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DESCRIPTION

NewsLife is a super easy to use RSS news aggregator for Mac OS X.

NewsLife's simple interface, composed of three panes is intuitive and easy to use. The source list lets you organise your feeds how ever you want. The content area presents each article to you complete with thumbnails, quick navigation links and more. The side bar contains useful features like a search field, quick view buttons, filtering controls and the news bin, which acts as a scrapbook for any articles you have dragged into it. You can also choose to quickly email these items, Digg them, post them to your weblog editor or have them read aloud by your Mac.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2.1:

New features

  • Growl support has been added.
Fixes
  • Fixes an issue which prevented certain Feedburner feeds from being added.
  • Fixes a problem some users experienced when trying to export their feed library to OPML.
  • Fixes a bug in the feed expiration mechanism that could lead to a gradual decrease in performance of NewsLife. Start NewsLife while holding down the option (alt) key to perform a clean of the feed library if you are experiencing slow-downs when checking feeds.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:ThinkMac Software
Downloads:2,914
  - Version d/l:724
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Shareware
Date:21 Aug 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$18.00
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Aug 25 2009
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ZEPHYRIS  This app has had no update in over a year now. It freezes, crashes and is a waste of money. I wish I could get a refund for this. My recommendation is skip this developer and any of his applications.  
(Version 1.2.1)

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Aug 2 2007
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N. SILVA  This is a really nice RSS reader.

When I monitored hundreds of feeds NetNewsWire was the best. Now that I’ve trimmed down to a few dozen I want something lighter.

What it does best is give me a broad overview of my feeds. This saves time. The inline summaries are well-designed and compact (compare with Vienna where each article in unified mode is huge). I can see article lists without using disclosure triangles (ahem, endo) and articles are grouped by feed, unlike those readers that try to look like e-mail programs.

Its closest competitor would be NewsFire. If you like NewsFire take a look at NewsLife and see what you think.

I’ve had two problems: Podcast enclosures won’t download and it won’t refresh feeds when I wake my computer. Given this is a 1.0 product that’s not too bad.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 10 2007

HOTFREAKS  Its a little too feature-free for $20. I like to be able to sort my subscriptions, say by number of unread articles, or by name. Maybe wait for version 2.  
(Version 1.0)

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May 4 2007

ZEPHYRIS  Yes I agree $20 seems steep. Compared to Vienna which is free and works pretty well.  
(Version 1.0b3)

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Apr 4 2007

EDIFIED  Nice- reminds me of Democracy. I think $20 is a bit much for this emerging market. It doesn't fit in my shareware budget- still if you like it consider the purchase if only to support the developer. On the plus side it woks pretty well and seems stable (G5 iMac).

-Edified  
(Version 1.0b3)

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