2 months ago
NetNewsWire, Kagi, maybe Orion?
A few notes on some apps and services I’m switching for the New Year.
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§ For years I’ve been using the Reeder app on iPadOS for the bulk of my RSS feed reading. But a while back it launched a new version that works in a way that doesn’t suit my reading and, while the “classic” one is continuing, it feels a little like it won’t last forever.
So I’ve given NetNewsWire another try. Every so often I have a look and it’s never felt quite right. But this time I think it’s stuck. It looks less elegant than Reeder, and lacks a couple of layout / interaction things that made Reeder nicer to use. But it’s definitely good enough.
With my feed reading (and email newsletter reading) all based at Feedbin it’s really easy to switch from one reading app to another. So good.
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§ I’ve also decided to start paying Kagi search US$6/month. I liked the brief free trial I tried a while back but, while every single Google search I’ve done since has been annoying in several ways, each individual search wasn’t annoying enough to make me think “I’ll pay $6 to make these particular results better”.
But I figured I should actually try it properly and see how it goes. It’s already refreshing to only see, you know, _search results_.
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§ Alongside that I’ve wondered about switching from Safari on macOS/iOS/iPadOS to Orion, from the Kagi folks. It’s the first alternative I’ve considered and it seems good. I like Firefox but they seem determined to gradually throw all good will away by making it worse. Crucially, Orion will sync my activity between all three devices, and can import bookmarks, history, etc from Safari.
I would _definitely_ have switched if upgrading to macOS Tahoe hadn’t fixed an unbearable slowness in Safari that began a few months ago – typing anything in the URL/search bar resulted in a spinning beachball for ages. Restarting Safari fixed it for a brief while.
But Tahoe has made Safari work again, so my gains from switching to Orion seem minimal. Nice that it can use both Chrome and Firefox plugins though…
All that’s holding me back is thinking that if I decide to go back to Safari after a few weeks of trying Orion, I guess I’ll lose those weeks’ worth of history. And my memory needs all the help it can get.
If you’re using it, let me know what you think.
NetNewsWire, Kagi, maybe Orion? A few notes on some apps and services I'm switching for the New Year. A few notes on some apps and services I’m switching for the New Year. § For years I’ve...
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