I will check out QFeed as I am always on the lookout for an accessible RSS
reader.
Vienna is quite wonderful and can be downloaded from:
http://www.vienna-rss.org
On Apr 2, 2014, at 2:06 PM, David Griffith <[email protected]>
wrote:
I post the message I sent earlier on QFeed.
Unfortunately the headline is that it is a far better product I think on
Windows as it contains its own browser.
Some initial comments on QFeed.
The application on the Mac is not as slick as in Windows.
Importing your Feeds is straightforward enough, and then you have 2 tables
to first of all interact with to select the feed you want to view and then
a
following table which will have the feed articles.
Beyond this is an html area which will contain the beginning of the feed
article.
On the Windows implementation . there was an inbuilt browser which
contained the text to the whole article. On the Mac implementation you
have
to press command B which will open the feed article in Safari if you want
to .we the whole text.
As all the feed articles I looked at were readable with Reader command
shift R this does not .. make for a terrible experience in actual reading
but I did find switching from Safari to QFeed frustratingly slow. This is
a
problem that I have experienced ever since I upgraded to Mavericks so
this
might not be a QFeed issue and may be resolved with a clean install. I
thought Clean my Mac had sorted most of the problems but clearly has not
in
this case. If you find that you can switch smoothly from Safari to QFeed
then this may be a usable and useful application. As it stands though it
works much better on Windows where there is no need to use an external
browser.
You might want to try in demo mode to see if it behaved acceptably on
your
system.
. David Griffith
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Catherine Turner
Sent: 02 April 2014 18:10
To: OS X & iOS Accessibility
Subject: Re: Qcast
Hi,
I'd be really interested to hear about your findings with QFeed. I
want to find an RSS reader for the Mac. Last night I installed
Readkit but am not getting on well with it.
Ideally I want a reader where I can easily save articles for future
viewing. I really like lire on ios but want something for the Mac...
Catherine
On 4/2/14, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
After purchasing QCast for my Windows machine I noticed that I was also
entitled to install it on my Mac for no extra fee.
My initial observations of QCast on the Mac side is very positive. It is
designed for use with Voiceover for visually impaired people.
I was able to import my feed OPML from my dropbox with no issue and all
my
normal podcast subscriptions were instantly available in QCast.
So far I have only played Podcasts on the Mac side but if it follows the
Windows implementation, as it appears to so far, you will be able to
download podcasts into a QCast folder in your documents directory. I
will
try to check this later.
QCast offers nothing that is not already available in iTunes but does so
with a massively simpler and easier interface. It is certainly more
straightforward to play a podcast than in iTunes.
If your main way of listening to Podcasts is on an iOS device you may
be
better off sticking with Downcast though where you can organise
everything
on your device.
Having said that QCast will definitely become my standard way of playing
Podcasts on the Mac.
QCast cost me $10 payable by PayPal and the user key and activation
details
came immediately.
For that I received the right for a standard installation on Windows and
Mac
side and portable installations on Windows and Mac side.
It can be run as a demo with a restriction of only one podcast feed.
I was happy enough to also purchase QFeed which is an RSS Reader from
the
same programmer. So far I have only installed this on Windows and it
appears
to work well. Again for the $10 fee you get rights to also install on a
Mac
and for portable installations on both Windows and Mac. I will report
back
if there is interest on my findings of QFeed on the Mac side.
Regards
David Griffith
<--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->
To reply to this post, please address your message to
[email protected]
You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum
at
either the list's own dedicated web archive:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html>
or at the public Mail Archive:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>.
Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml>
As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure
that
the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and
worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security
strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should
something
unpredictable happen.
Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by
visiting the list website at:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
--
Twitter: CTurner1980
My blog:
http://catherineturner.wordpress.com
<--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->
To reply to this post, please address your message to
[email protected]
You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum
at
either the list's own dedicated web archive:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html>
or at the public Mail Archive:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>.
Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml>
As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure
that
the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and
worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security
strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something
unpredictable happen.
Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by
visiting the list website at:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
<--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->
To reply to this post, please address your message to
[email protected]
You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum
at either the list's own dedicated web archive:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html>
or at the public Mail Archive:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>.
Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml>
As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure
that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and
worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security
strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something
unpredictable happen.
Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by
visiting the list website at:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
<--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->
To reply to this post, please address your message to
[email protected]
You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum
at either the list's own dedicated web archive:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html>
or at the public Mail Archive:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>.
Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml>
As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure
that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and
worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security
strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something
unpredictable happen.
Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by
visiting the list website at:
<http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
