Shrook 2.52 review
DownloadShrook is a next-generation news reader that is not only easy to use, but offers advanced features not available to Mac users anywhere else.
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Shrook is a next-generation news reader that is not only easy to use, but offers advanced features not available to Mac users anywhere else.
Shrook supports all versions of RSS and Atom.
Access Anywhere
Staying up to date when you're away from your news reader can be hard, but not with Shrook. Set up a free account at shrook.com and you can log in from any web browser. All of your channels will be there, with up-to-date information on what you've read. When you get back to Shrook itself, it'll know what you looked at when you were away.
Synchronization
Use more than one Mac? Set each one to synchronize with shrook.com and they'll all be kept in sync with each other - your channel library and the read status of items (Shrook was the first news reader on any platform to offer this). You don't even have to remember to synchronize before you leave home, since it happens constantly in the background. It's easy to set up, too - just enter the username and password of your shrook.com account on each computer, and Shrook does the rest.
The Freshest News
Shrook's sophisticated Distributed Checking mechanism means you see new items long before users of any other news reader. Simply put, each time one copy of Shrook finds a new item, it tells the central server, which tells all of the other copies, including yours. The average time between an item being posted and appearing in Shrook is just five minutes, all without placing undue burden on publishers. Other programs have you wait up to an hour.
Smart Groups
News readers have the inherent ability to show your data an almost infinite number of ways, yet most limit you to only one or two pre-defined options. Smart Groups let you define almost any combination of rules to pick out the items you want, all updated in real time. Combined with Shrook's flexible interface, they put you back in control. Want to keep a list of unread items 2 to 4 days old containing the word 'mackerel', sorted alphabetically by author? No problem.
No Browser Required
Shrook uses the power of Apple's WebKit technology (the rendering engine behind Safari) to show full web pages without leaving Shrook. This lets you view channels that only provide excerpts in the same way as you browse other channels. You can even expand the web page to fill the window, saving awkward scrolling.
Here are some key features of "Shrook ":
Scrapbooks - Save individual items to look at later
iPod Export - Take full advantage of the Notes reader on your Dockable or Mini iPod.
Blogging Integration - Use external blog editors directly from Shrook
Real-time search - Enter a word into Shrook's search box, and the list of channels or items instantly reduces to those matching the search.
Secure access - Shrook provides access to private channels via HTTPS encryption and password protection. Passwords are stored securely in your Keychain. It also shares credentials with Safari, so if you log in there you can read private channels in Shrook.
Channel Guide - Shrook comes with an integrated channel guide to help you find new channels. It's loaded from the web, so it's always up to date.
Quick subscription - Shrook supports feed: links, which allow you to add a channel to Shrook just by clicking a link on a web page.
Per-channel settings - Make exceptions to your preferences for specific channels.
What's New:
"Make default feed reader" menu option in Shrook menu
Search box now changes mode automatically depending on the selected column
"Remove groups?" dialog now lists groups to be removed
More reliable synchronizing of read items
"Remove groups?" dialog no longer appears unexpectedly
Only functioning items are shown in the item view contextual menu.
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