Enclosures and NetNewsWire
Inspired by Clint Ecker’s podder.pl and Martin Pittenauer’s version I’ve written my own perl script to find enclosures in my feeds in NetNewsWire. The main difference between my script and the others is that mine doesn’t download the enclosures, it only finds headlines with attached enclosures and displays them all in a single feed.
Call me paranoid, (“Steve, you’re paranoid”), but I don’t really like the idea of downloading every file that somebody I happen to subscribe to includes as an enclosure in a feed. I prefer to have a look at each one and decide whether I actually want the file. It’s nicer for everyones bandwidth if nothing else!
The applescript in the script may not be ideal, I’m no expert in that field. It does the job, although it definitely feels long-winded. If anyone has any suggestions to improve it, I’m listening. Anyway, feel free to have a look at the code and make use of it if it’s useful to you. If there is any demand for a version that doesn’t rely on XML::RSS I’ll be happy to provide it.