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[rssbandit-users] feedsubscriber.xpi

[Paul D. <pa...@mi...>]

I've upgraded to Firefox 0.9.1, and feedsubscriber.xpi does not seem to work.

It worked for me when I had Firefox 0.8 installed.

Will there be a version of feedsubscriber.xpi for Firefox 0.9.x?

http://rssbandit.sourceforge.net/builds/feedsubscriber.xpi

Paul

Re: [rssbandit-users] xp rc2 issues?

[T.W. C. <tw...@gm...>]

I'm running on XP SP2 RC2 (Tablet PC edition) with no problems - using
a 3rd party firewall rather than the Windows one. - Tw

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:47:45 -0400 (EDT), S. Pause <sp...@ex...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I must say first off that RSSBandit is a great .NET app.  I was wondering if anyone has managed to get the latest rev (or any) to work on XP sp2 rc2?  I'm having some trouble.  It seems to think the network connection is down.  No errors, just a red X on the status icon.  No feeds will download at all.  Reboots and reenabling the network connection don't work.
> 
> This was a brand new XP install with sp2 rc2.  The firewall is off (it originally asked to allow the app) and nothing else is wrong with the system.  I had to install (and reboot) for .Net Framwork 1.1, but that was it.
> 
> Let me know.  I figure I can test for you (on sp2 rc2), if no one else is.
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[rssbandit-users] xp rc2 issues?

[S. P. <sp...@ex...>]

I must say first off that RSSBandit is a great .NET app.  I was wondering if anyone has managed to get the latest rev (or any) to work on XP sp2 rc2?  I'm having some trouble.  It seems to think the network connection is down.  No errors, just a red X on the status icon.  No feeds will download at all.  Reboots and reenabling the network connection don't work.



This was a brand new XP install with sp2 rc2.  The firewall is off (it originally asked to allow the app) and nothing else is wrong with the system.  I had to install (and reboot) for .Net Framwork 1.1, but that was it.



Let me know.  I figure I can test for you (on sp2 rc2), if no one else is.

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RE: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Torsten R. <tor...@gm...>]

Back from vacation.=20

Just want to add another point and request for discussion:

?.) Archiving posts

Some of the users like to keep the whole downloaded posts for a long
time (maybe unlimited), and loading all of them each time the app starts
slow down the whole app and waste memory. So we should discuss a model
to implement how to archive older posts. It should be an configurable
option aside to just removing the oldest posts silently as it does in
the current versions.

It should not be too difficult to support a second or more feedlist.xml
files for archiving purpose or to manage more than our single
feedlist.xml that would allow something like "master" categories
(multiple trees), but that is another feature/discussion point.

Think, point (5) should be a MUST HAVE.

Another missing point (MUST HAVE):=20
?.) Impl. the many suggested UI improvements, like better support for
feed deletion, feed properties, views configuration per feed, feed
icons, full configurable shortcuts, etc. I will provide a separate list
for all the little things and post it here later this or next day.

TorstenR

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> Subject: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version=20
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> Below is my top 10 list of features for the next version of=20
> RSS Bandit. The titles are self explanatory. This is a list=20
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> which aren't listed (e.g. provide option to show the post=20
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> because their value is obvious and implementation cost is=20
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> MUST  BE IN NEXT RELEASE
> 1.) Search Folders for Particular Feeds or Categories
> 2.) NNTP Support
> 3.) More synchronization sources supported & SIAM
> 4.) Synchronizing state should happen automatically on=20
> startup/shutdown=20
> =20
> SHOULD BE IN NEXT RELEASE - cuttable if too complex or take=20
> too long to implement
> 5.) IE Favorites menu integration
> 6.) Ability to delete posts
> 7.) Newspaper Views=20
> =20
> NICE TO HAVES - May show up in a future release
> 8.) Support using back and forward arrows to view last post=20
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Re: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Scott W. <sc...@pi...>]

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Hi Dare, here's some ideas that come to mind:<br>
<br>
1.) A way to have the list of posts display only unread posts
(see FeedDemon). Although filtering by the values of any column
(author, category, date) would be very useful.<br>
<br>
2.) Showing the author in a column (as you mentioned) is
an essential thing to be added since aggregated feeds are so common
now. I would love to see the columns be configurable similar to
Outlook. Is there any good open source WinForms grids out there, maybe
something Janus GridEX?<br>
&nbsp;<br>
3.) Grouping by a particular column would also be a nice feature, again
see
FeedDemon or Outlook's grid.<br>
<br>
4.) I have intermittent errors using the FTP synchronization. Some
better
troubleshooting information or enhanced error information would be nice.<br>
<br>
5.) Ability to flag specific authors in an aggregated feed would be
cool. Similarly, a way to filter specific authors out of an aggregated
feed. <br>
<br>
6.) A place to put notes about an author or a feed would be cool. I
have many feeds that I go back to after a long time and I can't
remember exactly who the person is. Usually I figure out who they are
or information about why I'm interested in their feed from a particular
post from a long time ago. So a place to write notes about an author or
why I subscribed would be cool.<br>
<br>
7.) It might be nice to have RSSBandit expose a nice extensibility
model (maybe something like outlook's / MAPI) so that anyone could
write plugins such as posting plugins, or NNTP support, without having
to learn to modify the source directly. I know other products get some
cool plugins just because they have an easy to use and documented
extensibility model. If RSSBandit had one too, we might see more people
add nice little features for it here and there. <br>
<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Below is my top 10 list of features for the next version of RSS Bandit. The titles are self explanatory. This is a list of features that will take more than a day or more to implement and test. There are a number of smaller features which aren't listed (e.g. provide option to show the post author in the list view as a column) which I haven't listed because their value is obvious and implementation cost is low. I'd like feedback on any features that are missing, clarification of features or feedack on important features that are missing from this list. 
 
MUST  BE IN NEXT RELEASE
1.) Search Folders for Particular Feeds or Categories 
2.) NNTP Support 
3.) More synchronization sources supported &amp; SIAM
4.) Synchronizing state should happen automatically on startup/shutdown 
 
SHOULD BE IN NEXT RELEASE - cuttable if too complex or take too long to implement
5.) IE Favorites menu integration 
6.) Ability to delete posts 
7.) Newspaper Views 
 
NICE TO HAVES - May show up in a future release 
8.) Support using back and forward arrows to view last post seen in detail pane
9.) Blog posting 
10.) Thumbs Up &amp; Thumbs Down for Filtering and Suggesting New Feeds 



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[rssbandit-users] RE: Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Phil H. <ha...@ya...>]

Cool.  Is there an open source blog post tool we can
use as a base?  If not, this would be fun to write
from scratch.

Phil

--- Dare Obasanjo <da...@mi...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Haack [mailto:ha...@ya...] 
> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:02 PM
> > To: Dare Obasanjo;
> rss...@li...
> > Cc: Torsten Rendelmann; Phil Haack
> > Subject: Re: Top 10 Features for Next Version of
> RSS Bandit
> > 
> > Hello. For Blog Posting do you mean making RSS
> Bandit a 
> > client like w.Bloggar?  Perhaps we can look at
> integrating 
> > with Visual Blogger 2004 
> >
>
(http://weblogs.asp.net/rmclaws/archive/2004/05/25/141055.aspx)?
> 
> RSS Bandit already integrates with a third party
> blogging tool,
> w.bloggar. What I'm talking about is not requiring a
> third party tool
> for posting to your blog anymore. Some tools such as
> NetNewsWire and
> SauceReader are examples of aggregator/blog poster
> combos. 
> 
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[rssbandit-users] RE: Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Haack [mailto:ha...@ya...]=20
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:02 PM
> To: Dare Obasanjo; rss...@li...
> Cc: Torsten Rendelmann; Phil Haack
> Subject: Re: Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit
>=20
> Hello. For Blog Posting do you mean making RSS Bandit a=20
> client like w.Bloggar?  Perhaps we can look at integrating=20
> with Visual Blogger 2004=20
> (http://weblogs.asp.net/rmclaws/archive/2004/05/25/141055.aspx)?

RSS Bandit already integrates with a third party blogging tool,
w.bloggar. What I'm talking about is not requiring a third party tool
for posting to your blog anymore. Some tools such as NetNewsWire and
SauceReader are examples of aggregator/blog poster combos.=20

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RE: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ayende Rahien [mailto:Ayende@Ayende.com]=20
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:34 PM
> To: Dare Obasanjo
> Subject: RE: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next=20
> Version of RSS Bandit
>=20
> > 7.) Newspaper Views
>=20
> What is this one?

This is akin to FeedDemon's newspaper styles described at
http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/help/1.0/newspapers/. This is a
feature Torsten was interested in doing last year but we never felt was
that useful. I'm still not sure it is that useful but have seen some
interest in it from users.=20

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[rssbandit-users] Re: Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Phil H. <ha...@ya...>]

Hello. For Blog Posting do you mean making RSS Bandit
a client like w.Bloggar?  Perhaps we can look at
integrating with Visual Blogger 2004
(http://weblogs.asp.net/rmclaws/archive/2004/05/25/141055.aspx)?

--- Dare Obasanjo <da...@mi...> wrote:
> Below is my top 10 list of features for the next
> version of RSS Bandit. The titles are self
> explanatory. This is a list of features that will
> take more than a day or more to implement and test.
> There are a number of smaller features which aren't
> listed (e.g. provide option to show the post author
> in the list view as a column) which I haven't listed
> because their value is obvious and implementation
> cost is low. I'd like feedback on any features that
> are missing, clarification of features or feedack on
> important features that are missing from this list. 
>  
> MUST  BE IN NEXT RELEASE
> 1.) Search Folders for Particular Feeds or
> Categories 
> 2.) NNTP Support 
> 3.) More synchronization sources supported & SIAM
> 4.) Synchronizing state should happen automatically
> on startup/shutdown 
>  
> SHOULD BE IN NEXT RELEASE - cuttable if too complex
> or take too long to implement
> 5.) IE Favorites menu integration 
> 6.) Ability to delete posts 
> 7.) Newspaper Views 
>  
> NICE TO HAVES - May show up in a future release 
> 8.) Support using back and forward arrows to view
> last post seen in detail pane
> 9.) Blog posting 
> 10.) Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down for Filtering and
> Suggesting New Feeds 
> 



	
		
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Re: [rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Garvin H. <me...@su...>]

Hi Dare!

What I'd really love to see is configurable hotkey support. It often bugs me to
cycle through message with 'space' only. On pages with large content I have to
press space like 10-15 times until it advances to the next item. Instead I'd
like to have a (configurable) hotkey to immediately go to the next/previous
article/group.

At least with RSS Bandit users I talked to, they seem to be missing such a
feature as well to improve the GUI.

Regards,
Garvin.

[rssbandit-users] Top 10 Features for Next Version of RSS Bandit

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

Below is my top 10 list of features for the next version of RSS Bandit. =
The titles are self explanatory. This is a list of features that will =
take more than a day or more to implement and test. There are a number =
of smaller features which aren't listed (e.g. provide option to show the =
post author in the list view as a column) which I haven't listed because =
their value is obvious and implementation cost is low. I'd like feedback =
on any features that are missing, clarification of features or feedack =
on important features that are missing from this list.=20
=20
MUST  BE IN NEXT RELEASE
1.) Search Folders for Particular Feeds or Categories=20
2.) NNTP Support=20
3.) More synchronization sources supported & SIAM
4.) Synchronizing state should happen automatically on startup/shutdown=20
=20
SHOULD BE IN NEXT RELEASE - cuttable if too complex or take too long to =
implement
5.) IE Favorites menu integration=20
6.) Ability to delete posts=20
7.) Newspaper Views=20
=20
NICE TO HAVES - May show up in a future release=20
8.) Support using back and forward arrows to view last post seen in =
detail pane
9.) Blog posting=20
10.) Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down for Filtering and Suggesting New Feeds=20

[rssbandit-users] FASD project: Online survey launched

[<ben...@id...>]

Dear Open Source developer

I am doing a research project on "Fun and Software Development" in which I kindly invite you to participate.
You will find the online survey under http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/. The questionnaire consists of 53 questions and you will need about 15 minutes to complete it.

With the FASD project (Fun and Software Development) we want to define the motivational significance of fun when software developers decide to engage in Open Source projects. What is special about our research project is that a similar survey is planned with software developers in commercial firms. This procedure allows the immediate comparison between the involved individuals and the conditions of production of these two development models. Thus we hope to obtain substantial new insights to the phenomenon of Open Source Development.


With many thanks for your participation,
Benno Luthiger


PS:
The results of the survey will be published under http://www.isu.unizh.ch/fuehrung/blprojects/FASD/.
We have set up the mailing list fa...@we... for this study. Please see http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/mailinglist_en.html for registration to this mailing list.

_______________________________________________________________________

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[rssbandit-users] New beta bits for testing

[Torsten R. <tor...@gm...>]

Hello all,

I packaged another .zip archive for the build 1.2.0.108 (beta) to enable
testing of the new added languages and further fixed bugs:
http://rssbandit.sourceforge.net/builds/Bandit.2004.04.20.bin.zip

Read more about on
http://www.rssbandit.org/ow.asp?YetImplementedFeatures#h2.

Further I created a developers mailing list at SourceForge to enable
users to get informed about any submission on the bugs, patches, feature
request or support request tracker sections:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rssbandit-developers. 

TorstenR

RE: [rssbandit-users] Unit Testing RssBandit

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

This has broken the RSS Bandit build. Currently if anyone syncs from CVS =
they can't compile RSS Bandit because of errors with the Cassini.dll =
file. This completely defeats the purpose of having anonymous CVS if =
people have to follow non-obvious build processes to even compile the =
code.=20
=20
For now I've removed the NUnit project from RSS Bandit.sln
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Sent: Fri 3/26/2004 4:13 PM
To: rss...@li...
Subject: [rssbandit-users] Unit Testing RssBandit



Hi All,

One step I neglected to mention. In order to run the
new unit tests, you have to install the Cassini.dll
into the GAC.

According to the FAQ
http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?tabindex=3D1&PostID=3D31107
this is to because "cross-domain remoting should be
able to load from non-default app domains".

gacutil /i Cassini.dll

Phil

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[rssbandit-users] Unit Testing RssBandit

[Phil H. <ha...@ya...>]

Hi All,

One step I neglected to mention. In order to run the
new unit tests, you have to install the Cassini.dll
into the GAC.

According to the FAQ
http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?tabindex=1&PostID=31107
this is to because "cross-domain remoting should be
able to load from non-default app domains".

gacutil /i Cassini.dll

Phil

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[rssbandit-users] Unit Testing RssBandit

[Phil H. <ha...@ya...>]

Hi All,

I added a new project to the solution in CVS named
"UnitTests" located in the
\current_work\Source\RssBandit.UnitTests folder.

It's an NUnit class library that contains Unit Tests
of a few key classes in the RssComponents assembly. 
There's not a whole lot there yet, but I hope to add
more.  Especially as we find bugs (if we find them) ;)
 The Unit Tests are a nice starting point for learning
how to use the RssComponents library.

I plan to write up a more thorough article about it
later, but here's a quick summary.  To run the Unit
tests, run nunit-gui.exe in the folder
RssBandit.UnitTests\ExternalDependencies.  On my
machine, I set the RssBandit project as the startup
project set the debugger to run the nunit-gui.exe.

One of the highlights of the unit tests is that some
of them use the Cassini web server code provided by
Microsoft.  These tests create and start a web server
on port 8081 (you can change this of course) pointing
to the directory RssBandit.UnitTests\Resources\WebRoot
directory and then test some of the auto-discovery
functionality against the files that are located
there.  Thus the tests of any functionality that makes
web requests are all self contained and repeatable
(i.e. we can still run the tests despite network
outages, changing URLs, etc...).

Currently, the tests fail to auto-discover the ATOM
feeds. I'm not sure if my test is wrong or if the code
is wrong.  Please let me know! :)

I'd like to write some more tests of key functionality
(as a learning excercise), but much of the interesting
code is in the WinForms project.

Enjoy and let me know your comments!
Phil

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RE: [rssbandit-users] Are the feed items identified by the headline?

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

RSS Bandit uses the item link. I believe this is a bug since it screws =
up feeds like http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/today.rss but I keep forgetting =
to take a look at fixing this or asking Torsten to investigate.=20

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> To: rss...@li...
> Subject: [rssbandit-users] Are the feed items identified by=20
> the headline?
>=20
> I'm not using the current beta, but a nightly build from=20
> about a week ago.
>=20
> I have several feeds which display the latest x posts from=20
> some bulletin boards. Consequently, there are a lot of items=20
> in a feed with exactly the same headline: "RE: topic xyz". I=20
> noticed that once I read such a item, all other items with=20
> the same headline are marked as read too.
>=20
> My guess is that RSS Bandit just refers to the single items=20
> via the headline. Wouldn't it be cleaner to use some unique id-number?
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[rssbandit-users] Are the feed items identified by the headline?

[<mi...@el...>]

I'm not using the current beta, but a nightly build from about a week ago.

I have several feeds which display the latest x posts from some bulletin
boards. Consequently, there are a lot of items in a feed with exactly the
same headline: "RE: topic xyz". I noticed that once I read such a item, all
other items with the same headline are marked as read too.

My guess is that RSS Bandit just refers to the single items via the
headline. Wouldn't it be cleaner to use some unique id-number?

Michael

[rssbandit-users] RSS Bandit 1.2.0.106 (beta) available

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

  Torsten and I are getting ready to ship the next version of RSS Bandit
and have made a beta version available at
http://rssbandit.sourceforge.net/builds/Bandit.2004.03.24.bin.zip=20

The beta version adds a couple of features over the last version of RSS
Bandit such as support for the Atom 0.3 syndication format, the ability
to import OPML lists into a specific category, translations to German &
simplified Chinese, ability to display logos of feeds that provide them
and auto-completion when typing URLs in the address bar.

The beta version also fixes a number of bugs such as the fact that the
notification bubble pops up too frequently, right-clicking URLs in the
address bar makes them disappear, inability to launch the application on
Win98/WinME, sometimes closing a browser tab causes dozens of IE windows
to be spawned, clicking mailto: or news: links opens a new browser tab
and most importantly the fact that in certain cases feeds are not
updated.   =20

Any comments about the beta version should be brought up on the mailing
list[0] or discussion board[1]. Bugs should be filed in the bug database
on SourceForge[2] and feature requests go to the feature request
database on SourceForge[3].=20

Our current plan is for the beta to last 2 to 3 weeks after which we'll
create an installer for the next release.=20

PS: Given that RSS Bandit now supports other formats besides RSS and
will support more technologies in future (e.g. NNTP) it seems to make
sense for us to rename the application. Torsten and I are interested in
any suggestions for a new name for the project.=20

[0] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rssbandit-users
[1] http://www.rssbandit.org/forum
[2]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=3D615248&group_id=3D96589&func=3Dbro=
wse=20
[3]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=3D615251&group_id=3D96589&func=3Dbro=
wse

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PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM=20
The first myth of management is that it exists.   =20

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.=20

[rssbandit-users] feature request

[drhent <dr...@so...>]

I watch several lists. Longhornblogs, blogs.msdn.com etc that have OPML files 
and updates.

I would like to request a feature that will allow for rssbandit to query that 
OPML download it and add and or remove feeds (of course ask if you want to 
remove the feed) based on the difference in the opml.

thanks Douglas 

[rssbandit-users] Our Homepage Wiki

[Torsten R. <tor...@gm...>]

Hello, 

As you may know, our wiki site at www.rssbandit.org isn't longer free
editable.
But we decided to trust all our regular users and contributors to change
content,
Add documentation, hints and tricks there. So here you get the password
you need
To edit content. Keep it confidential.

  Edit password: RssBandit2003

Please note, it is case sensitive.

Kindly regards, TorstenR 

[rssbandit-users] Bandit UI Translations

[Torsten R. <tor...@gm...>]

Hello all,

I added some tasks related to UI Translation at sourceforge.net:
http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?group_project_id=34629&group_id=96589
&func=browse

So to get an idea what languages are offered by contributors and how it
progress, have a look there. I added also some contact data of the
contributors offered the translation there, so if you cannot wait and
want to distribute/help by yourself: contact the contributor(s).

CU, TorstenR

[rssbandit-users] Wish list Items

[drhent <dr...@so...>]

In Rss Bandit.
I use MyIE2 for by browser and it has a function to zoom (using ctrl +/-) in the 
browser pages.  It would be nice to have that function in rssbandit also.

Another Item I would like to see is a redundant xml feed list so if one gets 
corrupted it doesn't take forever to rebuild the list.  I watch about 900 feeds 
and have had it lose the feed list 3 times. (last time luckily I had just made 
and export so only took a bit for those I had added later.

Douglas 

[rssbandit-users] Warning when closing while downloads are active

[<mi...@el...>]

Another request: Please please show a warning, when RSS Bandit is closing
and there are still active Downloads, something like "Do you really...".
Just a few minutes ago I lost 90 MB just because I did not think for a
moment and clicked "close" instead of "minimize".

RE: [rssbandit-users] Extension of Search Folders

[Torsten R. <tor...@gm...>]

Michael,

The backend search code in RssComponents is well prepared to consider a
"search scope" of specific feeds to look into. What's missing is a good
Gui representation for the feeds selection. My idea was to have a
separate small window displayed on a button click within the search
pane. That view would show a "checked treeview", so one can check on/off
the catgories/feeds to be included in the search.

Think, we did not yet have a task defined for that. We should do so to
be remembered... ;-)

Torsten

-----Original Message-----
From: rss...@li...
[mailto:rss...@li...] On Behalf Of
Michael Elsd=F6rfer
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:57 PM
To: rss...@li...
Subject: [rssbandit-users] Extension of Search Folders

Hi,

I recently began to use the Search Folder feature, and it's really very
useful. However, I would like to see an addition, allowing to exclude
certain feeds from the search.
For example, I'm a Delphi programmer, and I have a search folder,
searching for the regular expression: "Pascal|Delphi|Borland". Now there
are a few Delphi specific feeds and blogs from Borland employees, where
nearly every posts contains one of these words. I always go trough all
of the items in that feeds, and I want to Search Folder to only display
items from other feeds...

BTW, RSS Bandit is great. Keep up the good work.

Michael



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