Testing: Newgie, news gatherer
By Bulletz. Filed in Computer Tech, Practical Tech, Review |
From time to time I will be trying out sites and giving you my opinion about them and whether or not they are worth the effort. I am doing the work so you don’t have to 
Today’s test is of the beta site Newgie.com. The site holds a plethora of news from all over the world. Newgie members are the sole influence to determine the popularity of different news stories. You can manage your subscriptions, join communities, and add your own news feeds.
Now that you know what it does, let me tell you about what I think. The interface is a good idea, especially for those of us who would rather not have a RSS feed aggregator attached to our browsers. Sign up is quick and simple and when you log in there is an introduction to all the features. Once you go inside the site, you find that it is hard to decipher news stories. The interface is jumbled up a bit. I have taken a screenshot for you to see what it looks like. This is the My Newgie page.
Probably just my preference, but I would rather have my news lined up in boxes so it is more easily distinguished and not just one straight line down.
It is a useful site, but I will stick with my Sage plugin.
Try it out yourself and talk about your own experience with Newgie:
