Simple & Unintrusive - Fantastic
RSS Menu is the first time in a decade Ive found a way to really enjoy RSS and make it part of my workflow; I credit its simplicity and the degree to which it unobtrusively blends into OS X.
A few minor UI quibbles/requests:
- It currently takes too much digging through the UI to add new feeds. Please add an "Add Feed" (or "Manage Feeds") item to the main menu (or make it an option in "Appearance," which is a great feature BTW). A hotkey would be even better. The holy grail would be an "auto-detect feed in frontmost browser tab."
- If its possible, it would be incredibly helpful to have an option for some "mark" indicator icon other than a checkmark. If youre used to iTunes UI for podcasts, unread items are marked (which you give the option for - thanks!). But theres symbolic dissonance with an UNread item having a check next to it. Its just plain confusing! A bullet point (or really anything) would be much better - again, as an option.
- The ability to select which feeds notify Growl would be awesome. ("Receive Growl alerts when this feed is updated?" would be perfect.)
Other than those annoyances, this really is the easiest way Ive ever found of staying on top of the news I want to read… and you cant beat the price!
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