Bing Search in FeedDemon

Now that Microsoft’s Bing search engine is live, I figured I’d create a "search definition" for FeedDemon to simplify subscribing to Bing search feeds. Here's how to use it: View this page in FeedDemon, then click here to install the Bing search definition Click the Subscribe button, then type the keyword you wish to search for and click Next Select... [read more]

Monday, June 01, 2009 in FeedDemon, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (3) | Incoming Links

Is Your RSS Reader Broken?

Dare Obasanjo believes that RSS readers which are modeled after email clients are broken: “…it seems to me that the way we think of RSS readers needs to fundamentally change. Presenting information as a news feed where the user isn’t pressured to read every item or feel like a failure is one way to move the needle on the user... [read more]

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 in FeedDemon, Syndication | Permalink | Comments (15) | Incoming Links

ANN: FeedDemon 3.0 Beta 4 with Google Reader Synchronization

It has been fun watching the news spread about the latest FeedDemon 3.0 Beta even though I never “officially” announced it. It started with a couple tweets from me, then spread to Twitter at large and on to web sites like Digital Inspiration, Shooting at Bubbles and Lifehacker. So, I guess I should make it official now: the first beta... [read more]

Thursday, April 30, 2009 in FeedDemon, Syndication | Permalink | Comments (8) | Incoming Links

Making Short URLs Suck Less

All this chatter about how short URLs suck makes me want to remind folks about FeedDemon 3.0’s “short URL preview,” which I blogged about a few months back. As the screenshot below illustrates, just mouse over a short URL to see a balloon tip containing the actual URL it points to: A even better example of this feature can be... [read more]

Saturday, April 04, 2009 in FeedDemon | Permalink | Comments (4) | Incoming Links

Anti-Virus Software Hates Us

One of the things I despise about Windows is how much time developers have to spend working around problems in third-party firewall and anti-virus software. Case in point: I’m seeing quite a few error reports about the new FeedDemon 3.0 beta that are caused by AV software locking files that FeedDemon is trying to access. Many AV programs monitor the... [read more]

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 in FeedDemon, Software | Permalink | Comments (16) | Incoming Links

ANN: FeedDemon 3.0 Beta 1a

FeedDemon 3.0 Beta 1a (build 3.0.0.8) is now available. This is an update which corrects some issues reported in the initial beta release (build 3.0.0.7), which was posted on March 30 but not announced here. Download details and release notes can be found on the FeedDemon Beta Site. As always, simply install this pre-release directly on top of your existing... [read more]

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in FeedDemon | Permalink | Comments (14) | Incoming Links

FeedDemon Beta Expiration?

If you’re using the latest FeedDemon beta release, it may be telling you that it expires later this week. Don’t worry – there will be an updated beta available tomorrow (March 30), so the annoying expiration message will be short-lived. Sorry for not having a new build available before now, but I think you’ll be pleased once you see some... [read more]

Sunday, March 29, 2009 in FeedDemon | Permalink | Comments (12) | Incoming Links

FeedDemon to Sync with Google Reader?

Amit Agarwal has the scoop: I’ve been experimenting with making FeedDemon sync with Google Reader. It’s something we get a lot of requests for, so we decided to see what it would entail to add Google Reader synching to both FeedDemon and NetNewsWire. I should make it clear that it’s not 100% definite that this feature will see the light... [read more]

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 in FeedDemon | Permalink | Comments (35) | Incoming Links

Building a Better Twitter Feed Reader

Like many of you, I’m addicted to reading Twitter. And not surprisingly, I’m also addicted to reading feeds. So you’d think I’d love reading my Twitter feeds in FeedDemon, right? Unfortunately, no. The problem is that Twitter feeds are plain text – no hyperlinks, no images, no nothing. As a result, reading Twitter feeds is a bland experience in any... [read more]

Thursday, January 01, 2009 in FeedDemon | Permalink | Comments (17) | Incoming Links

It Sucks to Throw Away New Code

Earlier this year I wrote about the joy of throwing away your code. It’s true - as a rule, programmers generally love getting rid of old code. But I discovered a corollary to that rule: it sucks to throw away code that you just wrote. I know because I had to throw away a ton of code I wrote last... [read more]

Monday, December 29, 2008 in FeedDemon, Software | Permalink | Comments (11) | Incoming Links