site, or (2) remove the Cyndicate product altogether.
Obviously, this is starting to snowball and Erik is not making friends by taking such a stance. If I were Brad Miller, the developer of Cyndicate, I might pull the reigns in on this entire situation, before enemies are made all over the place. I say this because I desire good things for Cyndicate.
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All things considered, the development of the icon is an incredibly small part of the process, and while true that I could have handled things more smoothly, I did not like being put in the position of having a contract broken. It set us back quite awhile and cost us time and effort to find a new icon designer.
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cstephen87 rated on 25 May 2011