FeedForAll Mac Version 2
reviewed by Robert Pritchett
NotePage, Inc. PO Box 296 Hanover, MA 02339 1-781-829-0500 Fax: 1-781-582-1869 Released: July 2006 $40 USD Registration provides publishers complimentary access to the RSS Scripts directory, that contains powerful PHP scripts for managing and manipulating RSS feeds. 30-day try-before-you-buy. http://www.feedforall.com/download.htm Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later; 18 MB hard drive space. Strengths: Makes building RSS Feeds Easy. Cross-platform. Weaknesses: No non-English language dictionaries available yet. Other Reviews: http://www.feedforall.com/reviews.htm Touched on in MacReviewCast #74: http://www.surfbits.com |
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What they say
FeedForAll Mac's new release supports unified publishing, making it easy for publishers to upload files along with their RSS feed, podcast or videocast.
FeedForAll Mac also has the ability to create an OPML list or blogroll of feeds. This makes managing multiple feeds effortless. Importing existing RSS feeds has never been easier with a new advanced import feature that results in publishers having greater control over their imported items.
FeedForAll Mac can be used to create and maintain an unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts, enabling users to flawlessly maintain and distribute multiple content streams simultaneously. Existing RSS feeds that are improperly formatted are automatically repaired by FeedForAll Mac, ensuring that all feeds used with FeedForAll Mac conform to the RSS specification.
FeedForAll Mac has a built-in wizard that helps users efficiently create and maintain RSS feeds. The wizard's new extended support walks users through the creation of various RSS feeds and namespaces.
The feature-rich WYSWIG HTML editor allows content publishers to personalize feeds with images and enhance the appearance of the RSS feed's text. Integrated tools like live spell checking, and image manipulation combine to deliver a powerful tool for both webmasters and content publishers.
What I say
I’m in agreement with the various reviews that can be read above where practically everyone gives FeedForAll high ratings. Why? Because it is easy to learn. It is easy to use. It is rather intuitive and I needed something that I could ramp up quickly to create macCompanion into a TextCast (MagCast) out on iTunes. Once I figured out how to fill in the blanks and let the app post up to iTunes, I was able to rather painlessly add each month back nearly 2 years of back issues of macCompanion in a matter of hours.
Granted, this is a narrow niche market for an app, but it works and works well. If you are wanting to post daily RSS feeds or iTunes items, this app will pay for itself in about this much time. See? Told ya!
