New NetNewsWire Update
It's been a while since I started using NetNewsWire, and primarily as an efficient way to look at a handful of sites like Slashdot and Freshmeat, that I had been following for a while. I just got tired of all the adds I had to watch, and while I know where the money comes from, it didn't make it any quicker to go to all the web sites, read what I wanted and then move on. Also, I had to make a mental note of the last article I read on each site, and that made it most convenient to have the sites up all the time. This was a mess. The for some reason I read an article about NetNewsWire and decided to give it a try.
I started with the 'lite' version and after about a month decided that this was the kind of software that I should be supporting with money. It did exactly what it said it did, smoothly, cleanly, efficiently, and didn't try to be the end-all-be-all application. It did one thing, and it did it extremely well. I was sold.
Ever since then, and this may be back in the 1.x days, I can't remember exactly, I have followed the development of NetNewsWire and really enjoyed it's progress. Now it's in version 3.0, and it's as good as it ever was. One of the things I like most about it is the fact that even though many of it's users like to have a nice, big window up for all the lists, etc. I prefer a nice, little window with just the specifics. And NetNewsWire looks and works as well in the small window format as the large window format. Very nice app.