RSSOwl
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| Developer(s) | Benjamin Pasero |
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| Initial release | December 19, 2004 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Eclipse |
| Type | News aggregator |
| License | EPL-1.0 |
| Website | rssowl |
RSSOwlis a discontinuednews aggregatorforRSSandAtomnews feeds. It is written inJavaand built on theEclipse Rich Client Platformwhich usesSWTas awidget toolkitto allow it to fit in with thelook and feelof different operating systems while remainingcross-platform.[4]Released under theEPL-1.0license, RSSOwl isfree software.
In addition to its full text searches, saved searches, notifications and filters,[5]RSSOwl v2.1synchronized with the now discontinuedGoogle Reader.[6][7]
History
[edit]RSSOwl began as small project onSourceForgeat the end of July 2003.[8]The first public version was 0.3a.
Version 1.0
[edit]RSSOwl 1.0 was released on December 19, 2001. It was released with support forRSSandAtomnews feeds. The initial release also supported exporting feeds toPDF,RTF,andHTML.This release was available forWindows,Mac,Linux,andSolaris. RSSOwl 1.1 added support for toolbars and quick search in news feeds.[9]Version 1.2 improved toolbar customization and added support for Atom 1.0 News feeds.[10]Versions 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 addeduniversal binarysupport for the Mac as well as drag and drop for tabs and a built-in feed validator.[11][12]RSSOwl was the SourceForge Project of the Month for January 2005.[13]
Version 2.0
[edit]RSSOwl 2.0 was announced on March 7, 2007, atEclipseCon2007.[14]Version 2.0 was rebuilt on theEclipse Rich Client Platformand useddb4ofor database storage andLucenefor text searching.[15]Severalmilestoneversions were released before the final 2.0 version that added labeling of news feeds, pop-up notification of new feeds and storage of news articles in news bins.[16][17]The final 2.0 version was released as milestone 9 and added support for secure password and credential storage, news filters, support for embeddingFirefox3.0XULRunnerto render news feeds, and proxy support for Windows.[18]Version 2.1, released July 15, 2011, addedGoogle Readersynchronization support and new layouts.[6][7]
Forks
[edit]RSSOwl is no longer maintained[19]by its original developer. However, a maintainedforkof it is available, known asRSSOwlnix.
Features
[edit]Format support
[edit]- Full support for RSS & RDF versions 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0
- Support forAtom Syndication Formatversion 1.0
- Generate PDF, RTF, and HTML documents from any aggregate feed
Organization
[edit]- Powerful Newsfeed keyword-based search engine
- Perform a full-text search with results, highlighting favorites and categories
- Aggregate news of an entire category to one news tab
- Save favorite newsfeeds in categories
- Store newsfeeds inBlogrollsand share them with other people
- Mail News Tips to friends
Security
[edit]Import and Export
[edit]- Import and Export favorite newsfeeds usingOPML(Outline Processor Markup Language)[20]
- Import and Export your settings in RSS Owl to use them on another computer
Other
[edit]- Support forpodcastdownloading using news filters
- Integrated Newsfeed validator
- Erroneous favorites are marked
- Read news either in the internal browser or a Rich Text window[21]
- Blog news viewed in RSS Owl with your favorite blogging tool
- Huge list of sample Newsfeeds pre-saved
- Select an auto-update-interval for your favorites
- View properties of a selected favorite
Internationalization
[edit]RSSOwl has been translated into many languages, includingBengali,Bulgarian, Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,Galician,German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^"RSS Owl | RSS / RDF / Atom Feed Reader Files".
- ^"Release 2.2.1".11 November 2014.Retrieved15 March2018.
- ^"RSSOwl 2.2.1 is available".30 December 2013.Retrieved1 May2024.
- ^"Five Best Google Reader Alternatives that're also Free".Narga.22 April 2013.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^Martin Brinkmann(17 August 2011),"How To Setup News Filters In RSS Reader RSSOwl",Ghacks Technology News(published August 17, 2011),retrievedAugust 22,2011,
quite a few [features] helped me optimize my work flow.
- ^abRSSOwl 2.1 Changelog,retrievedAugust 22,2011
- ^abMartin Brinkmann(15 July 2011),"RSS Feed Reader RSSOwl Updated",Ghacks Technology News(published July 15, 2011),retrievedAugust 22,2011
- ^First RSSOwl version 0.3a, seehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl/files/rssowl%20classic%201.0%20(do%20not%20use)/0.3a/
- ^RSSOwl 1.1 releasedArchived2010-07-23 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 1.2 releasedArchived2011-01-04 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 1.2.1 releasedArchived2010-06-27 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 1.2.2 releasedArchived2010-06-27 at theWayback Machine
- ^SourceForge.net: Project of the Month
- ^EclipseCon 2007: Preview of RSSOwl 2.0
- ^Announcing RSSOwl 2.0Archived2011-01-04 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 6Archived2011-01-04 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 7Archived2010-06-27 at theWayback Machine
- ^RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 9Archived2010-06-27 at theWayback Machine
- ^"rssowl/RSSOwl".GitHub.Retrieved11 October2018.
RSSOwl is unmaintained and has several known vulnerabilities. Please do not use it any more
- ^"RSSOwl Newsreader Updates to 2.0, Adds Feed Importing, Search Features".LifeHacker.2 January 2010.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^"RSSOwl – Powerful News Feed Reader For Your Desktop".MakeUseOf.17 March 2011.Retrieved14 November2014.