Feedreader - Extendable RSS/ATOM reader

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: FeedReader 2.6 640

Notes:
Enjoy the new release! Sorry for being late...

Changes:
28.04.2004 toomastoots
- Basic ATOM feed support added
- Fixed problem with deleting headlines from subscribed feed
- ATOM feed subscribe support added
- Fixed problem with subscribing what occured if there was no folder selected and selected feed is not on the second level

08.04.2003  khoffrath
- Should be RSS2.0 compliant.
- Feeds with namespaces in <title> tag can now be added (example: http://www.stern.de/standard/rss.php?channel=all).
- If the feed contains pubDate tags, the date will be shown in the listview.

01.04.2003  khoffrath
- Via OPML imported feeds aren't updated correctly.
- Feedretrieval_Timeout set to 120 sec.

17.03.2004  khoffrath
- The problem with empty lines in the xml files should be fixed.

13.03.2004  khoffrath
- Problem with 'hanging' updates should be fixed. Feedreader stopped updating feeds if a server
  didn't sent a response.
- If retrieving of feeds fails, a log file will be written to the program directory.
  Name is 'Debug.txt'.

16.01.2004  khoffrath
- Translations are done via ini style files.

14.01.2004  khoffrath
- Marking all news read now updates the listview and webbrowser.
- Saving/restoring form placement and size done (hopefully :().
- Fixed bug when under some circumstances "Open in new window" in EmbededWB doesn't
  open the choosen URL but a local explorer window.
- Removed option to choose what happens if tray icon is clicked. Standard behaviour
  of restoring the last window state reenabled.
- Renamed action that restores the main window from tray from actMaximize to actShowWindow
  which reflects its function better.

03.01.2004  khoffrath
- Internal webservers accepts only connects from localhost.
- Pressing space jumps to next unread message.


02.01.2004  khoffrath
- New options for treeview popup menus:
  Rename folder / rename feed
  Create new external / local feed
- Start/stop webservers after changing properties.
- When jumping with tab from treeview to headline, the browser window is updated
  with this first headline.
- Fixed empty rows bug in toolbar.
- Splash screen shows version number.
- New option: User can choose what happens when he clicks on the tray icon:
  window shows normal or maximized.
- Enhanced saving/restoring window positions.

30.12.2003  khoffrath
- Fixed strange treeview behaviour. Turned doublebuffering off.


29.12.2003  khoffrath
- Fixed flickering of headlines.
- Enhanced saving/restoring window positions.

23.12.2003  khoffrath
- Enable confirmation window when jumping to next unread message results in
  changing to another feed by default.

22.12.2003  khoffrath
- Fixed 'feature' when a toolbar has not working shortcuts assigned to every
  caption after customization.
- Standing in browser and pressing Ctrl-z jumped to the second unread message.
  The next unread message was not shown.
- Usability of Add New Feed form enhanced (shortcuts, tab stops, etc.).
- When creating news overview, show Hourglass cursor and do
  Application.ProcessMessages.
- Overview of selected feed only.
  If a folder is selected all news of all child feeds are shown.
  If a treenode is selected which doesn't represent a feed, then MyFeeds is used.
  If MyFeeds is selected, then all news of all feeds are shown.
  If a single feed is selected then only the news of this feed are shown.
- When creating a new feed, let the folder default to the actual active folder.



21.12.2003  khoffrath
- Set Javascript to disabled by default.
- Set default feed refresh to 1 hour.
- Bug with navigating with cursorkeys fixed.
- Ctrl-Tab in treeview focuses the first headline not the listview.
- The last active headline is activated again if the listview is left an re-
  entered.
- Confirmation window if jumping to next unread headline is jumping into another
  feed by default disabled. Option in property window added. Translation file
  adjusted.
- Renamed 'mark all news' / 'mark all headlines read'.
- Adjusted Ok- / Cancel-Buttons so that the OK button is left, Cancel right.
  Gave them working shortcuts. Translation files adjusted.
- Pressing Esc in a child window (e.g. properties) does not minimize the main
  window anymore.


20.12.2003  khoffrath
-Form saving / restoring enhanced.

17.12.2003  khoffrath
-Make customizing toolbar working.
-"Import OPML" translated.

16.12.2003  khoffrath
-Changed "Directly show headline link" in feed properties to 
 "Open headline link in new browser".
-If the option "Show tree lines" is changed the setting will take now effect
 immediatly.

15.12.2003  khoffrath
-Additional shortcut for searchs: Ctrl+F
-AppClosingForm and NewVersionForm_FRM won't get created at programm start but
 when they are needed.
-Ctrl + Tab, Shift + Ctrl + Tab changes between TreeView, ListView and
 browser window.
-Make shortcuts working even if EmbeddedWB has focus.
-Del doesn't delete the current feed. Use Ctrl + Del instead.
-Save and restore windowstate and -position.
-Bug that Feedreader seems to hang under the following situation:
 Click on feed in the treeview. Now move the mouse over another feed so fast
 that the hint for the new feed appears before the headlines of the previous
 feed appears in the listview. To overcome this issue the calls to
 LockWindowUpdate has been deleted.

14.12.2003 toomastoots
-New feature : Import OPML
-Changed mainwindow.progressbar1.smooth:=false;

13.12.2003  khoffrath
-New option to keep FeedReader in the foreground if new browser window is opened.

10.12.2003  khoffrath
-The useragent defaults now to "Feedreader".

09.12.2003  khoffrath
The XML files that hold the translations must not have characters like ä, ü, é,
etc. If they do, reading the file will result in a TDomParser exception and
FeedReader will not get translated.
To overcome this issue the characters must be encoded in the translation file.
At runtime this characters has to be reconverted before they are used in the
program.
The actual translation files that are online aren't converted so they will
not work!

All captions, texts, listitems, actions, etc. get translated now.
New directory "Translations" created, which holds the actual translation files.
There is a template file which holds all english strings that are
used at this time. The german translation is ready and working.

If new translations are created the files have to be converted with the programm
"Encode2HTML.exe" which is in the new directory "Translationtools".

-ShowFeedHints defaults now to false.

-FeedReader opens now popup windows in the default browser.

-New option: Force new browser window.
 If enabled FeedReader opens a new browser window everytime one is needed.
 If disabled, browser windows that are inactive are reused.



02.12.2003  khoffrath
User can decide what user agent for retrieving of feeds and the
EmbeddedWebbrowser is used.
If the user agent should not be changed (this is the default) then the default
user agent of IE is read from the registry and used.
If the user wishes to change the user agent he can choose one from the combobox.
This settings are saved in the inifile and restored during the start.


26.11.2003  khoffrath
 -Pressing 'z' in EmbeddedWB will not enable aquariumview.


22.11.2003  khoffrath
  -Properties are now saved in an ini file in the application data directory.
   This alllows you to use it on a pc where you don't have enough rights to
   write to the registry.
  -Proxy passwords are now (encrypted) saved and restored.
  -Properties are saved everytime the option window is closed via the Ok-Button.
  -Method added to reduce the memory usage reported by NT-Taskmanager.
  -It's possible to configure Feedreader to store all files in the application
   directory. So you can install it to a zip disc, usb stick, etc. and run it
   from there without leaving files on the hd. See the FAQ about how to achieve
   this.