When I came back in October from my extended trip to the US, I thought I'd try out NetNewsWire and I've used it ever since (previously I was using Bloglines in a browser).
I've done a good job of getting my unread entries to zero each day but that's misleading because what I find myself doing is flagging items and never going back to them.
What I need at a bare minimum is a display of how many flagged items there are. NetNewsWire has a virtual folder that automatically contains all flagged items. It would be nice if it displayed not only the number of unread items but the overall total.
Without a total count, it's easy to forget you've got stuff in the folder and having an exact number makes it much easier to set goals like "I'll keep my flagged items below 100".
In fact, as a general rule, hierarchical containers of items to read should show both the unread count and the total count. I find it frustrating that most email clients don't show both. But for now I'd just be happy if NetNewsWire did it.
I flag items for a variety of reasons:
So the second thing that would be nice is multiple flag types. That way I could distinguish entries to keep from ones I need to act on in a timely fashion. I'm thinking just a variety of colours and a virtual folder for each flag type.
Hopefully these two features are on their way in NetNewsWire. Brent?