The information in this article applies to:
The Notepad was removed in NetNewsWire 2.1. (It was disabled by default in NetNewsWire 2.0.)
If you were using the Notepad in previous versions of NetNewsWire, you can migrate to another outliner.
How to migrate to another outliner
The Notepad file is an OPML file stored on disk at
~/Library/Application Support/NetNewsWire/Notepad/Notepad.opml.
Because it’s an OPML file—which is a standard format for outlines—it can be opened by applications such as Radio UserLand, OmniOutliner, and other outliners. (You can even open it in a text editor, but you will then see the XML tags.)
Why was the Notepad removed?
- With NetNewsWire 2.0 we decided to focus NetNewsWire more purely on newsreading, and the Notepad was not a central feature.
- The main point of the Notepad was to provide a way to store news items for later, but NetNewsWire now has flagged items and persistence which perform that function better.
- Many people don’t like outliners, so they didn’t use the Notepad.
- Of the people who do like outliners, they are usually very attached to their favorite outliner, and would rather use their favorite outliner.
