Reeder has been pretty much the definition of slick UI on the iPhone and iPad, and for the first time (for an iOS app), is available on the Mac. Early draft in many ways, but quite polished in others. There are still some weird things about its UI that I’d like to point out.
The first thing you notice when you launch Reeder for Mac, is how different it looks from apps we’ve seen so far. It’s very iOS-like, and very what’s-going-to-be Lion-like. We’re of course basing this on an early preview of Lion, where UI styles might change. But amongst your selection of apps right now, it looks very different. I do like the general layout of the app. Things are very clickable, and keyboard navigation makes things mighty easy (missing some shortcuts though). What’s bothersome about Reeder, is the amount of non-standard UI chrome it adds.
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The titlebar has background noise applied to it. When you click an icon, it adds a white glow instead of a depression. Also, since there is no titlebar anymore, the problem of click-through is going to be a nuisance — you have to click empty locations in the titlebar or it’ll trigger an action. Note that since it’s a custom titlebar, it doesn’t behave to the Cmd + drag feature of moving windows in the background (update: for certain regions of the title bar at least). In terms of that sidebar, I’m not sure what to make of it. Even with all sites showing an icon, it’s still confusing as to where you are in your list. Moreover, the tiny little triangle to expand the group is just nuts. I know you can pull out the sidebar (apparently many don’t, which means it’s hard to discover), but I think defaults show you the true intentions of the developer. It might just grow on us though.
This makes me wonder. Will Lion be the OS that makes all windows and apps inconsistent? iOS so far has sported a myriad number of UI styles, but it works on that platform because when you launch an app, the app takes up the entire screen, thereby being the only UI style you see. But on the desktop, you have free floating windows, and when such non-standard UI presents itself, it can potentially lead to one big mess.
Reeder is a news reader with support for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, Fever and Readability. Free Silvio Rizzi Mac OS X 10.10/10.11 Version 3.0.3 Full Specs. 9/10 - Download Reeder Mac Free. Reeder is a practical RSS reader that was very successful on iOS and is now available for Mac. Check all your feeds very comfortably thanks to Reeder. Since Google Reader disappeared we've been rather alone in the world of RSS readers. If you still haven't found. Reeder is a straightforward macOS client for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, Fever and Readability, that can also be used as a standalone news reader. Versatile RSS reader After configuring your RSS accounts and setting up your own custom reader, you can easily access your feeds and filter the displayed items based on different criteria. Reeder是macOS 平台上的一款新闻订阅阅读工具,它支持订阅Feedbin、Feedly、Feed Wrangler、FeedHQ、NewsBlur、The Old Reader、Inoreader、BazQux Reader、Instapaper、Pocket以及自托管服务(RSS订阅),Reeder的界面非常漂亮,交互动画很流畅也很舒服。.
Reeder is a fantastic RSS reader, and if I did want to use a client on the Mac (I think it’s silly when the iPad exists), it’d be Reeder. And I wholly understand that this is an early beta and that things are going to be fixed soon; just consider this my early feedback.
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Although still in beta, Reeder for Mac is already part of my Mac applications, which are open all day long. Silvia Rizzi is known for his well-designed iOS Reeder applications (read my review of the iPad App here), and he did a great job of bringing those over to the Mac. Please keep in mind that Reeder for Mac is still in an early development stage, and things could change daily. This review is based on the Version 1.0 Draft 3 (beta).
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I use Google Reader daily. Until now, I had my Safari open all the time with the first tab pinned to the Google Reader website. I like its interface, and everything else I’ve tried didn’t even come close to the experience of reading feeds with Google Reader. One of the most important things for me as a developer are keyboard shortcuts, and in that respect, Google really knows what they are doing. There’s a shortcut for almost everything, and it is invaluable to my experience navigating and reading feeds.
Reeder for Mac picked up on all of the points mentioned above. It has a slick interface, which reminds me of the Twitter for iPad app. You have your folders on the left side of the window, and next to that, the items in the folder as a list. The space on the right side of the window is reserved for the content of the selected item. The interface is easy to understand and use. The top right corner of the window makes up a service toolbar, with features like share, tweet and read later. You can configure those features in the preferences. Unfortunately, the top right of a window is not an ideal position for a toolbar, since you quite often miss the button and hit one of the OS icons on top of the screen.
The keyboard shortcut support is my personal favorite in Reeder for Mac. It’s very close to the Google Reader’s shortcuts and that makes the transition for me quite easy. You can navigate through your folders and items, refresh your subscriptions and mark items as read or unread. I rarely have to use my trackpad to get something done in Reeder for Mac. Even scrolling through a website, which you can navigate to from within the application, can be done using the keyboard.
If you know Reeder for iPad or iPhone, you’ll instantly feel at home using the Mac version. The feature set is the same, although not fully implemented yet. The interface is similar and the attention to detail is hard to miss. You can download the free beta version and give it a try yourself.