MacNews Pro has tags
In August 2005, I wrote that NetNewsWire needs tags:
Tags are – in my opinion – the most clever concept that has been introduced on the net the last years. It gives you and me a fast and easy way to organize bit amounts of data.
And:
Now it’s time for software developers to start adding tags inside their apps. And my first candidate is NetNewsWire. I would like to be able to add tags for each feed I subscribe to. Some examples:
43Folders: gtd, gettingthingsdone, productivity, mac, osx
Adam Curry: podcasting, technology, personal
Apple Hot News: mac, software, apps, osx
Boingboing: weird, security, blogging, future, gadgets, geek, hacks
Now the MacNews Pro newsreader let you do that: Add tags to each feed:
Brilliant! Think about how cool this is. Not if you subscribe to 7 feeds. But if you subscribe to lots of them, this will help you set up smart folders, folders that show you all feeds that are tagged with a certain word (or several if you like).
Apart from this cool feature, MacNews Pro is a good looking application, with everything you expect from a modern newsreader. There were quite a few things that didn’t work on the demo I’m trying, but I think it’s something related to my own Mac. I couldn’t add new feeds. That is – I could add some adresses, others not.
I’ll work with it for a while, and see if it is any competition for NetNewsWire.
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