RSSOwl | RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader

RSSOwl | RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader
Version: 1.2.2

RSSOwl is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader in Java with SWT for a fast GUI.

RSSOwl is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader written in Java using SWT as graphic library. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary") is a document specification that gives users the power to collect and organize Web-based news and information in a more efficient manner. Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators". RSSOwl is such an application. It lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. Why "Owl"? The owl is a traditional symbol of wisdom, and a quiet, efficient hunter. You'll find RSSOwl's "big eyes" a big help when scanning the Web's vast array of RSS resources. The top12 reasons why you should use RSSOwl are - High performance and native Look and Feel that uses the operation-system GUI theme, Great platform support: Use RSSOwl on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Import/Export newsfeeds with OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language), Generate PDF/RTF/HTML documents from any news, Use drag and drop to manage your favorites in unlimited nested categories, Loaded newsfeeds are automatically stored in an archive to read them while being offline, Powerful, integrated Newsfeed search engine, Perform a full text-search with result-syntax highlight, AmphetaRate integration to rate news and receive recommendations, RSSOwl is highly customizable (set Fonts, Hotkeys, Language, etc), Display news in the internal browser, Big Tutorial and FAQ to help you manage your new newsreader. 31 Supported Languages (English, Russian, Chinese, German and much more). RSSOwl comes with a huge list of sample favorites. RSSOwl runs on Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), Linux (GTK2), Mac OS X and Solaris.

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Program Name	RSSOwl \| RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader
Version	1.2.2
File Size (Bytes)	5000000
Release Date	2006-08-27
Price
License	Freeware
OS Support	Win98,WinME,Windows2000,WinXP,Windows2003,Linux,Mac PPC,Mac OS X, Mac Intel
Company_Name	RSSOwl Development Team
Last Changes	The RSSOwl development team is happy to announce a fresh new version of RSSOwl.After four months of work, version 1.2.2 is now available for download. Thisversion comes with some enhancements, a lot of bugfixes and improved security from the embedded browser on windows.The integrated Feed-Validator was removed due to lacking support for RDF and Atom formats. The new Validator allows to enter the URL of the Newsfeed and will forward to the well-known W3C Feed-Validator that supports all major formats and namespaces.On Windows, the security of the embedded Browser was improved by making use of theLocal Machine Zone Lockdown which forces local content to operate in the more secure Internet Zone.The Feed-Search is now recognizing a lot more results as valid Feeds with fixing a Bugin the URL-processing. Special thanks to Milan Simonovic for reporting this issue.Settings are now backup'ed and restored in case a previous shutdown failed to storethem correctly. This should fix issues, where all settings were lost.The SWT library was updated to the most recent Version 3.2.Thanks to Vardan Movsisyan for providing a translation to Armenian.For a detailed list of changes that also include a lot of bugfixes, take a look at the changelogat http://www.rssowl.org/CHANGELOG.txt.May the Owl be with you,Ben

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