What it does
The FeedsBar button sits in your toolbar. Click it and a short list opens with the 15 newest headlines from the same sources as the FeedsBar apps. Click a headline and the story opens in a new tab. Nothing pops up on its own and there are no notifications. The news is there when you want it.
At the top of the list, Open full-screen board opens the FeedsBar board in its own tab: large cards that turn over one at a time, with optional tickers along the top and bottom.
Free, and what you pay for
The toolbar list is free and stays free. There is no account and no sign-up.
The board is free for 30 days. After that it is $24.99, paid once, with no subscription and a 14-day refund. The same key unlocks the FeedsBar apps for Mac and Windows and the board at app.feeds.bar. Each browser profile you use it in takes one of the key’s 5 activations.
What it can see
The extension asks for one permission, storage, to remember your settings, your trial and your key. It can’t read the pages you visit and has no access to your tabs or your history. It carries no ads and no third-party analytics.
It asks our server for headlines. It also sends a random identifier with the version when a trial starts or ends, and every few hours while it is open, so we can count how many people keep using it. The privacy policy lists exactly what is sent.
Using it on a spare screen
Open the board on a second monitor, press F for full screen and leave it running. It keeps the screen awake while it is open. Our guide to turning a spare monitor into a news wall covers the rest, including a Raspberry Pi. If you would rather have headlines scrolling along the edge of the screen you work at, that is the FeedsBar ticker for Mac and Windows.