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A desktop feed reader for Mac OS X, integrates closely with Safari with advanced scripting features for custom feeds.
NetNewsWire Lite is available free at time of writing.
| Home page: | http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire |
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| Feed URL: | http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/atom.xml |
| Platform: | Mac |
| Vendor: | NewsGator Technologies, Inc. |
| OPML import: | No, cannot load feed lists from other programs. |
| OPML export: | No, cannot save feed lists for other programs. |
| Auto-discovery: | No, cannot find feeds on Web pages. |
| Web feed search: | No, cannot search for feeds on the Web. |
| Local feed search: | Yes, can search feeds on your computer. |
| News filters: | Yes, can collect news items on chosen topics. |
| Watch lists: | Yes, can highlight items that match key words. |
| Synchronization: | Yes, can manage subscriptions from multiple computers. |
| Podcasts: | Yes, can play audio and video feeds. |
The Web Feed Generator provides customers with server logs to check demand for their news feeds. Each feed reader has its own code name or identifier that is reported in the server logs and shows which program was used to check a feed. To help make sense of these feed metrics, NetNewsWire is identified by the following code names.
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