So, I really do like Shrook, and I even paid for my copy. However, I’m having consistent problems with it killing my Internet connection, which may mean I have to drop it in favor of another newsreader (NetNewsWire comes highly recommended).
I’ve never before had the experience of an application single-handedly killing my Internet connectivity, but I’ve been able to replicate the problem enough times that I’m quite sure it’s not coincidence.
The problem occurs only when I’m viewing a site that I’ve set to show me web pages rather than the RSS entry—one if the features I like best about Shrook, really, so I’m loathe to just turn it off.
The process is this…I start up Shrook, it does its checking, all with no problem. I can then view entries from any of my “channels” without difficulty, until I get to one where the setting is to view web pages. More than 50% of the time (but not 100%, which is frustrating from a troubleshooting standpoint) nothing happens. No information appears in the window. And at that point, all of my other TCP/IP apps stop working. If I pull up the Network control panel in OS X, it shows me as being online with a valid IP address for 1-2 minutes after that, but then it switches to a 169.254 self-assigned IP. Attempting to renew my DHCP lease doesn’t do anything; I have to restart the computer to get my connectivity back. This happens both at home and in the office, and only when I click on a Shrook entry that’s been set for web page viewing.
(I’m running OS X 10.3.3 with all current software updates installed, btw.)
I figured I’d post about it in case anyone else has or had the same problem; I searched for it and couldn’t find any other information about it. If you’ve got any ideas or solutions, please let me know!
Update, 4/26: It’s getting worse; now it appears to be causing my connection to die without my even loading a web-view channel. I’ll need to stop using it until an update comes out to address whatever network instability the application is introducing.
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