[Macpartners] Mac RSS readers?

[Alicia Hunt]

Hi,

Thank you for all the recommendations.  As I'm learning about this, 
I'm realizing what a great benefit it would be to have this 
synchronizing with my palm pilot for reading when I'm away from my 
computer (instead of the novel I've been reading on my palm).  It 
would have to allow for off-line reading though,  since my palm only 
has wireless ethernet, and not phone service.   This doesn't seem 
possible with what I've learned about the Google Reader.

I stumbled across Shrook and I really like it,  but you have to pay 
for the synchronization with other sites, and I haven't found a palm 
companion for it either.

  thanks!
Alicia

At 10:07 AM -0400 3/17/08, Patrick McNeal wrote:
>On Mar 16, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Alicia Hunt wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for an RSS reader for my Mac, and I'm wondering what
>>people recommend?   I'm likely to subscribe to some sites that update
>>less often than once a week, so something that helps bring those
>>sites to my attention when they finally *do* update would be helpful.
>
>I've become a huge fan of Google Reader[1].  Being web-based, it 
>works from any computer, always has my current reading list and has 
>an amazing mobile interface.  If you're looking for a desktop 
>application, some popular ones include NewsFire[2] and 
>NetNewsWire[3].  Both have recently been released as free 
>products[4,5], and have a loyal following.  Safari 2.0 and Mail 3.0 
>also have built-in rss readers, though they are not as full featured.
>
>If you already use Mail, that might be the easiest way to be 
>notified of changes without having to setup and run another 
>application.  When a feed's updated, you'll see it listed in Mail as 
>you would a new message.
>
>--Patrick
>
>[1] http://www.google.com/reader
>[2] http://www.newsfirerss.com/
>[3] http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/Default.aspx
>[4] 
>http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/01/09/newnewswire-for-mac-other-newsgator-products-go-free
>[5] 
>http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/03/03/newsfire-for-os-x-now-free-for-consumption
>
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