fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) This is a taskbar RSS reader for Windows 7. It's still in beta as I'm sure there are bugs I'll need to fix. The only bug I'm aware of is that it doesn't work very well if a feed tries to include an image(eg. Neowin's) (you can see the html). I'll work on fixing this. If you find any other bugs let me know. I'll add a proper settings dialog soon, but for now just paste the url to your RSS feeds into the included feeds.txt file (on separate lines). The text file includes a 2 News feeds just as an example. For Windows 7 ONLY. It currently does not check for Windows 7 before running, so it will most likely crash on earlier Operating Systems. (like I said, its a work in progress) For now it preforms its basic functions though. There are next, back and previous buttons, first and last buttons, etc. There is a also a refresh button and a button to open the current RSS Item in your browser. I may add jumplist support as well, not sure yet. Download Alternate Download Location (also, it takes a bit to start up, if it doesn't show up just give it a second) As far as I'm aware something of this sort doesn't exist yet. If it does please tell me. It does NOT work with Neowin's feeds yet. Once I get it working on HTML feeds Neowin feeds will work. (feeds with very basic html will work as it will strip it) Feeds known to work: CNN News Feeds Lifehacker's excerpts feed (http://feeds.gawker.com/lifehacker/excerpts.xml) Twitter RSS feeds Any feed without HTML or only using simple html I'll remove this part once HTML is parsed correctly since it won't be needed. Edited September 3, 2009 by omnicoder Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dan Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I think you should give it a white background in the thumbnail preview so it can be a lot more readable :). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591529392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 I think you should give it a white background in the thumbnail preview so it can be a lot more readable :). Thats not the way the taskbar previews are generally used but I guess I could have an option to use a white background. I'll try it out like that tonight. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591529792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live! Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Can you code also a ToDo List for the Taskbar? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591585686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Can you code also a ToDo List for the Taskbar? Yes, I'll get right on that for you :) Do you mean Jumplist Todo, or Thumbnail preview todo? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591599436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargoLaGrande Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi! I've just registered to give my 5 cents. This tool is really innovative and I guess a lot of people think it's a very useful tool. It would be great to set up the size of the text. The transparent background looks great. Different groups of feeds would be huge feature and increase the functionality. Good job! Thanks! PS: A short To Do Manager in this style would be awesome! ,-) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591835300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tyranade Subscriber² Posted November 11, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted November 11, 2009 Nice app. Going to test it out. I added neowins feed and it's working ok. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591835312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted November 11, 2009 Reporter Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yeah, white instead of slight transparency on the main content area would be better to read to be honest. Looking good though! (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591835402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Ok, working on adding a white background option and on a to do list. Text size increase option should come soon too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-591862658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehmemories Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 How's this coming along? Any updates? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-592161564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulcube Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 waaoow its the suuppeerr Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-592555086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
witalit Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Any updates on this? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-592827298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radanius Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 omnicoder Hi! Please make a white background in the program, but it was hard to see. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/819472-win7-rel-taskbar-rss/#findComment-592888142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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