NetNewsWire 6.1.7 for Mac is available through the standard ways — check for updates or download it directly.

Changes:

• Fix bug clearing refresh progress
• Fix bandwidth bugs with downloading web pages to find feed icons and favicons
• Update default theme with enhancements by John Gruber
• Space out requests made to openrss.org
• Send user-agent with platform, version, and build to openrss.org (and only to that site)

Note — we are working on an iOS release with the same changes that have been going into the Mac releases. If you’re willing to help test, you can sign up for the TestFlight program.

NetNewsWire 6.1.5 for iOS — which has the same bandwidth-use fixes as the recent Mac release — is available for testing now via TestFlight.

If you’re willing to help, please sign up for the NetNewsWire TestFlight program. The team appreciates your help! 🍕🎸🕶️

NetNewsWire 6.1.6 for Mac is out — do a check for updates or download it directly.

The theme of this release is using less bandwidth (and, as a consequence, less battery). It fixes a conditional GET issue and it now pays attention to Cache-Control response headers and 429 response codes.

There are also a few other small bug fixes:

• Restore toolbar button to show and hide the sidebar
• Add keyboard shortcuts for Copy Article URL and Copy External URL menu items
• Fix a few AppleScript support bugs

Note: this version requires macOS 13 and up.

Also note: the equivalent update for iOS is in testing — if you’d like to help, you can join the TestFlight program.

On his blog, Brent writes about NetNewsWire and Conditional GET issues.