The Bottom Line
Wildgrape NewsDesk is a RSS feed reader that makes it easy to follow and find news (also via its tray icon menu). NewsDesk lacks tools to put news in context and other advanced features, though.
Pros
- Wildgrape NewsDesk integrates with NewsIsFree
- Lets you organize feeds in folders, search easily
- Headlines can be browsed from system tray icon
Cons
- Wildgrape NewsDesk lacks virtual folders
- Doesn't show article popularity, relationships
- Can't archive or purge old news automatically
Description
- Wildgrape NewsDesk is a RSS feed aggregator and news reader.
- Integration with NewsIsFree makes adding channels easy (NewsDesk reads all other feeds, too).
- RSS feeds can be organized in channels with Wildgrape NewsDesk.
- NewsDesk lets you search articles by keyword and filter them by age and read/unread status.
- NewsDesk's system tray icon lets you browse news headlines and open articles directly.
- Wildgrape NewsDesk lets you mail articles directly using a built-in message editor.
- Wildgrape NewsDesk supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and requires .NET framework.
Guide Review - Wildgrape NewsDesk 1.1 - RSS News Feed Reader
Wildgrape NewsDesk provides not only one but two useful interfaces to news and updates that come as RSS feeds. There's the standard three-pane interface that lets you browse folders and channels, and read complete articles, too.
Then there is the highly useful system tray icon that gives a concise display of the latest headlines per feed and lets you go to the articles directly. The is NewsDesk's main competitive advantage, but fast keyword searches and age filters are nice as well, as is NewsIsFree integration for finding feeds.
NewsDesk is not as speedy to navigate as SharpReader, though, and you'll also miss threading, RSS search integration and other advanced features that make organizing news as easy as reading them is in NewsDesk.
