May 5th, 2008
Earlier this week I mentioned Times, a new RSS reader for OS X that has been generating some buzz.
Written entirely by 19 yr old Dustin MacDonald it makes extensive use of the latest Leopard technologies for a truly unique but intuitive take on the feed reader concept.
Now that it’s out, here are a few notes after using it for the past 3 days.
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May 2nd, 2008
Dustin MacDonald has given users a first gli
mpse of his new RSS reader “Times” on his blog.
Unlike other RSS readers that use an interface similar to a desktop email client, Times promises a new interface that looks reminiscient of a traditional newspaper.
The standout - and probably most controversial feature - is Times’ abillity to follow links within a RSS feed to retrieve the actual content of a story from a webpage, strip the advertising and formatting from the webpage and display it alongside other feeds. However MacDonald also states that this feature is mainly targeted at larger news sites that tend to only include one paragraph teaser in their feed.
All in all this looks like a very welcome fresh approach in the crowded category of RSS readers and will surely be an Apple Design Award contender (Times will be released this coming Friday, the deadline for ADA submissions is May 12th - so expect to see a few more announcements this week…)
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