Freshrss: Test and add Netnewswire to the list of supported clients

Created on 20 Apr 2020  ·  5Comments  ·  Source: FreshRSS/FreshRSS

Netnewswire is an open source iOS client that seems to support FreshRSS.

I do not have any iOS device to give it a try. Any volonteer to provide a status, and maybe a PR to add it to our list of supported clients? (To find were to add it, just search e.g. "EasyRSS" in our *.md files)

Ping @jbeker from https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/2411

Documentation help wanted

Most helpful comment

So:

  • It seems that favorites sync works. NetNewsWire can be slow sometime to sync stuffs (like read/unread status or starred/unstarred), but it's perhaps inherent to how NetNewsWire works.
  • There is no label mechanism in the app, so nothing to sync there.
  • Categories work well (we can add and edit them in the app).
  • FreshRSS integration is clearly in development. I saw it only because I created a debug build:
    Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 26 21
  • The core integration code for FreshRSS is in iPhone version, but they didn't create the account UI so far, so it's not available (screenshot from the simulator) :
    Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 25 10
  • Finally, some screenshots of the macOS version (from master branch):

→ Favourites
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 07 31

→ Add a new category and subscribe to a new test feed directly in NetNewsWire
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 33

→ Account preferences
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 55
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 46

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@Alkarex I tested it (macOS version, but the code base is the same for iOS), it seems to work (at least it fetch my articles…). That being said, it's still not available in any public release (tested official macOS & iOS released versions), so it's perhaps better to wait a bit ?

P.-S. I checked, and it seems they are using only published field for now. I see they are parsing timestampUsec and crawlTimeMsec fields, but they are (still) not used. So it might be a work-in-progress.

Thanks for the feedback @javerous 👍
Could you please post a screenshot if you can?
Does it support (and sync) favourites?
Does it support (and sync) labels?

So:

  • It seems that favorites sync works. NetNewsWire can be slow sometime to sync stuffs (like read/unread status or starred/unstarred), but it's perhaps inherent to how NetNewsWire works.
  • There is no label mechanism in the app, so nothing to sync there.
  • Categories work well (we can add and edit them in the app).
  • FreshRSS integration is clearly in development. I saw it only because I created a debug build:
    Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 26 21
  • The core integration code for FreshRSS is in iPhone version, but they didn't create the account UI so far, so it's not available (screenshot from the simulator) :
    Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 25 10
  • Finally, some screenshots of the macOS version (from master branch):

→ Favourites
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 07 31

→ Add a new category and subscribe to a new test feed directly in NetNewsWire
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 33

→ Account preferences
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 55
Screenshot 2020-04-24 at 00 12 46

@javerous Thanks for this great feedback 👍
Let's keep an eye on it then 😃

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