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NetNewsWire 7.3 ships its first newsprint-style themes on both Mac and iPhone.

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◆Current state
NetNewsWire 7.3 is shipping on iOS while the Mac version reaches beta 8. The cycle has handed layout to users: feed icon visibility, grayscale icons, fading read articles, hidden smart feeds and dedicated Mac settings panes. The latest builds add Gray and Plum themes plus a grayscaleIcon key that lets any theme render feed icons and avatars in gray, alongside timeline crash and sidebar fixes.
◆Where it's heading
7.3 started with media support and moved into appearance control; theme authors now get the same switches users have. Mac betas and iOS builds land on the same days with the same features, so the two apps are being kept in step rather than the Mac leading.
◆Prediction
Expect a final Mac 7.3 release soon, as recent betas are mostly theme additions and crash fixes; the entries give no sign of what 7.4 targets.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3 (7236) for iOS

    iOS build 7236 adds the Gray and Plum themes and the grayscaleIcon theme key the same day as the Mac beta, keeping both apps in step. It extends 7.3's appearance work from user settings into what theme files can control.

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  2. 2d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3b8 for Mac

    Mac beta 8 brings the Gray and Plum themes and a theme key for grayscale feed icons, plus fixes for a timeline layout crash and a sidebar bug that removed the wrong row. The mix of finishing touches and crash fixes points to 7.3 nearing release.

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  3. 4d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3b7 for Mac

    Beta 7 makes image cache eviction less aggressive, ending a loop where favicons and images were dropped and refetched. A fix for a side effect of the 7.3 media work, as the Mac release nears the shipped iOS build.

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  4. 4d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3 (7233) for iOS

    iOS build 7233 adds the settings the Mac betas introduced: hide smart feeds, show or hide feed icons, grayscale icons, faded read articles and new row layouts, plus primary_media and enclosures tags for themes. It brings the two apps' timeline settings into line.

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  5. 4d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3b6 for Mac

    Mac beta 6 adds grayscale icons and new theme tags that place a feed's main image, video or audio when the article HTML omits it. It also skips redundant or microblog images and fixes duplicate Engadget images and broken embedded YouTube iframes.

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  6. 6d ago

    NetNewsWire 7.3b5 for Mac

    Mac beta 5 splits settings into new Appearance and Timeline panes, adds variable row heights, and turns timeline separators from a hidden preference into a regular setting. The rest is visual polish on the status bar and split-view dividers.

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