It’s been a long slog to this 2.2.1 release but it’s been worth it. Some of the new features are just great!

If you use Awasu on a computer that is not always online (e.g. on a laptop or over a dialup connection), then you’ll love offline feed items and images. Awasu will download linked-to feed items and embedded images while online and let you see them even after you disconnect. No more broken images – woo hoo!

The other big addition is the new channel templates (screenshots). Thirteen different themes give you a wide range of different looks and as someone said to me recently, the hard thing is deciding which one to use! And it’s really easy to come up with your own since everything is done via CSS (more on this in a few days).

Check out the release notes for the full list of changes, it really is as long as my arm (OK, so my eyes are deteriorating so I have to use a very large font but it’s still impressive… ).

BTW, there are a few things that need to be done to install this release so please make sure you read the instructions!