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Buddy

Buddy - 0.6.2

Personal news, weather, stocks, sport scores, comic aggregator

All Time: (4.0)
Version 0.6.2: (2.5)
Selected Version: 0.6.2
Release Date: 2002-10-07
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 0.6.2): 1,850
Downloads (all versions): 5,851

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Product Description:

Man's best friend may fetch your paper every morning, but Buddy will fetch a dozen newspapers... clip out summaries of the top stories, stock quotes, sports scores, weather data and comics you want... and paste them together into an uber-newspaper.
(did I mention he also fetches slippers without slobbering all over them?)
(And that he's Open Source?)

What's new in this version:

  • Stocks page
  • 9 new newspaper sites
  • Scheduled fetching

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
  • Terminal.app

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Version 0.6.2:
Overall Rating: (2.5) Features: Not rated (0.0) Support: Not rated (0.0)
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Buddy ReviewThis is really excellent. - Version: 1.01, 5/14/2004 02:30PM PST

klanxner
I'm a major news junkie. This won't necessarily replace my RSS readers but it is a great complement. It would be nice if disabling a module would also disable the page. I don't track stocks or slippers but I still get a blank stock page and a page full of slippers! Thanks for a great app. Looking forward to future development.
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Buddy ReviewI Think this App is Great! - Version: 1.01, 5/12/2004 10:23PM PST

Razzledazzle
It works great and looks great!
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Buddy Troubleshooting ReportBuddy fetches, but won't open the paper - Version: 1.0, 5/11/2004 12:59AM PST

kcar27
I downloaded and enjoyed the older version (O.6.2) of Buddy Retriever, but lost track of it as snazzier apps like Watson and NetNewsWire came along. Still, I was glad to read that Buddy Retriever had been dramatically updated.

...Perhaps a little too dramatically. I can change preferences and observe Buddy fetching all the requested info-but the "open paper" button does nothing. Let go of the paper, Buddy! Bad doggie!

My guess is that this is a small bug that the developer can fix quickly. Glad to see an old favorite updated, and I hope to use a fixed version soon.

BTW--am using Quicksilver 976 MHz G4, 768 MB SDRAM, OS X 10.3.3, default terminal settings...
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