![]() You can’t share or “like” items yet, or view shared items (yours or your friends). You can flag items and they show up as starred items in Google Reader, but the syncing of flagged/starred items is not complete. There are some things we know are incomplete or are still on the to-do list: The basics are in place, though there may be some bugs. There’s a FAQ on the NewsGator website that talks more about NewsGator syncing and what’s happening. So that’s the deal: this release is all about getting to that one type of syncing, and 4.0 will be about the other cool stuff. It’s way better to offer just one, the one people are asking for, and make it good, and then start working on other cool stuff. How does anyone know which to pick? And: how does the developer work on any cool new features when all his time is taken up with working on the various types of syncing? Here’s the thing: I consider offering a range of syncing choices to be user-hostile. Features removedĪ bunch of small items are gone that most people will never notice. (Some, not all.) A bunch of the code has been modernized, and as a result it now requires OS X 10.5 (Leopard).Īnd it removes some features, in order to clear some of the slate for 4.0. NetNewsWire 3.2 upgrades some of the data storage to 4.0-format. The main point of 3.2 is as transition to 4.0, already in progress, which will be a major upgrade. And it is, largely - though Google Reader syncing is a pretty big feature. You can always pick up the feed here and the /Toys feed here. The 3.2Beta version updates many of the features, like Twitter integration, that will be implemented in a forthcoming 4.0 version of the software which should hit the streets later this year. NetNewsWire 3.2Beta now syncs your NetNewsWire feeds through the Google Reader engine allowing you great offline access that is tied directly to your Google account (for sharing feeds with your friends, etc – – if you are into that sort of thing). ![]() Their online component, NewsGator, has always been a little lacking behind Google Reader, however. The best native Mac feed reader (no offense Vienna, Safari, Mail.app) has always been NetNewsWire. I just think he put together a smart course on a topic I care about.It is a match made in heaven really. If you’re curious, I highly recommend that you learn more about it here. He opens it once or twice a year for people to sign up. My good friend Scott Young, of MIT Challenge fame, has developed a great online course about his tactics for rapidly learning hard things. I can’t explain the exact mechanism behind this hack’s effectiveness, but it certainly does help me maintain my sanity when I have to return to the world of workplace communication after travel or long deep work binges. Tackling a stack of messages all related to the same topic, one after another, while watching the sort folder diminish toward empty as you go, somehow ends up much easier than tackling those same messages in a scattered order as you make your way through your chaotic inbox in a less structured manner. Logically speaking, this trick of moving a group of related messages to a temporary folder before processing shouldn’t make a big difference.īut psychologically speaking, it does help.
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