Comments on: Newsfire 1.0 http://theappleblog.com/2005/02/07/newsfire-10/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: PXLated http://theappleblog.com/2005/02/07/newsfire-10/#comment-805 PXLated Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:21:24 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/02/07/newsfire-10/#comment-805 I would agree with the first poster, over-priced. It's a great "little" app but, there is now Help to explain the thing to a first time user. The website is "one" page with hardly anything but marketing hype. The developer has never once responded to an email inquiry. It lacks features that competitive products have (enclosures for podCasts). It's slick and one of my favorites but should be priced at about half the current price. I would agree with the first poster, over-priced. It’s a great “little” app but, there is now Help to explain the thing to a first time user. The website is “one” page with hardly anything but marketing hype. The developer has never once responded to an email inquiry. It lacks features that competitive products have (enclosures for podCasts).
It’s slick and one of my favorites but should be priced at about half the current price.

]]> By: Kevin Ballard http://theappleblog.com/2005/02/07/newsfire-10/#comment-802 Kevin Ballard Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:19:33 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/02/07/newsfire-10/#comment-802 NewsFire is pretty, but it's far underpowered, especially for a $20 app. When it was free (during the betas), it was good, but I definitely don't think it's worth $20. Especially when NetNewsWire 2.0 (public beta is available) blows it out of the water in terms of functionality and ease of use (yes, NetNewsWire 2.0, while being more powerful, is *easier* to use). If you haven't tried it, go check out the NNW 2.0 public beta. NewsFire is pretty, but it’s far underpowered, especially for a $20 app. When it was free (during the betas), it was good, but I definitely don’t think it’s worth $20. Especially when NetNewsWire 2.0 (public beta is available) blows it out of the water in terms of functionality and ease of use (yes, NetNewsWire 2.0, while being more powerful, is *easier* to use).

If you haven’t tried it, go check out the NNW 2.0 public beta.

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