I just uninstalled (using AppZapper) and reinstalled the program. I added my sites feed which downloads the latest 50 posts. I hit “Mark all as read” waited 20 (yes I counted) seconds. Closed the program, reopend it. It said there were still 43 new posts. I hit “mark all as read”, everything looked ok. Counted, closed, reopened, still had 43 new posts.

As far as the ‘Mark all as read’ issue, I clicked the button, looked around the program for a little bit, then closed it. Probably took 15-20 seconds.

- You’re right about copy and paste shortcuts not working; that’s a good suggestion, and something we’ll fix. If you copy the URL and then click ‘add feed,’ however, it will paste it in automatically.
- Twitter itself only allows posts of 140 characters, but it converts links automatically with TinyURL; we anticipate that, and this is why you can actually type 160 characters in the Send Twitter window. We may add a button, however, to shorten the URL with TinyURL or a similar service.
- If you click ‘Mark all as read’ and you immediately close the app, it is possible that the database will not be updated with that information. This is because Apprise queues up the database queries to improve performance, and closing it immediately after choosing that option runs the risk of not updating the db. How quickly did you close the app after clicking that button? I can’t get this to happen unless I close it less than a second afterwords.

-Copy and past shortcuts didn’t work. I had to manually enter the URLs. Quite annoying.

-How about TinyURL (or a similiar service) integration for posting to Twitter. Adding the feedburner links to Twitter use up over 40% of the allowed characters.

-I added a feed. Read a few then “Marked all as read”. Closed the program, opened it up and it said I had 44 new messages, of which I had just barely marked them all as read.

Overall it looks nice but due to the above quirks won’t make it as a permanent app for me.

I’ve gotten so accustomed to using web apps that I don’t really have a specific look and feel expectations anymore. That’s one thing that’s so great about web apps. You can do anything you can figure out how to do with HTML/JS/CSS/Flash. AIR is just a way to run those apps on the desktop rather than in your browser. I think some people expect their desktop apps to look and behave like all their other desktop apps. You can do that in AIR, but I think part of the beauty of AIR is the ability to break out of that and provide a more unique user experience.

Christian

We are actively working in Linux support. Unfortunately I can’t specify dates, but we take Linux very seriously, and will achieve and maintain feature parity.

Christian

Thanks,
Christian

Somehow they never really ‘look and feel’ right, kind of like those dreadful Java apps, even though they are not nearly as ugly…still for some reson I prefer “real” native Mac apps…! But I suppose the main reason for choosing AIR is the multi-platform compatibility or so…?! Not a coder, so I don’t really know if that’s it…