Gruml – new Google Reader client for Mac OS X
Posted on August 19, 2009 by admin
Not so far ago NetNewsWire turned into Google Reader client, and now it seems that it is a Google Reader clients’ boom. I have just came upon a new app of that kind – Gruml. for Mac OS X.
Gruml’s interface is similar to NetNewsWire, but it is obvious, since both apps have typical Mac OS X Leopard interface. Left panel contains list of channels, folders with groups of channels of the same criteria and other options typical for Google Reader. There are stared items, shared items, notes, people you follow etc.
Similarly like in the other applications that contain news or messages (i.e. mail apps), all unread news are bold and on the left panel you will find a small icons with numbers aside folders or channels. Gruml shows both text and pictures and opens links in its internal web browser.
Gruml alerts about new news displaying the number of unread messages aside the icon in menu bar and on the icon in system dock. In addition it shows HUD window with preview of the list of unread news. It also support Growl notifications.
Gruml is for free (at least for now). You can get it at: http://www.grumlapp.com/
Comments (2)
I like it – I think.
About the Growl notification: A popup that tells me “3 unread articles” is of no use, it is just noise. If the Growl notifications are to be useful, they should display the articles headlines themselves.
That’s right, one notification for each new article (until a preset limit, e.g. 5). Those notifications can be configured to be as discrete as you like, and to disappear after a couple of seconds. Clicking a notification should bring up the corresponding article in Gruml.
These newsflashes are enough to keep me up-to-date with what’s happening in the world, without causing to much distraction.
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