Times application

The Times application is new way to read and aggregate RSS-feeds. It allows the user to create a newspaper-like experience for reading feeds. The main window of the application shows the RSS-feeds as newspaper page. Multiple RSS-feeds are divided over three panes. The content of a feed is presented as a set of headline, a few sentences and if available an image, depending on the pane it is in. Clicking on an Item shows the entire Item in a new pane.

The user can create multiple ‘newspaper pages’, add feeds and assign a feed to a pane. The location of the panes and the format for each pane is set and can not be changed.

At this stage of the application I have mixed feelings. I appreciate the possibility to see multiple headline in one glance, so I can quickly scan news. Depending on how interesting a feed is I can increase of decrease the amount I see. So it should be much quicker scanning and reading. If there is something interesting I can drag it to a shelf for later reading.

I however miss some control. How can I see whether I read an article or not? Why can I not edit my RSS-URLS? My RSS-feed did not show anything, I was not able to figure out what went wrong. The import feeds from NetNewsWire is nice, but with hundreds of feeds imported shows that tthe current feed management solution is not the right one.

However the application shows an interesting new visual apporach to MicroContent. And one that I do not yet have fully my head around.

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