BalloonRSS

This is a simple RSS aggregator that displays incoming messages as balloon tooltip pop-ups in the windows task bar. The news entries themselves are linked to be read with the browser.

Features

Retrieves RSS messages from various sources
Performs priorisation of news
Displays the messages in a balloon tooltip pop-up in the task bar
The messages are linked and are opened within the browser if you click them
Adaptation of channel priority according the user's click rate
Multi-language support: English, German, Portuguese

Project Samples

information on all selected RSS channels

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English, German, Portuguese

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

Related Categories

C# RSS Software, C# RSS Feed Readers

Registered

2007-09-24

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