PulpFiction 1.2.2 review

PulpFiction is a RSS/Atom feed reader.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 3737K Developer: Freshly Squeezed Software Buy Now Price: $25.00 Updated: 07 Apr 2006

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PulpFiction is a RSS/Atom feed reader. Featuring a familiar Mail-like interface, PulpFiction will fetch, organize, and display news and articles from thousands of weblogs and websites.

Leveraging Mail's familiar interface and ease of use, PulpFiction throws some serious muscle behind your news reading. Powerful, flexible filters move, mark, and process articles. Flags, sounds, and dock icons alert you to new or important posts. AppleScript support allows you to extend PulpFiction to work with your entire digital hub: Mail, Safari, the Finder, and more.

Here are some key features of "PulpFiction":
Heavy-Hitting News Aggregation
Parses Atom, RSS, and RDF feeds
Mail-like interface
Includes subscription and folder views
SQLite database-driven
Permanently store unlimited articles
Unlimited hierarchical folders
Keyboard shortcuts galore
Highly customizable preferences
Keyboard navigation support
Toolbars with common functions
"Blog This" support for blog editors
Email articles with one click
Import/Export hierarchical OPML files
Unlimited customizable labels
Custom cascading stylesheets (CSS)
Built-in WebKit-powered browser
Fast, powerful filters and actions
Flag important articles for later
iTunes-like filter "search" box
Fully Unicode compliant
Dock Icon shows unread article count
Unread articles in dock menu
Pervasive drag-and-drop
Per-subscription schedules
Customizable, scheduled trash cleanup
Complete subscription statistics and management
Respects server "last-modified" dates
"Wide" and "Classic" views
Smart folders organize articles
Authenticated feeds support
Download Enclosures automatically
Reads "Local" feeds
Displays NetNewsWire Stylesheets
Mac OS X Features
Gorgeous photo-illustrative icons
Drag-and-Drop installation
Beautiful toolbar
Dock-aware/savvy
Full support for Services
Full cut/copy/paste support
Multithreaded
WebKit-Powered
AppleScript savvy.

Limitations:
Limited to 15 days of use.

What's New:
fixed incorrect folder counts
fixed the negative flagged counts
set the article list to be scrolled to the top of deleted items when deleting more then one article
set the article list to scroll to the center when using the space bar to navigate between articles
added "Default" to article labels, "None" now doesn't show a label if the subscription has one. Default sets the label to show the subscription label if pref to do so is set.
fixed parsing bug with < signs in article titles.
set the name of a smart folder to be the subscription's name when a single sub is dragged to the folder view
fixed the issue where articles didn't appear in a feed in the feed view if their subscription was deleted and then added back in
updated to the latest version of growl
growl will now prompt the user to install or upgrade on first use
added smart folder options for matching by folder, unread, or flagged.