BottomFeeder is an application that reads and displays RSS and Atom-formatted feeds. RSS and Atom are syndication formats used by a large number of news sites and Web logs.
| Tags | Utilities Office/Business News/Diary Internet Web Dynamic Content Browsers |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL Artistic |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | Smalltalk |
Recent releases


Changes: The Feedlists folder has been eliminated. Importing a feedlist now adds feeds directly to your subscription list. The separate "Searches" folder has been eliminated. Search feeds are now part of your subscription list, and are marked with a new icon. Tabs now open empty and remember their previous state. There are many other changes and enhancements.


Changes: A bugfix in the update loop (old items are properly identified as seen). Bugfixes to allow online updating to work. Bugfixes in the blog posting tool.


Changes: Upgraded to VisualWorks 7.4.1 as the base. Support for NTLM based proxy servers. Support for the PhotoCast module. Bugfixes for the Atom 1.0 support. A bugfix for a problem saving synchronization files. A bugfix for online to offline toggle. Ensures no attempted net queries happen when offline. UI change. All "Notification" references are now "Alert" references (consistency). Bugfixes for OPML output. A serious bug with the "connection problem" dialog has been fixed (you only get one now) If you subscribe to a feed: URL, it should work now.


Changes: The feed menu was reorganized to make feed modification easier to access. Support for the "del" key (feeds/folders) was added. Bugfixes were made in the Network support libraries, which fixes the update block bug. Bugs were fixed in the item identification code, which should prevent the spurious return of old items as new. Bugfixes were made to the blog posting tool's startup. A new Quick Start Guide was added to the documentation. Bugs in the loading of example feeds from the Web site were fixed. The startup feeds were modified for new installations. Many small bugs were fixed elsewhere.


Changes: Support for Atom 1.0, tabbed browsing, and additional search engine support are the main new features.