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GreatNews
GreatNews is a RSS feed reader that optimized for fast and efficient reading of your favorite web feeds. It offers different view styles, including a newspaper view, that allows you to read a group o ...
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- May 21, 2009
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 383)
Very good rss feed reader. 
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It's got some bugs, it crashes sometimes, but I love this feed reader. I wish it didn't use the IE engine.......I've tried other readers but always come back to GreatNews..
Review by: binaryweasel (3)
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- Nov 30, 2008
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 383)
A great piece of work
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This RSS feed reader is a full-featured application in a surprisingly small package. It has a clean and usable interface, works quickly, and is a pleasure to use. A nice job by the developer.
Review by: TerryP (61)
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- May 01, 2008
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 383)
Easy to use and portable
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I really don't know much about feed readers, so I like GreatNews: It automatically does whatever needs to be done, without demanding my interference. GreatNews is portable - no installation whatsoever - so I can carry the reader with me on an USB stick, plug it into any connected computer I happen to run across and read my newspapers. The fact that GreatNews is multi-language with support even for my little "mother tongue" Swedish adds to it's virtues. Nice!
Review by: KEAndersson (10)
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- Sep 27, 2007
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 383)
Great, just great..
- Interface: 2
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Maybe not the prettiest interface but so intuitive and not a memory hog. Runs fast, experienced some crashes (hey with about 800 current feeds...).
Review by: eclectik
First post
- Sep 12, 2007
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 383)
The best!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It's the best feed-reader. No one comes close to it. Just download it without thinking for another moment. It doesn't even need that .NET !!!
Review by: yassertariq (61)
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- Sep 28, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 370)
Excellent
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Just like the great evaluators at Snap Files said: EXCELLENT!!!
Review by: freeclick (22)
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- Jun 29, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 370)
The best reader....period
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I've tried just about every feed reader that I could get my hands on. I used Snarfer for about 3 months and thought it was a very good program. Then I found Great News which puts Snarfer to shame.
Review by: Bgfunk
First post
- May 17, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 368)
Best yet
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have tried probably 10 to 12 RSS readers and this one has been more stable and friendly than the rest so far. I have been using it for about 2 months with all the default feeds (accept the chinese blog one, what's up with that?) and about 20 of my own added feeds. One particular feed liked to get screwed up with some other readers but looks fine with this one. I particularly like the different views you are able to select, newspaper is my favorite though. Definitely grab this one while it's still free.
Review by: pcs800 (202)
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- May 15, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 368)
Used them all and this is the best
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
For the last 3 years, I've tried every stand alone RSS reader and think this is the best I've used so far. The watches are excellent and I like the ability to mark items as read. Channel newspaper has lots of options. Ability to tag items for later retrieval is also great. There are things that could be better. For example, while you can modify the stylesheets, no XML so you can't get *exactly* what you'd like, but what is there is pretty good. Developer responds to posts on his board.
Review by: justausr
First post
- May 05, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 368)
A remarkable news aggregator
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
GreatNews has everything one might expect from a feed reader, and so cleverly put together it's hardly believable the whole resumes to 1Mb as compared to 3 times more quite often elsewhere. When we discover a software we often wonder "OK, but... is this other feature implemented?" Well, it is! "I'm sure they haven't thought about that other point..." Well, they have! The authors have programmed this little beauty with the end user in mind: it is definitely smart, like you and me!
Review by: Leendert (31)
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- May 01, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 368)
The only feed reader you'll ever need
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This one does it all, folks - for free! It doesn't hog your system resources and gives you all of the options and settings you could ever want. Even if you really don't understand all of the hoopla about RSS, this program will enable you to keep a check on your favorite sites simply by copying the feed URL and pasting it into the GreatNews program. And GreatNews will even FIND the feed for you, if you so choose. Do give this program a try!
- Apr 28, 2006
- For version:
- 1.0 Beta (Build 368)
Excellent stuff
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Best RSS reader I've tried - the interface is simple but does just about everything you could need.
