[prssr-devel-ml] Re: Future of pRSSreader

  • From: "Marvyn Hortman" <marvyn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: prssr-devel-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:50:15 -0500

I haven't used PRss for a couple of versions.  I use proxy trick on my MDA
so I can use tzones to browse the web.  I can't seem to get 1.4.0.1 to
connect..any idea how one might set up the proxy inside of Prss to work with
tzones?
TIA


On 10/3/07, Tushar Bharadia <t.bharadia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It seems the option to hide read items in feed view has gone. This proved
> (at least to me) to be a highly useful feature for filtering out stuff I
> don't want to read. Now marking items as read doesn't hide them from view,
> so on larger feeds, you still have to wade through the stuff you don't
> care
> about to get to the stuff you do.
> Also, a further request for change: I would like pRSSr to have my babies,
> I
> love it that much.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tushar.
>
>
> On 10/1/07, David Andrs <pda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Joerg wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > nice to hear from you, especially the personal good luck :)
> > >
> > > I'm now using 1.4.0.1 and think it's quite nice, some features needed
> > > getting used to, but so far... I really like the caching, up until now
> I
> > > implemented this on my server, so it was caching the feeds I read for
> me
> > on
> > > a regular basis. But as it is neither trivial nor failure proof I
> really
> > > welcome the addition to pRSSreader. Next best thing to sliced bread is
> > the
> > > speed with which pRSSreader works now - without (obvious) caching, the
> > feeds
> > > still load amazingly fast when they are read from the "disk".
> > This caching feature required different cache organization and as a side
> > effect it brought faster loading of feeds, which is very nice :)
> >
> > >
> > > However, I've found some minor issues, but as I'm not sure, whether
> you
> > want
> > > to hear them, I'll just throw everything together in this one mail.
> > It is the reason, why I give 1.4.0.X for public testing.
> >
> > >
> > > * When viewing any item (message), pressing the center D-Pad button
> > (center
> > > button on my navigation pad) will bring up the Pocket IE, but without
> > any
> > > page being loaded (the previously loaded site will remain there). I
> was
> > > expecting it would close the current message as it did in the
> 1.3.xversions
> > > or maybe open the online message. Both versions open the selected item
> > when
> > > I press this button.
> > I have find out the following. If the message is cached ('Link to the
> > article' at the bottom is in bold) the article is opened ok. But if I
> > try to open an article that is not cached, pRSSreader behaves like you
> > reported -> it is a bug.
> >
> > >
> > > * Is there any way to revert to the old way of item movement (i.e.
> > pressing
> > > "down" at the end of the shown message will do nothing instead of
> moving
> > to
> > > the next one)? I noticed the registry structure is quite different
> too,
> > so
> > > I'm left wondering where the old registry key might be placed now or
> if
> > it
> > > is implemented at all.
> > Not yet implemented.
> >
> > >
> > > * I can not copy any error message to the clipboard. Although the
> items
> > > offer "copy" and "cut", I cannot paste anything in any application
> > (Notes,
> > > any other app with a text field). I'm not entirely certain as to why
> > this
> > > happens.
> > It is bug.
> >
> > >
> > > * After downloading the feed contents, it (presumably) fetches images
> > with
> > > the message "jmeno souboru" - am I guessing correctly?
> > After feed update, pRSSreader is caching images, html and enclosures. My
> > plan is to have a manageable download queue, where you can cancel items,
> > reorder them, etc. For know it shows "jmeno souboru" (means file name)
> > and the number of items that remain to download.
> >
> > >
> > > Some suggestions:
> > > * It would be great if it were possible to get more detailed errors
> > > (possibly when copying them to the clipboard?) than "Invalid feed
> file".
> > I
> > > love that the new message (probably) represent the real error better
> > than in
> > > the old version, but I'm currently not at home, so some of the new
> > errors
> > > I'm seeing might be caused by the unstable internet connection I'm
> using
> > here.
> > I guess that "invalid feed file" error is in this case caused by
> > unstable internet connection...
> > Anyway, more detailed errors are planned.
> >
> > >
> > > * It would be great to have an indication (or a column) in the new
> > "Update
> > > feeds" view, that shows how long ago a feed was successfully updated
> > (say
> > > <1h, 1h, 2h, ..., 1d, 2d, ...)
> > I will see what I can do with it. I like this idea.
> >
> > --
> > David
> >
> > >
> > > That's it from my nagging self, you've done a real good job with
> > pRSSreader!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jörg
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