NewsFan is a Mac OS X software that aggregates RSS web news.
NewsFan is incredibly speedy, both in terms of downloading and listing headlines, which can be further refined by using certain words to narrow down results. You can quickly gather the most interesting news from multiple subscriptions, either by using folders or selecting multiple feeds.
One particularly useful feature is the "ticker", which allows you to access news quickly by specified keywords. NewsFan will even notify you with a ticker or sound when important news arrives.
The software also includes a search function for both news and blogs, enabling you to find results that match certain keywords. NewsFan refreshes automatically and offers both RSS and browser views, utilizing integrated Webkit to show websites as a browser, complete with back, forward, and reload buttons.
You can even customize the looks of news with the support of style sheets or subscribe easily with the one-click "quick subscribe" function. NewsFan finds the feed from the site in browser and supports Smart subscribe by keywords.
This software is a safe RSS reader that restricts access to harmful blogs such as porn or drag blogs. It also allows you to export news to iPod, distribute news by mail, or even distribute only important news by web.
NewsFan supports PodCasting and video blog with the ability to auto-download and sync to iTunes/iPod. If you're worried about descriptions, NewsFan has you covered with its "smart description" feature that shows the web view automatically if there is no description available.
The software also supports LiveBookmark, so you can easily import LiveBookmarks from Firefox. Please note that there is a 14-day free trial before purchasing the full version of NewsFan.
In this release, NewsFan has improved the handling of Web kit for Tiger and added support for video podcast, Atom 1.0, and XML output subscriptions as .webloc format. It has also improved search word handling and added support to change temporary search results to normal subscriptions.
Overall, NewsFan is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for an RSS web news aggregator for Mac OS X. With its speed, customizable features, and support for multiple platforms, it's not hard to see why.
Version 1.8.3: N/A