Open in NetNewsWire

Summary: Opens the current page in NetNewsWire.
Requires: Safari, NetNewsWire
Install Location: ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Safari/

Description

Safari 6 no longer has an RSS button/menu. Opening the current page in NetNewsWire lets you subscribe using NetNewsWire’s built-in feeds menu.

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Script

tell application

 "Safari"

set _document to document of window

set _url to URL of _document

end tell

tell application

 "NetNewsWire"

activate

open URL in new tab with _url

set index of selected tab to (number of tabs

 - 1)

end tell

Last Modified: 2012-07-29

Running the Script

You can use AppleScript Editor (AppleScript Utility prior to Mac OS X 10.6) to enable Mac OS X’s built-in Script menu. To run the script, just select it from the menu. FastScripts provides a similar menu that supports keyboard shortcuts and other features.