Nice list of everyday useful apps. I agree with most of them. The one that made me post this is the fact that he is dropping NetNewsWire for Google Reader:
His 2007 Post on his RSS reader:
I’ve used NewsGator’s NetNewsWire desktop feed reader from the moment I switched to a Mac in early 2006. It’s not free, but having fast and offline access to feeds was worth the $30 I paid for it. Bloglines dropped off the list because of NetNewsWire, although I expect to be moving over to Google Reader in the near future. Offline access is less important now that I have EVDO cellular access, and Google Reader made significant improvements to its product in its September upgrade.
His 2008 Post on the same:
Two years ago I was using Bloglines to read feeds. Last year I switched to NetNewsWire. But Google Reader is just too good to ignore any longer. It’s quite simply the most elegant and useful feed reader available today. The product actually first launched in October 2005 but had serious flaws. But it got steadily better over time. Recent privacy hiccups aside, Google Reader is a beautiful web application and an amazing way to digest tons of information effectively.
Right now I am running NNW 3.1b38 which has received a really cool interface overhaul and improved stability. When it comes to RSS I can be very picky. Although Google Reader has improved substantially over the last year, it will never be as convenient as a desktop app (even with google gears for offline reading).
NNW is more than an RSS reader since it has a built in browser, thus making it a true “news reading environment” (NRE….just made it up).
I think web apps are cool for sharing with people, but still lack desktop sharing. For instance, NNW has a “Post to Weblog” button that allows me to send a link of an article straight to MarsEdit which is an incentive to make blogging easier. Another one is the archiving feature which allows you to build a searchable wiki for future references.
Hopefully web apps will become more desktopy and play better with other apps to make it a more Mac like experience (i.e. where everything just works).
(Via TechCrunch.)
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