I finally got around to purchasing a full copy of NetNewsWire and am very happy with the decision.  I never thought I’d like opening web pages in NetNewsWire instead of in Safari (it’s a configurable option) but I’m really starting to like it.  It makes it easier for me to keep pages open for a long time while they wait for me to get a chance to read them while still allowing me to get on with work in Safari without winding up with a million open tabs and not being able to find anything.

The ability to highlight changes in updated items is also a big plus.  I’m quite often left wondering why an entry has appeared as unread again but now I can see even the minor typo fixes and satisfy my curiosity.  Oddly, there was a slashdot story today which was edited after being posted to change the references to “OS X” to read “Mac OS X” – I’d say Apple’s marketing team reads slashdot and prodded them to use the correct product name though that’s obviously just a guess.

Sooner or later I’ll get around to playing with the script-ability which is what I really bought it for.  I’d like to be able to quickly post entries to an intranet site so that the other engineers at Ephox can quickly skim over some of the latest buzz and useful tips that I come across.