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| Downloads:1,785 |
| Version Downloads:163 |
| Type:Internet : Newsreaders |
| License:Commercial |
| Date:27 Jul 2011 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $4.99 |
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Larcenous reviewed on 29 Oct 2009
And that's a shame. Because I completely understand the previous commenter's reluctance to fork out $30 without even a trial period or money-back guarantee. However, as someone who's already done so, let me offer a few thoughts on Chill Pill.
Chill Pill is an unqualified plus for Fever because it's a desktop version of what is essentially an online experience. The advantage to desktop readers, whether they're NewsFire or NetNewsReader or any other, is that they can be used in place of Safari as the default news reader application. Selecting a desktop reader as your default newsreader allows you to simply click on RSS (or Atom, etc.) links, and have them open up right in your preferred app. Fluid instances can't really do this well.I used to run Google Reader as a Fluid instance, but it never really worked right when I listed "Google Reader" as my default RSS reader in OS X. And, as anyone who's ever had tried clicking on RSS links in Safari - if Google reader is your preferred RSS reader - it doesn't work so well.
But Chill Pill solves this problem with aplomb. And, it also allows you to do a number of nifty things with Fever that you just can't do in a standard browser. So, thumbs up for that! I don't know how the folks at Conceited Software made this free, I'm just glad they made it, period - and the "free" part is merely icing on the cake. Chill Pill makes Fever behave; it looks gorgeous, functions well, and provides desktop-app functionality with online-app convenience.
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