Just doesn't come up to snuff for me. I tried it, but in comparison to
Outlook 2007, Thunderbird 2, and FeedDemon, there's really no contest. I wanted
to like it, I really did, but I just can't.
Examples: Thunderbird and Outlook scroll through posts when you press Space.
Feedreader? Not so much; it simply skips to the next one. In Outlook, you can
select a group at a time and mark it read. Feedreader? Nope: it has groups, but
they don't do a whole lot really. In FeedDemon, you can open a folder and see
all the posts inside -- and read and mark them read, too, without selecting them
individually. Feedreader? You have to go through the messages one by one, which
is slightly slower.
None of these were deal-breakers, but together they're quite disappointing.
It simply appears that the developers didn't take enough time to look at their
competitors, copy their best features, and fix their flaws -- and for a program
to be unable to best Thunderbird in the user interface... well, that's a pretty
terrible program, I gotta say.
Review by tuggyne (8 months ago)
Just doesn't come up to snuff for me. I tried it, but in comparison to Outlook 2007, Thunderbird 2, and FeedDemon, there's really no contest. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I just can't.
Examples: Thunderbird and Outlook scroll through posts when you press Space. Feedreader? Not so much; it simply skips to the next one. In Outlook, you can select a group at a time and mark it read. Feedreader? Nope: it has groups, but they don't do a whole lot really. In FeedDemon, you can open a folder and see all the posts inside -- and read and mark them read, too, without selecting them individually. Feedreader? You have to go through the messages one by one, which is slightly slower.
None of these were deal-breakers, but together they're quite disappointing. It simply appears that the developers didn't take enough time to look at their competitors, copy their best features, and fix their flaws -- and for a program to be unable to best Thunderbird in the user interface... well, that's a pretty terrible program, I gotta say.