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What is
RssReader?
RssReader is a program to read RSS and Atom news feeds.
RssReader collect news in the background at user configurable intervals and warn
with a little popup in the system tray that there is a new message arrived. You
can click the news headline to see a short description of the news and click or
open the original news web page in an RssReader browser or default browser
window.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for syndicating news.
Many news and web log sites support RSS by adding these pictograms as
or
to their
web pages.
RssReader support RSS versions 0.9x, 1.0 and 2.0 and Atom 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3.
Running under Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003.
RssReader is FREEWARE, which means that you can freely copy the original
installation package without any modifications and give it away to all of your
friends. We don't take any responsibility for any damage to your computer caused
by installing or inappropriate use of this program.
Download:
First time installation instructions:
Step 1:
If you have never run RssReader before, not running Windows 2003 or the latest
Windows XP version and never installed the free Microsoft .NET framework (What
is Microsoft .NET framework?) you first need to download and install it.
The easiest way is to run
Windows update
or otherwise visit
Microsoft How to Get the .NET Framework 1.1.
Step 2:
Download RssReader 1.0.88.0 as:
rssreader.zip
or as
rssreader.exe
Step 3
Install RssReader (if you have installed RssReader before see Step 1 of the
upgrade instructions).
If you downloaded the .zip version then unzip the file (using for example
WinZip) and run setup.exe
If you downloaded the .exe version run that one.
Step 4:
Look for this
or
RSS feed
pictograms in news pages of websites, for example
Yahoo! news or
BBC news.
Place the mouse arrow on one of the above pictograms (in the website you found)
and click the right mouse button, then choose "Copy Shortcut".
Start RssReader and go to add(+) channel/feed and then paste (click right mouse
button) the url and press ok. Add as many feeds to this free RSS reader as you
want and use it as free news aggregator.
Free Dutch News feed:
http://rss.fok.nl/~breuls/pub/fp/rssNieuws
Upgrade instructions:
Step 1:
Close RssReader first (no RssReader system tray icon also)
Step 2:
Uninstall RssReader (Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, select
RssReader, Remove)
See Step 2 of first time installation instructions
RssReader is FREEWARE, which means that you can freely copy the original
installation package without any modifications and give it away to all of your
friends. We don't take any responsibility for any damage to your computer caused
by installing or inappropriate use of this program.
Please mail bugs (known bugs)
and any suggestions or questions to:
info@rssreader.nl.
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