NetNewsWire 1.0 Released
NetNewsWire 1.0 has been released with a $29.95 introductory price. I'm posting from its weblog editor and am incredibly happy to see that it appears to support categories in Movable Type -- which is very neat.
Update about Categories: It seems as if the category assignment does indeed work but is not reflected in the editing display of Movable Type itself. This might just be a bug in 2.6 (the version we're running right now). We'll look into this.
Earlier this week, Ben Hammersley reprinted part of an email in which Brent wrote:
There will be an introductory price of $29.95 for NetNewsWire Pro. After a month or so the price will go up to $39.95. Setting pricing is *very* difficult -- far more difficult than programming -- and I'm sure I'll hear from people who think it should be less or more than what it is.
I hope he doesn't hear from too many of those people. Either way, the price is set and he shouldn't have to constantly rethink his decision.
(And I'm not projecting here. No, not at all)
Pricing software -- especially software that has previously been free -- is a pretty taxing task for the independent developer. It's an incredibly difficult game where you have to put your personal feelings aside and consider what people will be willing to pay.
I wish Brent the best of luck with this release and thank him for the software that makes my news and weblog reading a whole lot more enjoyable.
8 Comments
Oh, too bad its only for Macs! I've been newsreader shopping, and hearing about ones that people I trust recommend makes me more likely to try them out! :) So far, my fav is NewzCrawler (http://www.newzcrawler.com/). It has a built in blogging agent, too, but the categories aren't quite working in this one either. I'll have to see if its actually setting them but not showing up inside of MT, I didn't check that yet!
(sorry, my comment ended up being a bit more random than I meant!!)
"Pricing software -- especially software that has previously been free -- is a pretty taxing task"
Are there plans to start charging for MT (even for personal use)?
Thanks.
uh. there already is. you pay $20 if you use it. i did. and you should too.
I have been wondering when you were going to give me a chance to buy you another dinner or two. Wasn't 2.2 supposed to be the last free version?
The Weblog Editor of NetNewswire doesn't support foreign languages (special characters).
I disagree with the last comment. I'm using NetNewsWire since since beta 2, and my blog is in french only. I'm allways using special characters. But, there is a little problem with MT and editors like NNW or Kung Log who's describe here.
$40 sounds very high.
Will this work with with Type Pad?