Fuzzy Duck RSS Reader 1.5.0

21/02/2007
Now works with IE7


03/11/2005
Can now be used off line
Fixed some bugs

12/10/2005
Can be unstuck from boundries

05/10/2005
Added Print
Sticks to desktop boundries

17/02/2005
Added OPML import support
Added refresh to menu
Added refresh time to display settings
Added disable feed to rss manager
Tweaks

10/02/2005
Another large core update
ReWritten the feed reader engine, now has better support for rdf
You can now select to only show the headlines of certain feeds
Refresh time is now remembered for the next time you run
better update support for old settings files
reduced the footprint again
increased the load speed a bit

08/02/2005
Added a display settings section to the rss manager.  Big update!!

07/02/2005
More streamlining
Some error trapping
Option to always start minimized
New icon
New site (http://www.fuzzyd.co.uk/rssreader)

04/02/2005
Memory leak is fixed!
Initial memory footprint down from 30mb to about 4mb
Lots of code tweaks to improve speed
Changed compiler so now smaller exe file

03/02/2005
Halved initial memory load!
Added title image support
Added ability to edit feed url
Added ability to edit the number of erticles displayed from each feed
Streamlined some code
Few performance tweaks
Tested with atom and rdf

02/02/2005
Added jump to feed menu


02/02/2005
Added Order sorting to rss manager
Added button graphics to rss manager (will change!!)

02/02/2005
Added Done button to rssManager

About
This app is a small (ish) app to read RSS formatted news feeds, such as those found on yahoo and bbc news.
It is meant to do nothing else, just simple top ten headlines form the feeds you give it.

It can hold lots feeds, but I wouldn't like to see the load times on huge lists.

This app may need the vb runtimes.  I have not included these as most people have them, making the download small.

The reason I have used certain external Active X files like dhtmled.ocx is to reduce the footprint in the memory.
WIth this it takes about 3 to 4 mb
Using the ms Webbrowser control it leaps to 29mb, but looks and works exactly the same!!


Any comments or bugs email me at andrzej@fuzzyd.co.uk

Instructions
1. Extract the file rssReader.exe to any folder...it must have write access.
2. Run rssReader.exe
3. It will write a file called rss_feeds.xml
4. Right click on the new task bar icon to get the menu. (Again to make the reader as simple as possible i have removed menus from the main form)
5. Use the feed manager to add and remove feeds and change your display settings.
	a.Feeds will display in the order they are in the manager window.
	b.Move feed order up and down with the up and down buttons :)
	c.Click a feed, now you can change the link and the number of articles, press edit to make the change
	d.Import OPML file.  During import any problems and the duck will write an error log.
6. Use the display settings to change the display settings :)

7. Refresh Time is in minutes
8. Roll you mouse over the task try icon and it will give you the latest headline from the first feed.
9. Right click in the feed menu to get a jump to feed menu. Click the feed you want to jump to
Thats it.

ToDo
Fix anythig you guys tell me is wrong!!

Andrzej Marczewski