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Any particular reason why this is a local (destop/mobile) app? I use Feedly and performance was never an issue, with the bonus that content and status is synced

Any particular reason why this is a local (destop/mobile) app? I use Feedly and performance was never an issue, with the bonus that content and status is synced everywhere.

setpatchaddress 6y ago
The whole point of the app is to provide native macOS/iOS UI. I use Feedly to sync with NetNewsWire on iOS (and will on the Mac once it's supported, supposed to be in next update).
zapzupnz 6y ago
I don't want a website open all the time. I don't want to have to be connected to the internet to read my catalogue of saved articles. I want native performance, not "good enough" or "not really an issue" performance. I want 100% integration with my system; I want AppleScript-based automation. I want my system's accessibility settings to determine how I use the content, not depend on how some website's CSS handles my use cases — not that a lot of websites, particularly SPAs, are made such that VoiceOver can deal with them. Those are my reasons why I'd want a local desktop app, anyway.
SllX 6y ago
Developer preference. Simmons is famous in the Indie Mac world, even though a good portion of his career has been at companies. He’s still most well known as the guy who developed the original NetNewsWire before selling that to NewsGator, a kind of Feedly before Feedly existed, and then after some events I really can’t quite remember, taking it independent again and eventually selling it to Black Pixel who gave it back. I believe they were acquihired a bit after that if I’m remembering correctly (but don’t quote me on that), so it might have been because they knew they were soon to sell. This particular iteration of NetNewsWire only shares the name. NetNewsWire 5.0 was originally being developed as Evergreen because Simmons got interested in making another RSS reader. It would never exist as a web app simply because he’s not the type to want it to be anything other than a native app. Less well known is he was also the original developer of MarsEdit before selling to Daniel Jalkut. MarsEdit to write blogs, NetNewsWire to read them.

Any particular reason why this is a local (destop/mobile) app? I use Feedly and performance was never an issue, with the bonus that content and status is synced everywhere.

setpatchaddress 6y ago

The whole point of the app is to provide native macOS/iOS UI. I use Feedly to sync with NetNewsWire on iOS (and will on the Mac once it's supported, supposed to be in next update).

zapzupnz 6y ago

I don't want a website open all the time. I don't want to have to be connected to the internet to read my catalogue of saved articles. I want native performance, not "good enough" or "not really an issue" performance. I want 100% integration with my system; I want AppleScript-based automation. I want my system's accessibility settings to determine how I use the content, not depend on how some website's CSS handles my use cases — not that a lot of websites, particularly SPAs, are made such that VoiceOver can deal with them. Those are my reasons why I'd want a local desktop app, anyway.

SllX 6y ago

Developer preference. Simmons is famous in the Indie Mac world, even though a good portion of his career has been at companies. He’s still most well known as the guy who developed the original NetNewsWire before selling that to NewsGator, a kind of Feedly before Feedly existed, and then after some events I really can’t quite remember, taking it independent again and eventually selling it to Black Pixel who gave it back. I believe they were acquihired a bit after that if I’m remembering correctly (but don’t quote me on that), so it might have been because they knew they were soon to sell. This particular iteration of NetNewsWire only shares the name. NetNewsWire 5.0 was originally being developed as Evergreen because Simmons got interested in making another RSS reader. It would never exist as a web app simply because he’s not the type to want it to be anything other than a native app. Less well known is he was also the original developer of MarsEdit before selling to Daniel Jalkut. MarsEdit to write blogs, NetNewsWire to read them.