News, info, and opinion by Mac users, for Mac users.

February 28, 2007

software

Let’s help Brent Simmons out a bit

Posted Feb. 28, ’07, 4:57 PM PT by Pat Nakajima
Category | Software

NetNewsWireYesterday I submitted a feature request to Brent Simmons via this blog. I asked for the option to export my open NetNewsWire tabs so that I could save them for later. Like a true gentleman, he responded in the comments, and like a truly good developer, he had already thought of this feature, and was just trying to figure out what format the export should yield. I figured that you, the MacUser reader may have some interesting input, so allow me to re-pose the question.

Personally, I think it would be great to see a few formats supported. I’d like to see the option to export a regular Bookmark file, just like you’d find after exporting your bookmarks from Firefox or Safari. XML would be cool too. It’d be nice to be able to have a small feed that contains your own tabs. It’d be even cooler to be able to publish your open tabs as an RSS feed to your website, so they could be viewable anywhere. These are just my personal thoughts though.

What do you think? What format(s) would you like to see supported by a NetNewsWire “Export Tabs” feature?

PS: Brent, if you’re ever in the mood for another beta tester, just say the word.


1 Comments

Brent Simmons said:

Re beta testing -- the beta test group is an elite group of people who, well, sent me email and asked nicely if they could join the group. ;)

So, let that be a hint -- it's pretty easy to get in on the beta testing group.

March 11, 2007 5:08 PM

Leave a comment

 



Visit other IDG sites: