RSS Bandit
RSS Bandit is an open source RSS/Atom aggregator based on the Microsoft .NET framework. It was originally released as a code sample in a series of articles the Extreme XML column written by Dare Obasanjo on MSDN in 2003.[1][2] The code samples were developed into an open source project. It is currently hosted on SourceForge[3] and the primary contributors are Dare Obasanjo and Torsten Rendelmann.
| Developer(s) | Dare Obasanjo and Torsten Rendelmann |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2003[1][2] |
| Stable release | 1.9.0.1002
/ July 4, 2010 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | News aggregator |
| License | BSD |
| Website | rssbandit |
Features
Interface
The three-pane user interface is modeled after desktop email clients, with a tree view showing the list of feeds. The application has a number of features inspired by email readers and other RSS readers including:
- Search folders for reading all items that match a search term or just all unread items
- Import and export subscription lists as an OPML file
- Keyboard shortcuts for main functions
- Ability to download podcasts[4]
- Automatic marking of items as read as they are scrolled past
- Search in all feeds, across all updates from subscriptions
- Current subscription lists and read/unread state of items in the application can be synchronized via a FTP or WebDAV server, allowing use from multiple computers
- Feeds can be read from a Google Reader account, allowing the user to subscribe or unsubscribe from feeds, mark items as read or star them in RSS Bandit and have these changes reflected in Google Reader
- Feeds can be read from Facebook accounts, to read their news feed and comment on the status updates of their friends.
Reception
The application received 4 out 5 stars in a review on Download.com.[5] It has also received 4 out of 5 stars in a review on About.com.[6]
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gollark: If they want to go through it, sure?
gollark: > i'd support banning it straight through, independent of any mechanisms, as peer-reviewed research has showed it's shitIf you go around banning it, though, *there is clearly a way your government can ban that stuff*, hence meaning there's a mechanism for and/or support for it. And that's bad.
gollark: If there was a mechanism in place to stop people doing that sort of only-self-harming-maybe stuff, which there is now, it *would* (and *has*) been affected by political pressure.
gollark: Thing is, this mechanism for banning things would be controlled by a *government* or something, which means that when a sufficient mass of people complain that something is Clearly Immoral™ (see: homosexuality, drugs, whatever else) it would be banned.
See also
References
- Building a Desktop News Aggregator
- Revamping the RSS Bandit application
- RSS Bandit on SourceForge.net
- "RSS Bandit official blog: 'Downloading and Managing Pending Podcasts'"
- "RSS Bandit". Download.com. CNet. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- "RSS Bandit 1.6 - RSS News Feed Reader". About.com. New York Times Company. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
External links
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