Unless you have been walking around with your eyes closed, and your head encased in a block of concrete, with a blindfold tied round it, in the dark – unless you have been doing that, you surely can’t have failed to notice the current Apple Macintosh campaign starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, which has taken over magazines, newspapers and the internet in a series of brutal coordinated attacks aimed at causing massive loss of resistance.

When I sit down to use a Mac, the first thing I think is, “I hate Macs”, and then I think, “Why has this rubbish aspirational ornament only got one mouse button?” Losing that second mouse button feels like losing a limb. If the ads were really honest, Webb would be standing there with one arm, struggling to open a packet of peanuts while Mitchell effortlessly tore his apart with both hands.

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I really like the ability to have all my favorite blog subscriptions downloaded automatically and in one centralized interface. It saves a surprising amount of time. I can also search through all the posting with Vienna’s robust search tool, or link an item of interest to my own blog. In order to do this, you must have a blog publishing client, such as MarsEdit, installed on your Mac.

Vienna also has a built-in browser based on Safari, so links from RSS articles can be opened directly in Vienna. Although the browser supports tabs, the “Open in New Tab” command automatically focuses the browser on the new tab. This behavior is unlike Firefox which opens the new tab but does not change your view from the current page. I prefer Firefox’s implementation because I usually will finish the article I am reading before I reference the support material.

UPDATE: To change the above link behavior select “Open Links in Background” under Preferences.

Vienna appears to be well support by its publisher which is something that is uncommon in free-ware. Vienna has become one of the applications that I never close.

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