

On Not Being the Free Alternative Dec 28, 2021.We’ll have a TestFlight beta for that soon-ish, we hope.) (The article themes feature will also be in the iOS app. The best part about article themes is that you can make your own! They’re HTML and CSS. That feature was a big deal in the days of NetNewsWire of Yore, and we’re psyched to be bringing it back. The big new feature coming in NetNewsWire 6.1 is article themes. You can change the theme in Preferences or by adding the theme switcher to the toolbar Several themes ship with the app, and you can create your own. False Alarm, No Syncing Issue Mar 26, 2022Ĭheck for updates (be sure your prefs are set for test builds).Once it’s released you’ll be able to use themes in iOS, which is a feature even NetNewsWire of Yore never had. It’s in TestFlight now, and we have a few bugs still to fix. We’re working on NetNewsWire 6.1 for iOS, which will also include the themes feature. Added a hidden pref to suppress downloading/syncing on start: defaults write -Evergreen DevroeSuppressSyncOnLaunch -bool true.Fixed bug showing quote tweets that only included an image.Disallow creation of iCloud account in the app if iCloud and iCloud Drive aren’t both enabled.Fixed a bug where using cmd-Q wouldn’t always quit the app as quickly as one might prefer.Added Copy Article URL and Copy External URL commands to the Edit menu.Restore article scroll position on relaunching app.Copy URLs using repaired, rather than raw, feed links.Just use it if you like it.) Other changes since NetNewsWire 6.0.3 (It’s free and open source - there’s no trial period or commitment or anything. Or you can download NetNewsWire 6.1 and give it a go.

If you already use NetNewsWire, just do a Check for Updates. To get more of an idea of what these themes are, check out Hans Schülein’s unofficial NetNewsWire Themes Directory, which shows the built-in themes plus some themes built by NetNewsWire users. It’s an accessibility issue because a person can create or customize a theme with the fonts, sizes, colors, and layout that makes reading easiest for them. This is one of those features from NetNewsWire of Yore that we’re bringing back - it’s pretty fun, which is reason enough, but for some people it’s also an accessibility issue, and that’s a compelling reason.

Last week we released NetNewsWire 6.1 for Mac with a big new feature: themes for articles.
