QUICK NEWS: If you don't use it - you should!

[crazy_smeggie]

I get most of my news when I'm traveling (which is often) via rss or Really Simple Syndication. Quick News is an rss client that intalls on the handheld and enables you to define and wirelessly download only the news that appeals to you. I also run a macro (via MacroPlay) each morning and it updates automagically each day. For a detailed description, go HERE (http://standalone.com/palmos/quick_news/).

Here's a small collection of screenshots (on a green background) of the feeds that I like to watch. The numbers to the right of the shots represent how many new articles there are as well as how many I've read:

http://www.streamload.com/streambeamerz/1SRC_Files/Quicknews.gif

SMEGGIE :D

[glassman]

I really like this app too. I just wish it would work on Internal Media. It dumps all the feeds into my RAM.

[crazy_smeggie]

I run it from the stick. I moved it with PowerRUN. Works like a charm.

Also, in the Preferences/Downloads, it gives you the option to select which card to run it from.


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[glassman]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

I tried moving it with ZLauncher and two icons appeared. It's time to try it with PowerRun.

[crazy_smeggie]

By the way...

If you are considering upgrading from 1.04 or 1.05 to 1.06 AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN YOUR FEEDS, don't upgrade. I just migrated to 1.06 and where all of my user-defined feeds seem to load, they don't and I am currently, and laboriously, re-keying them as we speak.

Dammit Standalone!!


SMEGGIE :D

[crazy_smeggie]

DO NOT INSTALL VERSION 1.06 AS THE POS IS RIDDLED WITH BUGS.

BACK TO 1.04...

SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Wow...so I should give 1.06 a try? Ok!

[crazy_smeggie]

Yeah, give it a go. My problems may have been rooted elsewhere...

However, I just reverted to 1.04 because it was stable. (And because it takes a long time to manually reload all of my favorite feeds.)


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[crazy_smeggie]

This is very cool!!

You can define your own rss feeds HERE!! (http://news.yahoo.com/rss/)

Scroll down on this page to where it says: Create your own RSS news feeds and then type in whatever you want: beer, ale, microbreweries, barleywine - whatever you want to receive daily news on and whenever your word is 'IN THE NEWS' you will receive that as part of your user-defined rss feed!!!

Cool stuff!!

SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

I was giving you a hard time...I'm going to what you recommend of course...I just downloaded the 1.04 and will install it when I get back home. :)

[bazman]

This may be a stupid question, I'm an RSS novice....

...but when I install Quick News on my UX50 and a few RSS feeds (e.g. BBC news), I only get the headlines on the PDA, not the full article. Unlike my desktop RSS browser (Awasu) where I get linked to the full article.

Am I doing something wrong?

[crazy_smeggie]

You might be...look at your display setting under Options/Preferences/Display. I have mine set to 'Split.'

However, since I have been rss'ing for a while, I have seen some feeds that don't give you all of the article and some don't give you anything at all.


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[Kitten]

What feeds have you found that give the full article? I've noticed the BBC doesn't :(

Edit:
How did you get the 1.04? I can only get 1.06 on their site. And it didn't work right! This is not fun.....

[.PoNeH]

Bottom line...is it really worth the investment...I'm still contemplating... ;/

[crazy_smeggie]

What feeds have you found that give the full article? I've noticed the BBC doesn't :(

Edit:
How did you get the 1.04? I can only get 1.06 on their site. And it didn't work right! This is not fun.....

Most, if not all, of the feeds I show above in my screenshots, give you the full article. I still follow one concerning Reality TV that just gives the headlines.


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[crazy_smeggie]

Bottom line...is it really worth the investment...I'm still contemplating... ;/

After today? F*ck no!!!

I had 1.04 installed, retyped all of my feeds by hand and today, when updating, it hung on a feed. I was forced to reset out of it and when I did, it hosed the Quick News file(s) and everytime I tried to fire it up, it would hang where it crashed. I was forced to uninstall it.

As of right now, it hasn't made it back to my unit. I don't think I want to load that buggy software until the dev gets it right.


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[.PoNeH]

Wow...glad to hear that prior to purchasing it...let me know if any new patches solve the buggyness problem.

[crazy_smeggie]

I'm helping to beta version 1.08. So far, all of the things that were awry with 1.06 seem to have been corrected in 1.08.

I'll keep you posted.


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[Kitten]

I really want to like this but it crashed my poor UX yesterday. I hope 1.08 is better! You rock SMEGGIE!!!

[.PoNeH]

Yeah...same here...keep us posted buddeh!

[crazy_smeggie]

Thanks!

When it is working, it is a brilliant application. When it isn't, there's nothing worse. I am confident that these new versions will provide for ease of use combined with, hopefully, my UX-50-specific test issues/suggestions. Hopefully, we will all benefit from this.


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[lekeno]

How about the podcast download stuff ? Is it fixed ?

[crazy_smeggie]

I dunno - I don't do Podcasts.

However, before I deleted all of the inherent feeds, I did notice that the Podcast feed had a lot of content. This may be good news for you.


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[crazy_smeggie]

What feeds have you found that give the full article? I've noticed the BBC doesn't :(

Edit:
How did you get the 1.04? I can only get 1.06 on their site. And it didn't work right! This is not fun.....

Sorry Kitten. I had to wait until IT ACTUALLY WORKED before I could post this. These feeds have decent content for reading:

http://www.streamload.com/streambeamerz/1SRC_Files/HRCapt20050406004924.gif

http://www.streamload.com/streambeamerz/1SRC_Files/HRCapt20050406004936.gif

(with the exception of Reality TV World)


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[javabird]

I tried it, but on my SJ-22 it took FOREVER to open. Also, it's not hi-rez. So, I'll stick with Avantgo and iSilo for reading daily news.

[.PoNeH]

what is the diff between this app and AvantGo and iSilo?

[lmame]

what is the diff between this app and AvantGo and iSilo?

This one is a true RSS feed reader... It works well... If you have the right version :)
On Palm OS, it's the only one that works quite well...

[crazy_smeggie]

I tried it, but on my SJ-22 it took FOREVER to open. Also, it's not hi-rez. So, I'll stick with Avantgo and iSilo for reading daily news.

The new version (1.08f) is much faster and it will have some UX-50-specific fixes as well. They are improving this app each day which is all you can really expect out of a developer. I think they are addressing the issues rather nicely, I might add. The issues I have submitted have already been addressed and fixed which pleases me immensely!!!


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Sweeet...how do I go about beta testing it?

[javabird]

what is the diff between this app and AvantGo and iSilo?

Avantgo and iSilo allow you to download news to read later on your PDA. They're not true RSS feeds--but if you don't have wireless on your pda, it's probably a moot point.

[.PoNeH]

well...honestly...having the news compiled into one interface like that allows for a lot more efficiency. Who cares about whether it is Hi-Res or not. It's not a video game. Holdem' is low-res and black and white and its the game I play the most on my UX at the moment.

[Kitten]

SMEGGIE, thank you so much for the feed listing. I really want to use Quick News, but crashed my baby again today. :(

[.PoNeH]

Just wait for the release of the new version...he said it's really good. I am here awaiting!

[crazy_smeggie]

Version 1.08 was released earlier today. If you had an earlier version on your unit THAT DOESN'T HAVE FEEDS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP, use Uninstall Manager to remove it from your UX. Then install 1.08. The enhancements are significant and I believe just short of one or two things (that will be fixed) it is the app I had hoped it would be.

Try it - you'll like it. And if it crashes again, I would have to believe something else is causing you to have issues.

Windows download is HERE (http://standalone.com/palmos/quick_news/quick_news.zip)

Macintosh download is HERE (http://standalone.com/palmos/quick_news/quick_news.sit)


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Downloaded...trying it as soon as I get home from class :)

[crazy_smeggie]

The only thing that I found it DOESN'T do, is deploy landscaped when run from the card.

Other than that, it is now purchase-able!!


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Ah...so it will automatically be on portrait when on card? Is that enough to keep it in RAM? Does it take up too much space?

[crazy_smeggie]

It's pretty big and depending on how many feeds you monitor, it can go well over a meg. That's why I felt it needed to be on the Memstick.

They know about the issue and it will likely be fixed in the next release. It's certainly not a big deal.


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Why do you put things on Memory Stick instead of Int. Media?

[crazy_smeggie]

Why do you put things on Memory Stick instead of Int. Media?

Because I have a 1 GB stick and I like to keep as much RAM available as possible. I generally have around 7.5 MB RAM free.

I put all of my pictures and videos in Internal Media and pretty much everything else on the stick with the exception of apps like Agendus, PocketTunes and alarm-based apps that don't work from the stick.


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[.PoNeH]

Ah I see...regarding QuickNews...how do I add a particular RSS feed to it? Like for example...I want to add the UX-series forums from 1src to it.

[crazy_smeggie]

Ah I see...regarding QuickNews...how do I add a particular RSS feed to it? Like for example...I want to add the UX-series forums from 1src to it.

Click on Options/Feeds/Add Feed and then copy this URL into the appropriate line: http://www.1src.com/forums/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=69

Update it and voila! You can now read the feed!! http://www.frostjedi.com/terra/scripts/graemlin/5.14..READ%20THE%20FEED_excl.png


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

Hey Smeggie,

Can you tell me your settings for Quick News? How do you have it automatically update ALL the feeds at once? Also, I want to have it delete the ones I have already read automatically...how do I do that?

[crazy_smeggie]

Hey Smeggie,

Can you tell me your settings for Quick News? How do you have it automatically update ALL the feeds at once? Also, I want to have it delete the ones I have already read automatically...how do I do that?

Hey buddy,

Read the manual first *then* if you are still having trouble, pull me in.


SMEGGIE :D

[Kitten]

SMEGGIE, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! It doesn't crash anymore! I'm so glad you were testing this for us! I just ordered it from PalmGear for $12.95.

[crazy_smeggie]

You're very welcome, Kitten!

I think they did a stellar job in rapidly fixing everything and it has really become one of my favorite apps!!


SMEGGIE :D

[.PoNeH]

See Smeggie...I got everything working, finally understand how the scheduling works and all...but still have some questions for you:

1. How come I have to already be connected to LAN to have it update?

2. IHow come your top right menu shows all those feeds listed? Is it because you have unread messages in those? Cause mine only shows the ones that have unread messages.

[.PoNeH]

Ah nvm...I think I found out...cause I have been deleting my feeds...so it is automatically removed from the list...gotcha!

Now how can update all at once?

[.PoNeH]

when i click the update button, it updates only the currently opened one.

Also, I selected Faster Downloads box and it seems to update a lot faster. How come there is an option for it? Shouldn't it be always on? Or is it not downloading the whole article? I didn't find that on the manual as the manual seems to be for an older version.

[crazy_smeggie]

See Smeggie...I got everything working, finally understand how the scheduling works and all...but still have some questions for you:

1. How come I have to already be connected to LAN to have it update?

A. You don't. Select an update and it will automagically invoke your defined network connection.

2. IHow come your top right menu shows all those feeds listed? Is it because you have unread messages in those? Cause mine only shows the ones that have unread messages.

A. I used the Preferences section to define how I wanted my display to react. Check your display preferences.

[.PoNeH]

Hmmm...my quick news doesnt seem to be working with HotSync...wtf m8!

[crazy_smeggie]

Hmmm...my quick news doesnt seem to be working with HotSync...wtf m8!

What's it supposed to do?


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[crazy_smeggie]

when i click the update button, it updates only the currently opened one.

Also, I selected Faster Downloads box and it seems to update a lot faster. How come there is an option for it? Shouldn't it be always on? Or is it not downloading the whole article? I didn't find that on the manual as the manual seems to be for an older version.

Access the menu and select: Options/Update All. Follow this same process if you are using MacroPlay to create a macro to automagically update in the morning before you get up.


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[.PoNeH]

Isn't it supposed to update when you hotsync as well? I installed the PC's conduit and it isn't updating when I hotsync, only when I do Update All like you mentioned.

Also, do you have Faster Downloads turned ON? It makes it so much faster.

[crazy_smeggie]

Isn't it supposed to update when you hotsync as well? I installed the PC's conduit and it isn't updating when I hotsync, only when I do Update All like you mentioned.

Also, do you have Faster Downloads turned ON? It makes it so much faster.

I don't know because the Hotsync functionality is something I won't use. You should check all of your settings and if it still doesn't do what it is supposed to do, email the developer so that THEY know to fix it in the next release.

Of course I have Faster Downloads turned on and yes, it rocks!!


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[shriek]

Well, This is a good app but with wireless on I just use my server-side aggregator accessible via browser: Feeds on Feeds

[.PoNeH]

It's all about the convenience of having it all organized into one simple interface. I find it a hassle to go to diff websites. What I dont like is how some feeds are pointless. It'll be like "Pope is buried", when you click on it, it'll say "Visit site for more info.". Freaking annoying.

[.PoNeH]

Also, smeggie, use CodeDiver to automatically have it landscaped when in landscape. It's working fine with me.

[crazy_smeggie]

Also, smeggie, use CodeDiver to automatically have it landscaped when in landscape. It's working fine with me.

Good job, bro!!

I spent some time trying to find only decent feeds so feel free to copy mine from the screenshot.


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[.PoNeH]

Really? Sweetness...I will post mine to you also as soon as I learn to send files to the PC via WiFile from Zlauncher.

[.PoNeH]

Smeggie, what screen capture software do you use? HrCapt is screwing up when I have 320x320 apps for some reason...only when its full landscape it'll work fine. Also, I can get pictures of my Hi-Launcher with it for some reason. If you use HrCapt, what settings are you using?

[crazy_smeggie]

Funny you should ask...

WHAT A CO-INK-EE-DINK! (http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?p=799546#post799546)

I used Default Capture to map HRCapt to the Camera Capture button.


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[FIA WRC]

This is very cool!!

You can define your own rss feeds HERE!! (http://news.yahoo.com/rss/)

Scroll down on this page to where it says: Create your own RSS news feeds and then type in whatever you want: beer, ale, microbreweries, barleywine - whatever you want to receive daily news on and whenever your word is 'IN THE NEWS' you will receive that as part of your user-defined rss feed!!!

Cool stuff!!

SMEGGIE :D
Now that's the kind of news I like hearing about.

[crazy_smeggie]

You betcha, Kitten!! I aim to please!!

(and sometimes...I don't aim at all!!)


SMEGGIE :D

[crazy_smeggie]

Now that's the kind of news I like hearing about.

Hey FIA WRC!!

How are ya?


SMEGGIE :D

[arnaudt]

Hello everyone
Do you manage to update feeds through hotsync via MissingSync ?

It crashes everytime for me :(

(Feeds get updated directly through wifi though ...)

Am I alone ?
Thanks !