![]() Would right-clicking on the columns titles open a context menu ? That would have been too obvious. It’s not in Options, either (another mess). That would be in the View menu, right ? Nope. Just a few days ago, I was trying to do something trivial, that I had done in the past, but could not remember how to do : change the columns displayed. That is, when they are in the menus at all. Sure, there’s a forum, but it’s remarkable for its total lack of stickies, tutorials or how-to’s, the Google captcha which throws you in an endless loop of fire hydrants and bicycles when you want to log in, the fact they insist on putting the Russian part of it on top (we get it that Russians make some very good programs, but guys, apart from you 145 million people, no one else speaks Russian), and… the complete lack of a search function.Īlso, Quite RSS features have been sprayed across its menus in a seemingly random manner. After 8 years, no one has been able to hammer out something resembling an online manual (never mind an embedded one, or, God forbid, a pdf). My favorite one is the total lack of any form of help. Now to be completely fair, there are, indeed, some aspects of that irreplaceable program which are, indeed, beta-like. Is that an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records for self-disparagement ? the result of a silly a bet among devs never to come out of beta ? a practical joke ? Note that this is still supposed to be a beta, after 8 years of developement : it’s v. I just upgraded to the previous version, I’m now off to evaluate the last one. Thanks, Martin, for keeping alive the 10-member club of Quite RSS diehards. ![]() Now You: Do you use RSS feeds? If so which program or service, and why? Data is preserved during upgrades but it is still recommended to export the feed list using the Menu option to have a backup at hand should things go wrong. It is also possible to download the installer or portable version from the developer website and use it instead. Other fixes include a fix for the empty directory creation issue on the c: drive, dark style improvements, and feed updating fixes.Įxisting users may update using built-in update functionality. The developers have fixed a crash of the application and fixed high DPI support. ![]() The engine was updated to Qt 5.13.2, directories are hidden when searching in feeds, and headline news are locked while scrolling. What else is new? It is now possible to share to contacts on Viber and Telegram, and to switch the focus from search when pressing ESC. Media-RSS extends this by allowing publishers to add more information to the enclosed media such as the medium, title, a description, or thumbnail. RSS supports enclosing media by default by providing a path, MIME type and size of the file. Media-RSS, as the name implies, is an RSS module designed to improve the inclusion of multimedia content in RSS feeds. The new version that was released on Apintroduces support for Media-RSS among other things. QuiteRSS development picked up pace in recent time again. Tip: check out my list of 8 tips to improve RSS feed reading in QuiteRSS. Some users may dislike the fact that it does not support Sync out of the box but I never found this to be a problem. Years ago, I discovered QuiteRSS for Windows and have used the RSS feed reader ever since as it offered all the functionality that I needed in a reader. RSSOwl, FeedDemon, or Feedreader - to keep up to date with new posts and announcements on sites and services that support RSS. I have used numerous programs in the past - e.g. It is no secret that I prefer desktop feed readers over browser-based, cloud-based or application-based ones.
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