Comments on: NetNewsWire 2.1 released http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 By: FactoryJoe http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 FactoryJoe Thu, 11 May 2006 22:59:29 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3609 Yeah, the whole NewsGator thing is a bit spammy -- but that's what happens when apps get bought. I guess it's a small price to pay if Brent's able to focus on app development full time and less on sales -- but I don't find the NewsGator integration particularly helpful. At least it's free for two years! Yeah, the whole NewsGator thing is a bit spammy — but that’s what happens when apps get bought. I guess it’s a small price to pay if Brent’s able to focus on app development full time and less on sales — but I don’t find the NewsGator integration particularly helpful. At least it’s free for two years!

]]> By: Cocoa Radio http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 Cocoa Radio Wed, 10 May 2006 21:43:25 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3583 <strong>Cocoa Radio - Chris Messina of Flock...</strong> Chris Messina joins me on CocoaRadio for a chat about Flock, the free open-source browser built atop...... Cocoa Radio - Chris Messina of Flock…

Chris Messina joins me on CocoaRadio for a chat about Flock, the free open-source browser built atop……

]]> By: Kathleen http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 Kathleen Wed, 10 May 2006 20:18:14 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3582 I also am not down with having to create a newsGator account in order to re-authorize, since in my case it didn't recognize my name/email, resulting in my being stuck between versions, unable to read feeds. The response team was pretty quick to respond, and they were able to help, but then again I (unfairly?) said I was a reporter, and got a couple of folks on the phone right away. Appreciated, and helpful, but would the "average" user get this fast of a response? I hope so. I was told that since my "key" was a special one (for reporters) it may not have been correctly tracked/migrated (not sure exactly where the problem occurred) and that more normal accounts shouldn't have the problem I had. That's fair, no system is perfect, and the real question is how many other folks will have similar problems to mine. Conclusion? The response team seems to be doing a good job monitoring the blogosphere and help email, but I think I was silly to try upgrading in the middle of a business day. I'd recommend caution to the rest of you--be smarter than I was, upgrade when you're not working (with seventy zillion browser and aplication windows open and afraid of a crash!) I also am not down with having to create a newsGator account in order to re-authorize, since in my case it didn’t recognize my name/email, resulting in my being stuck between versions, unable to read feeds.

The response team was pretty quick to respond, and they were able to help, but then again I (unfairly?) said I was a reporter, and got a couple of folks on the phone right away. Appreciated, and helpful, but would the “average” user get this fast of a response? I hope so.

I was told that since my “key” was a special one (for reporters) it may not have been correctly tracked/migrated (not sure exactly where the problem occurred) and that more normal accounts shouldn’t have the problem I had. That’s fair, no system is perfect, and the real question is how many other folks will have similar problems to mine.

Conclusion? The response team seems to be doing a good job monitoring the blogosphere and help email, but I think I was silly to try upgrading in the middle of a business day. I’d recommend caution to the rest of you–be smarter than I was, upgrade when you’re not working (with seventy zillion browser and aplication windows open and afraid of a crash!)

]]> By: Kathleen http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 Kathleen Wed, 10 May 2006 19:49:24 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3581 Warning: If you upgrade, not only will NNW ask for your licence number but for the username and email you originally registered with. If you don't have that, you will be blocked from reading feeds, halfway through an installation, unable to go back: in short, Installation Hell. Upgrade Not Recommended. Warning: If you upgrade, not only will NNW ask for your licence number but for the username and email you originally registered with. If you don’t have that, you will be blocked from reading feeds, halfway through an installation, unable to go back: in short, Installation Hell.

Upgrade Not Recommended.

]]> By: Brent Simmons http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Brent Simmons Wed, 10 May 2006 16:44:24 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3576 Todd -- we could have migrated the data, I suppose, but we couldn't have known who already had NewsGator accounts, and you would not have had your choice of username and password. You're just asked for name and email (and to pick a username/password). Todd — we could have migrated the data, I suppose, but we couldn’t have known who already had NewsGator accounts, and you would not have had your choice of username and password. You’re just asked for name and email (and to pick a username/password).

]]> By: Todd Sieling http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3575 Todd Sieling Wed, 10 May 2006 15:29:49 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3575 I wasn't down with having to create a NewsGator account in order to re-authorize NNW. If it's so important to have everyone in the NewsGator fold, they could have migrated the data instead of requiring me to re-register the product that I bought and paid for. NNW is awesome, but my experience with 2.1 was tainted from the get go. I wasn’t down with having to create a NewsGator account in order to re-authorize NNW. If it’s so important to have everyone in the NewsGator fold, they could have migrated the data instead of requiring me to re-register the product that I bought and paid for. NNW is awesome, but my experience with 2.1 was tainted from the get go.

]]> By: NetNewsWire updated to 2.1 » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3570 NetNewsWire updated to 2.1 » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Wed, 10 May 2006 12:18:48 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3570 [...] Via Chris Messina, I see that my feed reader of choice, NetNewsWire, has been updated to v2.1. [...] [...] Via Chris Messina, I see that my feed reader of choice, NetNewsWire, has been updated to v2.1. [...]

]]> By: Chris Till http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3569 Chris Till Wed, 10 May 2006 12:13:30 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3569 Looks good, too bad I'm stuck with my windows pc for a while yet. Looks good, too bad I’m stuck with my windows pc for a while yet.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3567 Tom Raftery Wed, 10 May 2006 10:27:10 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/05/09/netnewswire-21-released/#comment-3567 Excellent - and kinda funny that I read this in NetNewsWire 2.1b37! Excellent - and kinda funny that I read this in NetNewsWire 2.1b37!

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