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I really like this RSS reader. The way I see it, this isn't an RSS reader for those who want to read every little article, but for those who just browse headlines and such; wanting just to keep up with what's going on rather than reading up on the details. Good idea and well implemented. As for the crashing issues, I haven't been running into them, but I've been barely been using it.

For my own personal use, I'd just use NetNewsWire for all of the feeds that I want to read all the way through and Times for feeds on subjects that I'm not as interested in, but would like to know about (Politics, Entertainment, etc...).

Note: I haven't bought the app, but I probably will at some point in the future.

This app has a great user interface, but is lacking in functionality. A very promising app though. Looking forward to future enhancements. Until then, I will save my $$ and use one of the free RSS readers.

30 bucks for an RSS reader? Even if it would make coffee along with it that's too much, considering what it does. And it'll have to compete with the now free NetNewsWire. 15 bucks and I would probably consider it, once it's out of its growing pains.

Great interface and nice functionalities.
but this thing is still very much in Beta state. It crashes repeatedly, not just the program but twice brought down my macbook. You can file as many bug reports but the developer never replies.

My recommendation - WAIT for version 2.
Definitely doesn't deserve $30 for what it is.

Just to note, I think the developer has clearly worked to make it more stable, and it doesn't crash nearly so much now and I can easily leave it in the background without too much bother.
I really like how it works and the whole idea behind it. You need to approach it with an open mind, and not be wanting to use it just like NetNewsWire or whatever (I used endo before).
I seriously cut down the amount of feeds I had, and then grouped them much more rigorously, so I found I had enough feeds in a 'Politics' group to fill more than one page in Times, so split it into sections (World, U.S., U.K. and Europe) I did a few more pages, so I guess with about five or six feeds page I probably subscribe to at least forty feeds, across eight pages.
I turned off marking new articles, because I didn't really want it - it kinda interferes with the whole way I read now with this. I also turned the page curl off, as pretty as it is, it kinda got in the way.
Since I got this I started to spread my feeds around, more applicable to the application. Some work very well in Mail.app I feel, a few in Safari and I now use XTorrent for rss torrent feeds.
This app is great if you look at it as almost starting again with your RSS, but if you really don't want to live without being able to skim over 5000 technology blogs, then it certainly isn't for you.

Nice idea... still needs work.

It's a nice looking interface, but the functionality is limited... I'll stick to NetNewsReader. $30??? For limited functionality This should be Beta at the least. I label it crippleware...

Just wanted to note that there is nothing inherently 'limited' in Times other than the fact that it is a 1.0 product and growing. We're always open to suggestions and feature requests (times@acrylicapps.com), but labeling Times as 'crippleware' or suggesting it is a beta product is simply misleading and wrong.

It crashes most of the time

Just thought I'd say: If you're a student, you can get a free copy of Flex Builder 3.

@apple098: If you can give me a native, universal, P2P Mac app, then I'll hug you. I've been looking for one ever since I got my first Mac back in 2006.

For some unspecified reason they've taken down the app...

From the developers' page:

"We've had a ton of interest in it, and we've got some exciting plans, but it's gonna take us a couple months to make it all happen. In the meantime we've temporarily taken down the Magnetosphere installers."

come back!! :(

This is ultra slick.

Does anybody have any experience with this running under Leopard?

Chax also provides Growl notifications for iChat events.

I can attest to it working fine in Leopard. At least in my experience. :)

The pref pane's 'Start AppTrap' button does not work on my MacBook Core 2 Duo running 10.5.1. I click it, nothing happens.

worked fine on my macbook core 2 duo running 10.5.1?

much better than having a seperate app in theory to remove all the crap but not sure what it does to system resources yet? surely not much if anything?