Times is a different kind of newsreader that will change how you read news. Instead of treating news like email (as most RSS readers do), Times presents you with headlines and photos from a variety of sources all in one place, letting you more easily discover the news you want to read. Like your own personal newspaper, you can put feeds into separate areas, create pages for different subjects, and more.


Clicking on an article in a news page ‘peels back’ the page to display the article.

Unlike other newsreaders, you don’t have to click through a list of articles – you see everything at a glance in a single attractive page. I don’t think I’d want to use it for a few hundred feeds, though.

Times requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later, since it takes advantage of the latest technologies such as Core Animation and Core Image.

Times is available from Acrylic Software for $30.