From that same toolbar, you can also mark articles as unread, star them, toggle Reader View on and off, and share a story using the share sheet. Beneath each article is a toolbar featuring a navigation button that moves down the article list from one unread story to the next. From the top of the column, you can navigate from one story to the next and back regardless of whether it is marked read. NetNewsWire doesn’t have thumbnail previews of an article’s hero image in the articles list like some other RSS readers do, but it’s not something I miss. Search is a fairly standard feature in RSS clients, but the ability to quickly switch between searching the articles you are viewing currently and everything without navigating to an ‘all feeds’ view first is an excellent touch. Pulling down on the article list reveals a search field with two options that appear when you tap into it: ‘Here,’ meaning whichever folder or publication you are currently viewing, and ‘All Articles,’ which searches everything. NetNewsWire includes publication-specific settings that are accessed by tapping the publication name in the article column. On the iPhone or when the iPad is in Split View, this column also includes a button to take you to the next unread article. There’s also a Mark All as Read button at the bottom of the column that can be set to show a confirmation alert. The column can be filtered to show all articles or just unread ones with a button at the top of the column. Also, as much as I personally like NetNewsWire’s Smart Feeds, I think there ought to be a setting to hide some or all of them to help users who want to streamline their source list.Įach entry in the article list column includes a blue dot if the article is unread, the source website’s favicon, the title of the story, the date or time of publication, and depending on how many lines you’ve allocated to each entry, a snippet from the beginning of the article. Ideally, though, I’d like Smart Feeds that are user-customizable based on a wide variety of criteria like publication frequency, date of publication, author, publication, and more. Apps like Fiery Feeds and lire have implemented similar features, which can also create lists based on the publication frequency of feeds, for example. I like Smart Feeds a lot and would love to see them expanded in the future. Finally, Starred is a list of any articles you’ve marked with a star, which many people use as a bookmark system for things they want to return to later. All Unread is a handy way to see everything that is new without navigating through individual sources and filtering to view only unread items. My favorite of the three is Today, which is an excellent way to catch up on the latest news when I get behind on my feeds. Each section can be collapsed or expanded using the disclosure triangles next to the section or folder.Īs the name suggests, Smart Feeds are automatically-generated collections of articles from the feeds you follow and include Today, All Unread, and Starred. NetNewsWire’s source list includes sections for Smart Feeds, On My iPhone or iPad, 1 and feeds and folders from any RSS services you use. It’s that dependability coupled with NetNewsWire’s platform-specific functionality and interactions that really make the difference. The dependability of NewNewWire is notable because it stands apart from typical 1.0 releases, but it isn’t enough.
#NETNEWSWIRE ANDROID SOFTWARE#
All software has bugs, but good luck finding one in NetNewsWire. If you’ve followed the team developing NetNewsWire, you know they’ve been relentlessly squashing bugs for weeks leading up to the launch and the dedication shows.
I follow hundreds of feeds, and NetNewsWire loads new articles as fast and often faster than any other RSS client I’ve used.
#NETNEWSWIRE ANDROID MAC#
Like the Mac app, NetNewsWire is fast and reliable. The app benefits from the same careful attention to detail that the Mac app does, but adapted for the iOS/iPadOS environment.įor users, that means a few things. Whether it’s an iOS or iPadOS app moving to the Mac or the other direction, too often the core experience of an app is replicated without accounting for the unique qualities of the platform to which it’s being added. I wish I could say the same about most apps, but I can’t. One of the strengths of NetNewsWire is that if you’ve used the Mac app, the iOS and iPadOS version is immediately familiar, while also feeling right at home on an iPhone or iPad. NetNewsWire running in dark mode on the Mac (left) and iPad (right).
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