Ranchero offers MarsEdit, NetNewsWire 2.0 beta

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Ranchero releases NetNewsWire 2.0,
MarsEdit betas

Ranchero releases NetNewsWire 2.0,
MarsEdit betas 09/21/2004 08:32 PM
Ranchero Software has releaesed a public beta version of NetNewsWire 2.0, a major update to its popular RSS newsreader application...

Ranchero Software: MarsEdit 1.0 Beta

Ranchero Software: MarsEdit 1.0 Beta 09/22/2004 04:53 PM
Trying out MarsEdit .. MarsEdit 1.0 .. MarsEdit

ranchero.com/marsedit
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Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Atom Beta

Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Atom Beta 02/13/2004 02:07 AM
Support adoption of Atom — download the NetNewsWire beta now!

ranchero.com/netnewswire/atombeta
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Ranchero Software Releases Public Beta
Of NetNewsWire 2.0

Ranchero Software Releases Public Beta
Of NetNewsWire 2.0 09/23/2004 11:09 AM
Ranchero Software has released NetNewsWire 2.0b3, the first public beta of the next version of the RSS news reader. The next version of NetNewsWire will feature flagged items, smart lists, search engine subscriptions, script subscriptions, external weblog editor support new icons, and more.

NetNewsWire 2.0 Beta and MarsEdit
Released

NetNewsWire 2.0 Beta and MarsEdit
Released 09/21/2004 10:57 PM

Ranchero Software: What’s New in
NetNewsWire 2.0

Ranchero Software: What’s New in
NetNewsWire 2.0 09/23/2004 07:50 PM
2.0 (beta) version of NetNewsWire .. what’s new in 2.0

ranchero.com/netnewswire/whatsnew/netnewswire20.php
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Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire 2.0b10
Change Notes

Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire 2.0b10
Change Notes 01/01/2005 12:21 PM
NetNewsWire 2.0b10 now supports PodCasting .. change notes

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MarsEdit And NetNewsWire Icons

MarsEdit And NetNewsWire Icons 09/24/2004 08:27 PM
Here’s Bryan Bell on designing the MarsEdit And NetNewsWire icons. His post includes some versions of the app icons that I myself never saw.

Also see Jon Hicks on designing icons for NetNewsWire (including a hack I mentioned previously for switching to the all-Jon-Hicks set).

Intel, NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, again

Intel, NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, again 06/17/2005 04:30 PM
AAAAAAAAAA AAAAGH!!! MY LIFE'S WORK, SHOT TO HELL!!! WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Intel, NetNewsWire, MarsEdit

Intel, NetNewsWire, MarsEdit 06/17/2005 04:30 PM
For most Cocoa developers the Intel switch won’t be a big problem. For our apps it’s not quite as easy as just checking a checkbox, but it shouldn’t be very difficult, either.

NetNewsWire, for instance, is made up of a collection of components: several frameworks, bundles, and libraries. Each separate component will have to be Intel-ified before the main executable will run Intel-native.

I’m guessing that, in terms of work, it will be somewhat less work than, say, adding the Bloglines subscriptions feature was. Probably 5% as much work as the syncing feature. In other words, in terms of the amount of work I expect to do, it’s a relatively minor feature.

So of course we plan to make our apps universal; we plan to support PowerPC and Intel.

Not at all developers will have it as easy, of course. Cocoa developers using Xcode are likely to have the easiest time making universal binaries.



I’ve heard and read some fearful reactions about the Intel thing. Here’s the deal: the Mac developers I know are professionals. They’re not going to just do PowerPC only or Intel only.

One of the things about independent developers is that they often do a great job of supporting a range of systems. Consider this: Safari with RSS runs only on Tiger, but NetNewsWire still runs on Jaguar. This isn’t some special case, this is normal for independent developers.

You might say something like, “Oh, that’s just because Apple wants to sell operating systems and independent developers want to sell to everybody, even people who don’t upgrade.”

To that I’d say, “Yes! You’re right! We have a very strong incentive to support different systems.” It’s just plain good business sense.

And, at least for the majority of Cocoa developers, this support won’t be a big deal. We already do stuff like this. In fact, supporting older operating systems is probably quite a bit more difficult.

How to move NetNewsWire and MarsEdit to
a new OS

How to move NetNewsWire and MarsEdit to
a new OS 04/07/2005 03:40 PM
Once Tiger ships, a question we’ll get is how to move your NetNewsWire and MarsEdit prefs and data to a new OS.

Here’s what you need to copy over...

NetNewsWire:

1. Prefs: ~/Library/Preferences/com.ranchero.NetNewsWire.plist

2. Data: ~/Library/Application Support/NetNewsWire/

MarsEdit:

1. Prefs: ~/Library/Preferences/com.ranchero.MarsEdit.plist

2. Data: ~/Library/Application Support/MarsEdit/

That’s all. (Well, the applications too, of course.)

NetNewsWire, MarsEdit Questions Answered

NetNewsWire, MarsEdit Questions Answered 09/22/2004 10:32 PM
On inessential.com we posted answers to some frequently asked questions about the public betas of NetNewsWire< /a> and MarsEdit .

NetNewsWire and MarsEdit public betas

NetNewsWire and MarsEdit public betas 09/21/2004 08:36 PM


NetNewsWire 2.0b3—full and Lite versions—are now in public beta.

Here’s what ’s new in 2.0 and here’s the download page.

If you bought (or will buy) any version of NetNewsWire 1.x, all NetNewsWire 2.x upgrades are free.

Here are a few screenshots of NetNewsWire 2.0: setting up a smart list, creati ng a new search engine subscription, using the new embedded tabbed browser, a collection of built-in styles, and the activity window.





MarsEdit, our new weblog editor, is also in public beta: it’s designed to make weblog writing like writing email.

If you bought (or will buy) any version of NetNewsWire 1.x, all MarsEdit 1.x upgrades are free too. In other words, if you already bought NetNewsWire, you own a license for MarsEdit.

Here’s a screen shot that shows both NetNewsWire and MarsEdit—the Post-to-weblog button has been clicked in NetNewsWire, and the post has opened in a new window in MarsEdit. (More screen shots appear on the MarsEdit home page.)



So, what’s the deal?

We get so many great feature requests, and we wanted to add a bunch of new features to NetNewsWire. But we realized there wasn’t really room to add features to the newsreader and the weblog editor both unless they were split into separate applications.

NetNewsWire’s new features including searching, flagged items, persistence, per-feed refresh settings, new icons by Bryan Bell and Jon Hicks, embedded browser, smart lists, search engine subscriptions, script subscriptions—and m ore. The weblog editor was removed completely.



MarsEdit was more of a from-scratch application. We kept (but revised) some of the under-the-hood plumbing that was in NetNewsWire’s weblog editor, but then we completely re-designed the user interface to make it work more like email. There’s a main window that lists your weblog and recent posts, and you create and edit posts in separate windows—just like using an email program.



Another thing we wanted to do was make it possible to mix and match newsreaders and weblog editors. See the page on NetNewsWire and ex ternal weblog editors.

We also wanted to make it so NetNewsWire Lite users could have a Post-to-Weblog button—and now they do. When it comes to weblog editing, there is no difference between NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite.

More NetNewsWire and MarsEdit Questions
and Answers

More NetNewsWire and MarsEdit Questions
and Answers 09/24/2004 04:26 PM
On inessential.com we posted some more NetNewsWire and MarsEdit questions and answers.

NetNewsWire + MarsEdit lines of code

NetNewsWire + MarsEdit lines of code 01/04/2005 05:58 PM
A little while ago folks were posting the number of lines of code of their apps as generated by SLOCcount. I’m just now getting around to it.

But first—here’s Fraser Speirs, Gus Mueller, and Michael McCracken.

I can’t tell you NetNewsWire and MarsEdit stats separately, since both apps share a number of frameworks that we’ve written. Here’s the stats on both apps together, including the frameworks they share:

Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 86,433
Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 21.60 (259.25)
Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 1.72 (20.66)
Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 12.55
Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 2,918,470


I think the main virtue of SLOCcount is that it’s an ego gratification tool for developers. “I did the work of twelve point five five people!” Etc.

NetNewsWire and MarsEdit resources pages
and feeds

NetNewsWire and MarsEdit resources pages
and feeds 03/25/2005 01:05 PM
A type of question we often get asked is “Where can I find more styles for NetNewsWire?” or “Where can I find more scripts for MarsEdit?”

To answer these questions, we set up some web pages—and feeds, of course—for NetNewsWire and MarsEdit. Each application has an All category that gets everything, or you can subscribe to one or more categories: tips, scripts, and so on.

Here is the NetNewsWire Resources page and here is MarsEdit Resources.

Since these feeds also have web pages, next time someone asks where they can find more styles for NetNewsWire, we’ll be able to point them here. (The web pages, as well as the feeds, are linked to from the above Resources pages.)

NetNewsWire, MarsEdit resources, tips,
scripts, etc.

NetNewsWire, MarsEdit resources, tips,
scripts, etc. 04/08/2005 06:02 PM
We pointed to this elsewhere, but not from here—NetNewsWire and MarsEdit have new pages and feeds about scripts, styles, tips, podcasting, and so on. See NetNewsWire Resources and MarsEdit Resources.

Beta: MarsEdit 1.0b3

Beta: MarsEdit 1.0b3 09/23/2004 11:22 AM
Ranchero Software released MarsEdit, a weblog editor that offers drafts, preview templates, spell checking, sending of update notices, and other features.

Beta: NetNewsWire 2.0b3

Beta: NetNewsWire 2.0b3 09/23/2004 11:22 AM
The RSS and Atom newsreader adds flagged items that are kept indefinitely, incremental searches, an embedded web browser, and other changes.

"netnewswire 2.0 public beta!"

"netnewswire 2.0 public beta!" 09/23/2004 03:38 PM

NetNewsWire 2.0b3: first public beta

NetNewsWire 2.0b3: first public beta 09/21/2004 08:46 PM


The first public betas of NetNewsWire 2.0—full and Lite version—have been posted. See What ’s New in NetNewsWire 2.0.

Along with the new features, the application has been streamlined, and it has new icons by Bryan Bell and Jon Hicks.

Among the new features are searchin g, flagg ed items, persis tence, tabbed browsing, smart lists, search engine subscriptions, script subscriptions, enclosu res, built-in styles, and more. (Here is the entire l ist of changes.)

Both full and Lite versions can be downloaded from the NetNewsWire Betas page.

NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta

NetNewsWire 2.0 public beta 09/21/2004 09:04 PM
Ranchero Software has released the first public betas of NetN ewsWire 2.0 and their new weblog editor, MarsEdit 1.0.

Beta: NetNewsWire 2.0b10

Beta: NetNewsWire 2.0b10 01/03/2005 12:45 PM
The RSS and Atom news reader adds improved Atom and RSS parsing, a download window, direct downloading of podcasts to iTunes, new smart feed fields, and other changes.

NetNewsWire Atom beta

NetNewsWire Atom beta 02/12/2004 07:39 PM
dear mac users, please join the rest of us in embracing THE INEVITABLE FUTURE

New NetNewsWire Beta and some other
thoughts

New NetNewsWire Beta and some other
thoughts 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
The latest NetNewsWire beta release (1.0.4b3) has been posted. Some very cool new features: Web Kit rendering The ability to...

NetNewsWire special Atom beta

NetNewsWire special Atom beta 02/12/2004 02:15 PM
Yesterday Sheila posted on ranchero.com that it was NetNewsWire’s first birthday—and now today we have a small present for you.

But first, a note about birthdays: the first beta of NetNewsWire Lite appeared going on two years ago. So if it seems like you’ve been using NetNewsWire for more than a year, it’s probably because you have.

Anyway, today we’ve posted a special Atom beta for testing NetNewsWire’s Atom parser.

Atom support is part of NetNewsWire 1.1—but this build is not a build of 1.1, it’s really 1.0.8-plus-Atom. NetNewsWire 1.1 will have a bunch of new features, but this build is just for testing the Atom parser.

NetNewsWire beta adds Atom support

NetNewsWire beta adds Atom support 02/12/2004 04:52 PM
Ranchero Software has posted a new beta version of NetNewsWire that adds support for the Atom syndication format...

NetNewsWire Beta Adds Podcast Receiver

NetNewsWire Beta Adds Podcast Receiver 12/31/2004 11:02 PM

By Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.7
released

NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.7
released 12/22/2003 02:58 PM
This release of NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.7 adds support for favicons and feed URLs, boosts performance, and fixes dozens of bugs. The full version includes a new widescreen view especially suited for laptops.

See Wha t’s New in NetNewsWire 1.0.7 for details.

NetNewsWire, NetNewsWire Lite updated to
v1.0.7

NetNewsWire, NetNewsWire Lite updated to
v1.0.7 12/22/2003 06:30 PM
Ranchero Software today released NetNewsWire 1.0.7, the latest version of its easy-to-use RSS newsreader for Mac OS X...

Ranchero Software on Inside Mac Radio

Ranchero Software on Inside Mac Radio 02/16/2004 07:38 AM
The Feb. 14th broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio show, hosted by Scott Sheppard, is now available as an MP3 download...

ProNet: Interview with Ranchero Software

ProNet: Interview with Ranchero Software 03/14/2005 06:05 PM
Brent and Sheila Simmons have created two of the most popular weblog client applications for the Mac, NetNewsWire and MarsEdit, and DrunkenBlog has just published an interview with the couple giving some insights into what it took to make the...

Inside Ranchero with Brent and Sheila
Simmons

Inside Ranchero with Brent and Sheila
Simmons 03/14/2005 05:33 PM
The Dru nkenBlog interview on NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, Apple’s dark years, frisbees, user interface, and coffee.

Thursby offers ADmitMac 2.0 beta

Thursby offers ADmitMac 2.0 beta 07/22/2004 12:50 PM
Thursby Software Systems has announced the beta release of ADmitMac 2.0 to their current customers. The software enables Macs to more easily integrate into Windows Active Directory and NT Domain networking environments. The new version of ADmitMac sports full compatibility with Apple's Workgroup Manager, which means that administrators can manage users and groups using Active Directory as their directory service. OS X Servers can now be joined to Active Directory domains, and a new deployment app allows users to build an ADmitMac install package with custom configuration scripts.

Novell Offers OES Beta (NewsFactor)

Novell Offers OES Beta (NewsFactor) 12/29/2004 04:22 PM
NewsFactor - Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) is offering a test version of its Open Enterprise Server (OES) platform, a blend of the company's proprietary networking software and open source technology that the company said promises to offer businesses greater flexibility with I.T. systems.

NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.8

NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.8 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.8 fix a couple small but important bugs and add a bunch of feeds to the Sites Drawer.

See Wha t’s New in 1.0.8 for details.

RealNetworks offers OS X encoding
plug-in beta

RealNetworks offers OS X encoding
plug-in beta 04/20/2004 08:43 AM
RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday introduced a beta version of its Real 10 Export Plug-in for Mac OS X. The software enables video editors using Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Xpress Pro and other software to export their work to RealAudio 10 and RealVideo 10 formats. The company expects to offer support for additional applications including Discreet Cleaner this summer.

Symantec Offers Free Anti-Spyware Beta

Symantec Offers Free Anti-Spyware Beta 04/18/2005 06:16 PM
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ArsLexis Offers Free Wireless Dictionary
(Beta)

ArsLexis Offers Free Wireless Dictionary
(Beta) 05/24/2004 06:01 AM

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