From IdeA thinKING
Overview
This application is a blog reader (or rss reader). It's written three years ago for Java programming practice, personally. (major language of mine is C++)
It can parse atom, rdf, rs2, and it can import/export from/to opml format.
It uses SWT for UI, and log4j for logging facility.
You can download source code or program in the SourceForge.net:BlogReader
(Nowadays, no one use the desktop version of rss reader because it is only avaliable in a computer. Actually, I use Bloglines, also. So, this app is not really practical nowadays.)
Requirements
Download
Latest version: BlogReader_1_1.zip from sf.net or from here.
Installation
To install:
- Unzip the archive.
- That's all!! Just run the BlogReader.exe.
Usage
- Run the BlogReader.exe and you can see the following empty BlogReader window.
- Select your opml file from Import menu in the File menu. You can enter each rss feed address, but opml is more convenient. I used Bloglines' export file to make these screenshots.
- If you select a post in the list, it shows a summary view. Summary view shows only rss-contained content.
- If you click Read more... or double-click the title of post in the list, it shows a full view.
- BlogReader has multi-tab feature like firefox.
- If you want other language other than english, use Locale configuration dialog. Blogreader only support Korean and English.
- After setting and restart the BlogReader, you can see the changed language in the menu or dialogbox.
- While it's running, it makes the tray icon. If there are unread post, it shows yellow gears icon. It there isn't, it shows black and white icon.
- If you click the Refresh all or double-click the site from site list, it refresh the site's rss feed.
- If there are new posts, BlogReader shows alarm windows. You can turn-off this feature.
- You can config the refresh rate or auto delete option of each site.
- If the site support comment rss, you can see the comment list also. As you can see the following screenshot, the post can be locked. The locked post will not be deleted.
Known issues
- There was no critical problem I found. But I did not test intensively.
Contact
You may contact me by leaving a comment at my blog.
License
Copyright (C) 2006 Wongoo Lee
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Version history
- 1.1 Nov. 27 2005
- 1.0 Sep. 25 2004 Initial release
Reference
iwongu 00:26, 20 May 2006 (KST)
