I promised you I will talk about Snarfer, a program of which initially I thought not to speak, because it is included in the newsreaders category on CNET and I have already talked about two of them today. But seeing the icon and reading about the capabilities of this program, I thought that it is a good idea though to present this product today, because tomorrow other programs will be released and we will talk about that ones.
So, the program is free, it requires 395.81 KB of your total space on the hard drive and it is number three in the newsreaders category on CNET, after Xnews, about which I just discussed. The operating systems which support this application are presented on the CNET site. Because the program is free, I advice you to download it, if you want to see if it works. No additional requirements are needed to use the program. It is developed by Snarfware and has a friendly interface. Even the children could use the program. It combines the capabilties of an RSS feeder with an Atom feeder. The manufacturers tried to keep this program as simple as they could, but a few users will find it basic, because it provides almost anything you need from an RSS feeder, with a few buttons. It has an uncluttered interface, presenting the RSS entries on the left, in a panel and the preview of them on the right, in another panel.
You may copy a feed link in your browser and then switch to Snarfer. You will see how immediately the link will start providing entries, if the site has new posts. The program takes in an instant the link and it delivers the new entries in a feed dialog box. When you like an entry so much and you don’t want to bookmark the entire site only for a single post, you can save the entry in your Snarfer program. Drag the entry to the Save folder and you will be able to see the entry on a later date, if you would like that. In the context menu, you will find also other functionalities of the program, such as mailing an entry and others. You can print the entries you like, send them to your friends, save Craigslist or eBay searches and so on.
You have a Quick Search box, where you can write the words that interest you and see what articles from the sites that you have in your feed list, were published related to that word. You can import other feeds from the other readers you use, if you use, using the OPML feature. The newbies will find this a perfect reader, although the experienced readers might find some features of this program, which are not available, important features that must not be missed, like the customization of the fonts and the previewing of the entire feed. The CNET site recommends this program for its small footprint on your computer, for its simplicity and efficiency.
