I’ve posted about this before — but it’s time for a reminder: it’s very important that the version of NetNewsWire you’re using (whether Mac, iPad, or iPhone) is the latest version.

The folks at Google Reader changed how authentication works, and some while ago we released updated versions of NetNewsWire that work with the new system.

For a while Google Reader has worked with both old and new systems — but tomorrow (Tuesday) it’s switching over to the new system entirely.

Here’s what to do:

NetNewsWire for iPad and iPhone: go into the App Store on your iPhone or iPad and see if NetNewsWire is listed as an update. If so, get the update.

NetNewsWire for Mac: do a Check for Updates from the NetNewsWire menu. (It’s in the upper-left corner of your screen.) If for any reason it doesn’t work, you can download the most recent version here:

http://ranchero.com/downloads/NetNewsWire.zip

You can verify that you have the latest version by opening NetNewsWire’s about window: it should say that it’s 3.2.7 (or greater, in the case of beta testers).

If you have any questions about this, please ask on one of the forums:

NetNewsWire for Mac forum
NetNewsWire for iPad forum
NetNewsWire for iPhone forum

I’ve recently resurrected my brentsdevdiary account on Twitter.

Let me warn you: it’s geeky and boring. It’s an experiment in working in public — I narrate what I’m working on (to the extent I can), which means that I’m sitting in a chair, staring at a screen, and writing code. Which is not exactly a thrill ride for the spectator. (Even when it’s a thrill ride for me.)

But, as they say, if this is the kind of thing you like, then you’ll like it. :)

One important thing, though: it’s not a NetNewsWire support line. Doing support via Twitter is pretty much not do-able as it is (140 characters isn’t enough space). But this account especially needs to be free of support questions. (We have other options for support: forums and UserVoice pages and a Frequently Asked Questions page.)

NetNewsWire – The Perfect Mac RSS Reader: “You could select it as the default RSS reading app and the next time you click on the RSS icon from Safari, NetNewsWire would subscribe to that site and even update your Google Reader account.”

This is a nice review, and much appreciated. I do wish it really was the perfect Mac RSS reader — but there’s so much more I want to do. I’m working on a 3.3 release right now (with bug fixes, performance enhancements, and a few small new features).

And then, after 3.3, there will still be tons more I want to do. Even though NetNewsWire is eight years old, I still feel like I’ve just gotten started: I’ve done about 5% of what I want.

So I keep working. :)

NetNewsWire 1.0.3 for iPad will be in the App Store soon, within the next few hours. (You may see it already.)

(It was submitted 8 days ago — sometimes the review process is a little long. It’s impossible to predict. Obviously, if I could do anything to make it quicker, I would, but it’s entirely in Apple’s hands.)

What’s new in 1.0.3:

- You can sort articles by oldest at top or newest at top — see the NetNewsWire section in Settings.

- Performance is somewhat better for people with very large numbers of articles.

- Fixed a bug that could make unread counts for folders incorrect.

We’ve been very happy with UserVoice for NetNewsWire for iPad and for TapLynx — thanks goes to @newsgatortechie for finding this service and getting us set up.

So we added pages for Mac and iPhone versions too. They’re brand-new, so there isn’t much there yet — but please add bug reports and make feature requests and vote ’em up. Thanks!

The links:

NetNewsWire/Mac on UserVoice
NetNewsWire/iPhone on UserVoice
NetNewsWire/iPad on UserVoice

NetNewsWire for iPad is in awesome company — with Things, Instapaper Pro, OmniGraffle, and more — in Macworld’s Essential iPad apps: 11 paid favorites article.

We’ve set up a UserVoice page for NetNewsWire for iPad. The idea is this: it’s kind of like a public bug and feature requests tracker — and it also has voting.

You can add bugs and feature requests and you can vote up existing bugs and feature requests.

This way you can save time not having to report or ask for something that’s already been reported or asked-for. It also gives us a better idea of what’s most important and what’s less important.

(We have a similar page for TapLynx, and we’ll set up pages for NetNewsWire for Mac and iPhone too.)

If you’ve been a long-time NetNewsWire user, you may remember that we had a similar home-grown public bugs/features tracker for NetNewsWire. It eventually lots its battle to spam and we shut it down. I’m so glad to finally have a replacement (and it’s a better system than our old home-grown system).