by Michael Jacobson
This application displays RSS news feeds in folders. Each of these items can be clicked and the corresponding webpage displayed in the browser.
NOTE: This application is MsWindows only as it uses optcl to embed MSIE as the web browser. It is based on code from WippleWobble - A Mini Web Browser (for Windows) and A little XML browser.
To download the current version, packaged as a starkit, use this link [L1 ].
Updated Build (23/6/04)
- Rss feeds updated every 5 minutes
- Force refresh of feeds (right click)
- Drag and drop a RSS link (from MSIE) onto tree to add a new news source
- Tree ballon help now displays when item was published
- Stores all RSS feeds in registry
- Delete news feeds (right click a item)
- Stores and Loads screen placement and state
- Display Unicode correctly in the Tree
TO DOs:
- Use updateFrequency and updatePeriod (and/or use GET) as update rates for pages
- Change ballon help to be time since article published
- Under the News Feed have folder for Today and Old
- In tree, paint new posts blue, and visited ones purple
Category Application | Category Internet