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Questions tagged [feed-reader]

Software for reading feeds such as RSS or Atom

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How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed?

How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed, using the URL in a browser, or some javascript? Which parameter do I have to use?
Guillermo Gutiérrez
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How can I merge several .opml files?

I've three different sets of blog lists on 3 different PC's. How can I merge them ?
Eugene Yarmash
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RSS Replacement

So I've been using Google Reader for sometime but today when I logged on I got a message that it will be closing down. I love RSS since it brings me all the content I like without having to search it out. Then I did some reading and found out that…
Joel B
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How to open a web page in Mozilla Thunderbird (without using an add-on)

I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird (version 15, on Windows) as a RSS client (I know there are others clients; I've used some of them). The problem (for me) is that some publishers don't want to include more details for an article in the description's…
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How to get the articles out of the RSSOwl database (db40)?

The feedreader RSSOwl saves all articles in a database rssowl.db. As far as I read, it's a "db40" database. Size of my rssowl.db is at the moment 3.9 GB. I also got another database with size of around 2 GB, but it might be corrupt. Now I want to…
unor
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What RSS Reader can handle item-updating (JIRA search) feeds?

Thunderbird is a good rss reader in terms of being able to connect successfully to jira authenticated search feeds (where evolution-rss and Liferea can't), but really sucks when it comes to updating. A Jira search feed will give a link id to…
Stephen
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XKCD Random Viewing?

I have discovered through my reading of XKCD that it feels funnier when viewed randomly. However, since I have read about 2/3 of the comics, that I am quickly getting into repetetive clicking of the random button to find a new one. So I'd like to…
Champaigne Chips
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Why cannot I see RSS feeds in Outlook 2010?

Why cannot I see RSS feeds in Outlook 2010? I want all RSS feeds in one unified folder, so I have added my subscription to the predefined RSS folder. However, this predefined RSS folder continues to show me the splash screen. You can see the…
Shumon Saha
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Google Reader can read this RSS feed, why can't my RSS reader?

I have a website that I would like to subscribe to via my RSS reader. The website itself doesn't publicize its RSS feed, however when I used Google Reader it was able to find one, and it works perfectly well. Google Reader cites…
Nicole
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Simple Atom application that downloads everything

I'm looking for a simple desktop application that downloads everything linked in an Atom feed. This isn't for reading blogs or listening to podcasts - simply using the feed as a notification service for new data. [Maybe a podcast manager could do…
Steve Bennett
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Outlook 2010 cheaper/free replacement

I am very pleased with Outlook 2010, but since I can't use it any more I have two big options: buy it or search for a decent cheaper/free replacement. What I need from that program/suite is: POP/SMTP good management (I have Yahoo Mail Plus which…
Andrei Rînea
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Are there any alternative RSS Gadget for Windows 7?

I would like to have a minimalistic RSS Feed Reader for my Windows 7. For that, I think a Gadget would be a good fit. And there is the default RSS Gadget. But it is really bad, because it's animated all the time, and this really distracts me, so I…
Jonas
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How can I add a RSS Feed to the Windows 7 RSS Gadget?

I use Windows 7 and I can add gadgets to the sidebar. One of the gadget is an RSS reader. How can I add a RSS Feed to it? At the moment I have no feeds. I would like to have one from StackOverflow.
Jonas
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Clear the feed cache in Opera

How can I configure Opera to purge read feeds? I registered a couple of often-updating feeds in Opera and would like to save disk space by having the browser clear out the cache.
Mike L.
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Thunderbird - Add YouTube Thumbnail to RSS feed

When I read the RSS of a youtube channel from Thunderbird, I only see the description of the video and nothing else. I was wondering if there was a way to add the thumbnail to the feed preview. I know that youtube RSS feeds have the thumbnail link…
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