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The Bottom Line
NewsMonster FREE provides a very clean and useful interface to RSS feeds directly in Mozilla or Netscape. Advanced features like searches are missing, though, and one update schedule must fit all.
NewsMonster FREE is currently not supported or maintained.
NewsMonster FREE is currently not supported or maintained.
Pros
- NewsMonster FREE integrates with Mozilla, Netscape
- Rich, customizable and useful news display
- Offers content extraction, offline browsing
Cons
- NewsMonster FREE lacks advanced searches, filters
- No virtual folders and article flagging
- Only one update schedule for all feeds
Description
- NewsMonster FREE aggregates RSS feeds in Mozilla or Netscape.
- Displays news in a two- or three-pane interface and using customizable XSLT templates.
- NewsMonster FREE can archive old news and keeps everything available for offline browsing.
- Content extraction lets you read full articles in a streamlined way directly in NewsMonster FREE.
- NewsMonster FREE includes a channel browser that makes it easy to subscribe to suggested feeds.
- NewsMonster FREE supports Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 7.0 and requires Java 1.4.
Guide Review - NewsMonster FREE 1.2.1 - RSS News Feed Reader
NewsMonster FREE is the real NewsMonster on a diet: no searches, no popularity indices, no online profile. What you do get, though, is NewsMonster's nice interface to reading RSS feeds. NewsMonster can even extract content from web pages and display complete articles in a streamlined, easily readable format.
NewsMonster itself can feel a bit complex and forced, though. I think this has to do with the fact that, while Mozilla/Netscape integration is great, they have chosen the wrong app: NewsMonster would have fit perfectly with the Mail interface.
Still, NewsMonster FREE is a pretty way to read news. If you want to search and manage news items, see recommended stories and more take a look at NewsMonster PRO.
