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Been using the newer rewrite (6.x I think) for the past couple of years and it's been great. It's lightweight, snappy, and doesn't bog down over time like many RSS reader apps tend to. Its UI is all standard AppKit/UIKit and is designed more to be useful than to look pretty or act as branding. All around great.

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Took the words out of my mouth. It’s in my favorite category of “boring software” that chugs away, doing what it’s suppose to do, requiring no maintenance or other attention. Its UI is simple and elegant, with no missing or extra complicating features.

Thanks, NNW team! I love your work!

Also worth nothing, if you have multiple machines: the cloud-sync works flawlessly. Just boring.

"Boring software" is a great complement! You should be focused on the content you are reading and not the app you are reading it in.

Yup, glad there's no SwiftUI here.

We do use SwiftUI when appropriate. You just can't tell when we do.

A few years ago we did try to port the main interface to SwiftUI, but it just wasn't ready yet. In a couple more years, maybe it will be time to try again.

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