RSXE   a brand-new experimental newsreader client
by Brennan Underwood
RSS

features

  • tabbed browsing
  • reads RSS 1.0, 2.0, Atom, whatever
  • enclosure downloading
  • pure compiled C++, no .net poo
  • uses the rock-solid database engine sqlite
  • and the highly useful wasabi sdk
  • minimizes to the systray so it can continue to monitor news unobtrusively

    tips

  • drag-and-drop RSS urls directly onto the application to subscribe (or choose Sources->Add source by URL...)
  • wheel-clicking on an article in the article list will open that article in a new tab
  • click the browse-forward button on your mouse (if it has one) on the article list to move to the next unread article
  • 29-nov-2005

    tuesday
     
    that was a hassle
    I didn't really mean to spend all day on it, but now the Penny Arcade feed parses. Sure, I could have emailed them about it, but that doesn't exactly scale.

    Things:

  • HTTP Redirects are NOT supposed to be relative.
  • Please, escape or CDATA-enclose your HTML-laden <description> field.
  • So I guess U-0092 (’) is some kind of extra-purty apostrophe?

    Build! 0.10. Wow, 10 builds already. The smiley button now lets you tag articles. Because um tags r neet. Someday there will be a UI to access your taggery.

    build: RSXE v0.10 (455kb)

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    RSXE utilizes the CONSUME browsing metaphor. You have been warned.


    it is pre-alpha

    Yes, fresher than alpha, it's pre-alpha. That means it is a work in progress. But it seems to work decently. I use it every day. You are welcome to use it as well.

    download

  • RSXE v0.12 (417kb)
    (posted 17-jan-2006)

    You can also optionally download and install the Mozilla browser control if you would like your articles to render in Mozilla.
    (Recommended)
    Mozilla ActiveX control page