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Acrylic Apps Releases Times 1.0

By Chris Thomson ⋅ May 5, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

On May 2nd, Acrylic Apps released Times 1.0. Times 1.0 is the first publicly available version of the application.

Times is another Mac RSS reader, but Times is very different from its competitors. Times has the viewing format of a newspaper. Times allows you to select your favorite RSS feeds, and drag them onto a dropbox area on the main interface. From then on, you’ll see your favorite RSS feeds in newspaper format. If you click on a headline, Times will fold down just like a newspaper to show you the full article.

Times takes full advantage of Mac OS X Leopard’s beautiful core animation, allowing it to have a stunning user experience. You’ll notice every little action you perform in Times will have a super cool animation associated with it. Neat!

Times might not be right for everyone, though. For example, I personally subscribe to about 350 feeds, and Times focuses more on a few feeds, not a few hundred. I’m one of those people who will be sticking with their current RSS reader.

Times is available from acrylicapps.com, and there’s a demo available. If you’d like to purchase Times, it will run you $30 Canadian, but if you’re still running on Tiger, you’re going to have to miss out because Times is Leopard-only.

Tags: core animation, leopard-only, new applications, rss