FLASH1296  PLEASE make this Snow leopard compatible.  
(Version 1.11.6)

JEREMIAHTWICE  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)

CLARUSAD  the best RSS reader with a nice MacOS integration. Good job guys !  
(Version 1.11.6)

SHAUN  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)

GLOBETROTTERDK  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)

JACKER  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)

JACKER  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)

CLARUSAD  still bug with some feeds !  
(Version 1.11.1)

CLARUSAD  same problem as CRSP  
(Version 1.11.1)

WZRDJR  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)

CRSP  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)

RI  This app is a gem for free rss feeds. If you need to authorize RSS feeds with a password it does not work well.

It is not able to handle more than 2 password - rss and it mixed up the URL stored in the keychain (in my case it changed http:// to https:/// (3x"/")

I hope the author will fix that.

otherwise great work!  
(Version 1.10.3)

BUBBAMAC  for a small app it sure does use a lot of memory. When I restarted it today it was using 500MB real memory and over 1GB of virtual. Can you say leak?  
(Version 1.10.1)

JEANJEAN_873  one of the best RSS readers so far.

still free and upgraded often.

thank you.  
(Version 1.10.1)

BUBBAMAC  This version is much better. Still, if I have Growl setup to make feed updates sticky if idle and leave the computer for 6 hrs or so, if a feed has been updated multiple times (say Slashdot, it was updated every 30 minutes and has a new article, then updated again 30 minutes later with 2 new articles), for each feed update I have multiple sticky windows for each feed when I come back.

Thanks to the author for all the bug fixes in this version!  
(Version 1.10.1)

CYBERATOMIC  Finally, it appears that this app is getting somewhere! Very nice update (1.10.1) which will hopefully fix a lot of the problems I was experiencing(non-updating and crashing on updating).

The updates of the prefs is nice too...

Keep up the great work, this is the only menu-based RSS feeder that is worth a damn.

You can read my earlier review here: http://toddlambert.com/edition11/free-software/

Cheers!  
(Version 1.10.1)

WZRDJR  Once is was a great idea, but neither fast nor stable. Now, with this new version, it's much faster. But I long for the day when it's both fast and stable.

It's is a great little app. But it quits by itself and doesn't remember some preferences.

I implore the developer to a) not give up and b) consult with more experienced developers.  
(Version 1.10)

BUBBAMAC  Hasn't been right for me since 1.8.3, but even then, it wasn't perfect.

Everytime it restarts it thinks all items are new, when in reality, they are not.

I leave the Growl notifications to not be sticky, but go sticky when idle for 30 secs. I come back and my screen is full of notifications; not one for each feed updated, but if feeds were updated multiple times, then I may have several notifications.   
(Version 1.10)

E_COMMERCE  Why does this have to be so convenient when it's so damn unreliable? It only checks a few feeds consistently; most of the time I have to force an "Update All" and 75% of my feeds will suddenly show hours of missed updates. Some feeds STILL will not updates. Occasionally a feed will show someone ELSE'S updates. Sometimes a feed will show several lines of HTML gobbletygook instead of the headline (most often on Engadget or Joystiq - both part of AOL's Weblogs Inc). And then there's the times it crashes and just vanishes.

YES, I've deleted all of my settings who knows how many times, and recreating my list of feeds is a pain in the ass.

My logs are chock full of such informative lines as:

2007-02-14 13:44:57.533 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.osxbook.com/blog/feed/atom/

2007-02-14 13:45:05.572 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.robservatory.com/feed/atom/

2007-02-14 13:46:34.466 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://webkit.opendarwin.org/blog/?feed=atom

2007-02-14 13:46:43.882 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.schwieb.com/blog/feed/

2007-02-14 13:47:24.053 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.tivoblog.com/feed/atom/

2007-02-14 13:47:28.255 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.palminfocenter.com/feed.xml

2007-02-14 13:47:32.184 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.everythingtreo.com/index2.php?option=com_rss&no_html=1

2007-02-14 13:47:33.825 RSS Menu[8257] errors: http://www.georgeandtif.com/feed/

What's the error? Who knows! Furthermore, while certain feeds cause them most often, it DOES manage to update them correctly on occasion, so I know the feed as a whole works.

What good is a program that is supposed to notify you of updated sites when it can't even do that properly?

I don't like giving space to a dock icon, but I'm going back to NetNewsWire Lite - I've given this program second chances every version since 1.0. The concept is excellent - the execution of it has always left much to be desired.  
(Version 1.9.5)

MDMUNOZ  Great app. I always wanted a simple feed reader that just opened the page instead of making me click through short summaries with links. RSS Menu does me one better by showing updates and being accessible from startup, without having to fire up a browser or reader just to check for updates. Great work.

The only problem I've encountered is that podcasts simply open in my browser instead of Quicktime/iTunes. Not that it's a big deal. I just watch the stuff in-browser.  
(Version 1.9.3)

MARIUS_TH  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)

E_COMMERCE  Version 1.9.1 may fix a lot of bugs (I don't know - I skipped 1.9 after seeing the multitude of bug reports here), but it also doesn't seem to reliably check feeds or mark read articles. RSS Menu rarely seems to update any of my feeds in folders (top-level ones update as expected), and I frequently see previously read articles checked as new again.

Unfortunately, I don't know if I can safely revert to version 1.8.3 or not. :(  
(Version 1.9.1)

MARIUS_TH  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)

OMDOT  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)

PAT MACTHENY  Version 1.9 doesn't work at all. Please fix that bug!  
(Version 1.9)

ROSSO MAK  The change of shorten the 'too long RSS' is an shortcoming to me. Will there be an option on this in the next upate?I've beem a big fan of RSS menu,but this change make me feel very inconvenient to use.

By the way,I think if we can use the command key to custom select the post we want to open( instead of opening them one by one or once for all),that would be Cool!  
(Version 1.9)

WZRDJR  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)

MARIUS_TH  At startup of the program in version 1.9, it treads every single article as a new article...  
(Version 1.9)

RMSATO  Long-time user of RSS Menu; excellent programme for monitoring updates in the menu bar.

However, RSS Menu 1.9 does not update to hide read news; the unread counter goes up to 99, then the application quits. Log-out log-in did not help.

G5 iMac (iSight), 10.4.7, 1.5GB  
(Version 1.9)

ROSSO MAK  RSS menu is my favorite RSS reader.But will any keyboard shortcuts be added in the next release?I find it a little inconvenient without the shortcuts.  
(Version 1.8.3)

BUBBAMAC  Version 1.8 has changed icons (specifically the menu bar icon). I actually liked the old icons (with shadows) so I was wondering what the motivation was to chagne the icons when they looked great to begin with.   
(Version 1.8)

MARIUS_TH  Feeds use Growl notification updation for every single news-feed even if they haven't been updated before shutdown at start-up which it didn't in the previous version.  
(Version 1.8)

THEBRIX2008  RSS menu would be excellent - at face value, it is better than any of the Dashboard RSS readers - if only it were stable! The process has to be killed depressingly often (spinning beachball and 100% CPU usage), and this problem has gone back a long way: I stopped using the application at about 1.3.x, came back at 1.7.2 and was sorry to see it again.

It is frustratingly hard to pin down a scenario where the problem occurs, but I have over 20 feeds updating every 30 minutes and 2 feeds every 10 minutes. It seems to be more likely to happen just after waking from sleep.  
(Version 1.7.2)

E_COMMERCE  The new version (1.7.2) won't update any of the feeds I imported. To be clear, I deleted all preferences (as it would not launch otherwise), and then imported all of my feeds from an OPML file created by version 1.7.1. Now all of my feeds are red and not updating, and I'll have to restore the previous version from backup...

Software needs much more testing prior to release.  
(Version 1.7.2)

E_COMMERCE  New version refused to launch until I deleted its preferences and Application Support folder. Not a good sign...  
(Version 1.7.2)

MARIUS_TH  Somehow, it's nearly impossible to re-order the RSS Menu items in the preferences > RSS > listbox  
(Version 1.7)

JB4  I think I fixed the parsing problem.

When I swithched to 1.5.2 I exported my feeds to the desktop. For some reason, when importing them back, the URL's degraded.

It's working fine, now.

I'm still looking for a way to delete individual feeds.

How about being able to reorder the feeds that are already in place?

Thanks;

JB  
(Version 1.5.2)

JB4  Why so buggy? 1.5.1 worked for a while, then.........nothing.

1.5.2 is worse.

I keep getting the "parsing error" refrain and most of the feeds wont load, except the one that was issued the "parsing error" yesterday.

Mac OS 3.0.9

Is there a way to delete an individual feed once it's been imported?

I'd love to love this app. It wouldn't be my main rss reader, but a desktop reader for the several most frquently read ones, would be great.

Keep working at it. A great concept, but doesn't work yet.

JB  
(Version 1.5.2)

APLYSIA  Thx for this Tool. It's great in combination with Growl.  
(Version 1.5)

DIGI9  Good stuff. Only using this now even tho the app has been out for a while. I wish the font could be smaller tho (or have the option to choose what size we prefer)  
(Version 1.4.3)

YES  i use RSS menu for a while now, i just want to say THANK YOU for the work and all the quick updates!  
(Version 1.4.3)

ANONYMOUS  Custom icon support is broken in 1.4.2. The "badge" simply consists of showing a colored outline around the menu icon (which isn't very attractive, to be honest). You also may want to add checks to make sure custom icons were loaded properly, as I get a blank menu icon when it loads now - didn't even realize it had launched until I happened to click an empty spot on the menubar.

Any chance we could see the custom icon support fixed, and just choose a different icon that would overlay the old icon when new articles show up? After all, with custom icon support people could design any type of overlay they want, whether it's a little Mail-style red starburst or a complete replacement (black icon turns blue, etc).

Thanks!  
(Version 1.4.2)

MARIUS_TH  I get the following error:

*** Uncaught exception: *** -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value

Trace/BPT trap

please fix this as soon as possible ^^;  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  Nope. Tried it a number of times. Crash crash crash.  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  A bug that prevented feeds from getting updated has been fixed. Please redownload the application. We apologize for the inconvenience.  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  I like this program a lot but it has always been buggy. For example, on my computer at work it would be fine, but at home it would only update 1 feed. I have just installed v1.4 at work at it crashes upon launch. So it seems there are still some basic issues in need of fixing.  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  I've rediscovered how great RSS Menu is, after suffering through Safari's dog slow RSS for many months.

A couple of minor feature requests:

- Add an option for the menu bar icon to change to a different one when there are new articles available. I don't have space for the actual number (1024X768 screen doesn't leave much room), but I'd like a visual reminder, for instance, the icon changing from black to blue.

- Continue improving the RSS feed parsing. I still get some feeds that cannot be read, or spontaneously disappear. For instance, Mac OS X Hints disappeared today, after working fine yesterday. Engadget (and all of "Weblogs Inc", damn them) still uses some awful HTML feeds that gum up the summaries.

Otherwise, I'm loving using RSS Menu again. With the multithreading introduced after 1.3, it's very, very fast.  
(Version 1.3.3)

EUDIAM  Really nice app. The only negative point I have encountered is that it doesn't support many languages (encoding problem?). For example greek articles are not readable.  
(Version 1.3.3)

ANONYMOUS  ok, this new version (1.3.2) is better - it actually updates feeds correctly. But the feed preferences window still has big problems. Dragging feeds into folders doesn't have the effect one would expect, but rather deletes the feed. Re-importing in an exported list of feeds doesn't work at all, so now I have to re-enter everything from scratch.

It's still got some serious bugs, but if they get fixed, it would be worth paying for.  
(Version 1.3.2)

ANONYMOUS  I loved this program too. past tense. It just doesn't work anymore under tiger. "Update (feeds) now" has no effect for example.  
(Version 1.3.1)

ANONYMOUS  With the latest version the html entities are no more "rendered". A   entity will be displayed as plain text and not as non breaking space...  
(Version 1.3.1)

STARKNIGHTS  doesn't work in tiger, anymore.

That's really sad, because I love this app...

Please build a tiger compatible version.

Error:

Works as long, as no feed is added (deleting the prefs removes the feeds and renders the app "useable")

I can change all of the prefs without any problem, but when even one feed is added, the app freezes. There is some network traffic, but the gui doesnt respond anymore.

Anyway: Good work!  
(Version 1.2.1)

ANONYMOUS  I love the idea, but the implementation is abysmal.

Nearly three-fourths of the time I click RSS Menu, it beachballs because it's busy doing *something*. I only have about 30 RSS feeds, all set on the default half-hour update interval. I clicked the menu a bit ago, and the menu didn't drop down for 15 MINUTES. Then when I made one selection, it closed and beachballed again for 2 MINUTES.

To the developer, PLEASE learn what multithreading is and how to do it. Semaphores and locks and such are NOT hard. It is relatively simple to fire off a new thread that connects to the server, collects the data, and then feeds it into the GUI (if the GUI is being used at the time, it defers until the GUI thread is ready).

The GUI should exist in the main thread and simply spawn a new thread for each feed that's updating. That way the GUI is *always* responsive, and your updates will happen a LOT faster. Instead of 29 feed updates being stalled because one server missed a packet or is timing out, everything else just works. While normally opening a couple dozen network connections is a no-no in TCP, since these are all to different servers it's ENCOURAGED.  
(Version 1.2.1)

MARC D.  I have an OPML collection that was exported from Sage (Firefox RSS Extension) and for some reason RSS Menu will not import it. I select import, locate the file and open it, but the open box disappears and I am again looking at a blank feeds section.

Is this an issue with the file or RSS Menu? Has anyone else experienced this?  
(Version 1.2)

DRAGONDOG  i love this little utility but i wouldn't call the cpu usage reasonable. i have an older mac but cpu usage very often reaches over 75%.

800mhz g4 imac with 786mb of ram but usage  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS   - Notification bezel started appearing even though it's supposed to be off. Trashing prefs did not help.

- Menu and preferences window becomes completely unresponsive when updating feeds.

- After the menu is opened/closed or preferences dialog is opened, a "command-Q" keystroke quits RSS Menu.

- Still needs the ability to either add dividers or folders; preferably both. Interface still needs some polish and better organization and help.

Version 1.1.1 is still deleting feeds - MacRumors and Treonauts both vanished today. A lot of these error messages and finally it just disappeared from the menu and prefs:

2005-03-10 17:44:33.634 RSS Menu[533] Error occurded while parsing feed http://www.macrumors.com/macrumors.xml. Maybe an invalid xml file? Parsing aborted.

2005-03-10 16:56:20.147 RSS Menu[533] Error occurded while parsing feed http://blog.treonauts.com/index.rdf. Maybe an invalid xml file? Parsing aborted.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  love the latest version. no problems at all on 10.3.8  
(Version 1.1.1)

WHYTOI  Fantastic. Finally a version that has eliminated all the key bugs, able to remember read items, reasonable CPU usage etc. Top marks! One final request is to have a narrower "show total in menu" display. This RSS reader beats all standalone readers in terms of accessibility.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Oops, I was in the wrong - somehow the older 1.0.2 and 1.1 got mixed up on my drive. My sincerest apologies to the developer. Version numbering is consistent after all.  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Good luck figuring out if problems are consistent - I've seen three distinct versions of this distributed as 1.1 already (if you downloaded it before 3/8, the "new" version 1.1 has a completely new preferences window).  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Yes, continuing problem of read articles not being remembered.  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Great app, but it doesn't seem to remember when articles as marked as read on many sites, especially AppleInsider and ThinkSecret.  
(Version 1.1)

WHYTOI  Great software but just noticed that it's chewing up to 20-25% of my CPU at all times (TOP command in Terminal). What's going on?  
(Version 1.0.2)

JB  There's a lot to like with this format.

Style and ease of use are tops.

Is there a way to import opml files, more than one at a time? When I export from another reader, and then use the import function of "RSS," only the top selection from the other list comes over. I have over 100 feeds subscribed to and don't feel like spending the afternoon adding them one by one.

Thanks!

Keep up the good work!

I love RSS.

JB  
(Version 1.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Please redownload RSS Menu as a bug has been fixed when adding a feed.

I apologize for any inconvenience.  
(Version 1.0.2)

THE VALRUS  When I try to add the feed with URL 'http://daringfireball.net/feeds/rss/********' (where the ******** is some numbers and letters which I can't reveal due to their having been obtained through a subscription), RSS Menu rejects it, telling me the URL must begin with 'http://' or 'https://'. What gives?

It's a shame, because I'm dying to start using this exclusively for my RSS needs. So thanks for the speedy update; I'll be eagerly awaiting the next one since it seems the last one fixed most of the issues brought up here. Applause for the responsive developer! Now fix your program! ;)  
(Version 1.0.2)

WHYTOI  Just perfect for my RSS needs. I've dumped my standalone RSS reader for this. So much more convenient. Apart from more features that'll come post v1.0. This present version appeared to be less stable than I'd like. In a few hours of use, it has crashed out twice. Also, within the Preferences add feed window, for a period the edit, +, - buttons disappeared. No idea what that was about. Pls get this app the stability it needs ASAP.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Some suggestions? You need to fix the menubar icon when it's refreshing feeds. It's quite annoying seeing it flash back and forth the way it does, especially if you have several RSS feeds. Perhaps if you made it look like the icon, but have a green background (instead of blue... perhaps color can be customized) when everything is fetched, and a red one when it's downloading data... the visual cues would be a great addition... :)

It would also be nice to be able to customize the size of the menubar icon... some of us have little real estate... ;)  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  The Import feature is nice, however after quitting all the imported feeds are lost.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent update, and very rapid response to feedback! I'm very impressed!

A couple of things:

- The change to not allow duplicate feeds is unfortunate. For instance, I might have MacUpdate both in a "Mac Sites" group and in a "Constantly Updated" group.

- The menu is *very* flickery when updating. Put 30 feeds on there, then launch RSS Menu and watch it go nuts.

Otherwise, I'm still amazed to see such progress in a couple of days, especially the OPML support. Bravo!  
(Version 1.0.1)

NO MORE W  This has started off well... Would be nice if a new feed could be added directly from the main menu without having to go to the preferences.

One bug I have found... I have some Japanese feeds which it reads but the characters are totally messed up.   
(Version 1.0)

MICHAEL S  Great little app that works well and doesn't try to do too much. Everything I need to keep updated on the latest news from the web.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  This looks excellent - handled most feeds I threw at it, and will be a real timesaver. A few bugs to report and requests to make:

Bugs:

- "+" does not appear to work for adding new feeds on first run (maybe subsequent runs)

- Several feeds don't work (MacCentral, MacDailyNews, Fink Project Status)

Feature Requests:

- Allow import of opml files to add all feeds in one shot

- Only use "spinning clock" animation for network access (which can be slow), not for "mark as read", which just causes flicker

- Folders and menu dividers (necessary for handling lots of feeds

- Preferences for display of new items (checkmark, in color, bold, etc)

- Swap positions of "Update Now" (used frequently) and "About" (not)

- Menu icon? Perhaps a small black "RSS" badge similar to the application icon? Please keep it black to match the other menus.

Thanks a lot! Excellent program!  
(Version 1.0)

THEBRIX  After the glitch with adding feeds (see Troubleshooting) was worked round this turns out to be a excellent application. It takes up almost no permanent screen space and is actually far simpler to work with than RSS "scrollers" such as NewsTicker; all items in a feed are visible at once from the menu and a quick look at the menu bar is enough to find out whether there are new items or not.

A trio of requests: OPML import, which would save a lot of cut and pasting, an option to only view the last N received feed items (some feeds, such as Salon, pile up dozens of unexpired items, which makes the menu rather unwieldy) and Growl notification (the built-in notification looks rather like Growl but isn't it).  
(Version 1.0b2)

THEBRIX  I hadn't installed the application before and found that, on first run, it wasn't possible to enter any feeds (the "+" button did nothing). Closing the application and starting it again fixed the problem ...  
(Version 1.0b2)

LIOSHA  In preferences I got some number of subscriptions, but in menu it shows just 7...  
(Version 1.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  Absolutely brilliant! This app is simple, responsive, checks on schedule and works exactly as advertised. A small RSS in the taskbar that takes just one click to drop down is so much more functional than having to open a different all to check your feeds. The only thing I'd like to see is a 'check feeds now' menu item, and a reversal of the check marks on the entry list - when I've read something I'm used to seeing it checked off, not checked if I haven't read it, though this IS more the way a mail app lists items! :-)

Running OS X 10.3.8 with 1 gig of RAM on a 1 gHz iMac flatpanel. Works perfectly!  
(Version 1.0b2)

JT  Sorry, the new version doesn't start---it just puts a spinning beach ball in the menubar. I had to stay with the previous version for now....

Do all previous prefs/plists need to be trashed?

10.3.8  
(Version 1.0b2)

PIXELANT  How do I add a URL?  
(Version 1.0b)

ANONYMOUS  Right on! Great little app, I look forward to the next version hopefully supporting "yahoo search results" rss feed.  
(Version 1.0b)

ANONYMOUS  A new version has been uploaded which fixes the start up bug. I apologize for this inconvinience.  
(Version 1.0b)

OHWELL  Crashed on launch, running OS X 10.3.8

Sent crash report to the developer already.  
(Version 1.0b)