Desktop Google Reader

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tlhanGhun — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:18:36 GMT

Desktop Google Reader

Desktop Google Reader is a desktop client to Google's popular RSS agregator services. It is focused on on the most important things you do with Google Reader - read, mark as read and starr items. In addition and in combination with the notification system Snarl (see http://www.fullphat.net/ it gives you nice popup notifications on your newly arriving news feed items.
Please let us know which features you would like to have at http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=66172.

It needs the .NET framework 3.5 SP1 in order to run.

Screenshots

Example notifications using the Snarl.

Main window

News

Version 1.3 - the social release - released (2010-03-16)

New Features:

Sharing
Liking
Mail item
Labels / Tags
Send to Twitter
Read It Later http://readitlaterlist.com/
Instapaper http://www.instapaper.com/
Favicons of feeds shown
Integrated Chromium browser now has forward / backward controls
Item title are stripped (no HTML in there anymore)
Fixed a bug in save/restore of settings (in some environments always old settings had been restored)

Version 1.3 Beta 1 released (2010-02-23)

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

This is a real beta release meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already
see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/releases/view/40920

Version 1.2 released (2010-01-28)

New features
Improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
If a news item has an image as enclosure this is used in the notification instead of the generic RSS icon
integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray
Option to directly show the full web page of the item instead of summary in the news feed if

this is activated within the preferences in general,
this is activated within the preferences for empty summeraries and/or,
the summary is simply just the same as the title

Custom proxy settings
Password is now saved encrypted
Date and time of news item now displayed next to the title
Snarl notification icon can now be an image within the summary of the feed item (can be disabled in Preferences)
You now can change the Snarl notification title and text to contain different parts of the feed item
Multiple newlines are now merged to a single one in notifications
Automated update now enabled for beta / non beta updates (has been always all before)
Right clicking a Snarl notification now should mark an item as read as well as remove it from the main window immediatly
Summarized Snarl notification now uses "item" if it's only one new and "items" if there more than one
Settings are now migrated on update
Improved speed of parsing for Snarl notifications (using own threads now)
Subscribe to new feed window now closes automatically after four seconds if subscription has been successfull
Unsubscribe from feed added

Version 1.2 Beta 1 released (2009-11-14)

Today we announce the immediate availability of the first beta of our next version of Desktop Google Reader. There is a very long of changes - find the most important below and the complete list at http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

New features since release 1.1:

Greatly improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
(Experimental) integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray

And much more - see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

Let us know if you like the changes - the list of ideas and wishes stays long :)

Version 1.1 released (2009-10-03)

Many improvements in many points for the daily usage. Try out navigating through your items using the arrow keys as well as the delete key.
See http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=33911 for all changes in this release

Version 1.0 released (2009-09-05)

We are very, very happy to finally ship today the first final version of Desktop Google Reader. It has been tested as much as possible (being our own main RSS reader) and as far as we can say the features included seem to work without any problems.

New features compared to the last Beta 4:

Button to mark all items as read at once
Button to mark all items from one feed as read at once
Title of currently displayed item displayed seperatly
Some interface refinements

While this 1.0 version is out the work on 1.1 with some more features has already been started...

Version 1.0 Beta 4 has been released (2009-08-14)

Main new feature of this release is an automated setup and uninstaller.
It also fixes some minor issues.

Version 1.0 Beta 3 has been released (2009-08-13)

We are very happy to announce today the third beta version of our Desktop Google Reader.

New in this release

Snarl notification system support (see http://www.fullphat.net/)
- Click on the notification with the left mouse button to open the source news in your default browser and with the right mouse button to mark it as read
Polling interval can be changed
You can subscribe to a new feed directly in Desktop Google Reader
You can limit the text length displayed in a Snarl notification
Interface has been reworked
About page has been added
Refresh now button added
UTF-8 characters are now shown correctly
Some issues on bad Internet connections resolved

Please let us know how this version is doing for you

Additional features planned for the first Release Candidate

Mark all items in one feed as read
Mark all items in all feeds as read
A little bit more interface cleanup
Setup program

Release Candidate 1 is rescheduled now for first half of September

Created Release: 1.3 (the social release) (Mar 16, 2010)

tlhanGhun — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:48 GMT

News

Sharing
Liking
Mail item
Labels / Tags
Send to Twitter
Read It Later http://readitlaterlist.com/
Instapaper http://www.instapaper.com/
Favicons of feeds shown
Integrated Chromium browser now has forward / backward controls
Item title are stripped (no HTML in there anymore)
Fixed a bug in save/restore of settings (in some environments always old settings had been restored)

Released: 1.3 (the social release) (Mar 16, 2010)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:48 GMT

News

Updated Wiki: Home

tlhanGhun — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:19:07 GMT

Desktop Google Reader

Screenshots

Example notifications using the Snarl.

Main window

News

Version 1.3 Beta 1 released (2010-02-23)

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

Version 1.2 released (2010-01-28)

this is activated within the preferences in general,
this is activated within the preferences for empty summeraries and/or,
the summary is simply just the same as the title

Version 1.2 Beta 1 released (2009-11-14)

New features since release 1.1:

Greatly improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
(Experimental) integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray

And much more - see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

Let us know if you like the changes - the list of ideas and wishes stays long :)

Version 1.1 released (2009-10-03)

Version 1.0 released (2009-09-05)

New features compared to the last Beta 4:

Button to mark all items as read at once
Button to mark all items from one feed as read at once
Title of currently displayed item displayed seperatly
Some interface refinements

While this 1.0 version is out the work on 1.1 with some more features has already been started...

Version 1.0 Beta 4 has been released (2009-08-14)

Main new feature of this release is an automated setup and uninstaller.
It also fixes some minor issues.

Version 1.0 Beta 3 has been released (2009-08-13)

We are very happy to announce today the third beta version of our Desktop Google Reader.

New in this release

Snarl notification system support (see http://www.fullphat.net/)
- Click on the notification with the left mouse button to open the source news in your default browser and with the right mouse button to mark it as read
Polling interval can be changed
You can subscribe to a new feed directly in Desktop Google Reader
You can limit the text length displayed in a Snarl notification
Interface has been reworked
About page has been added
Refresh now button added
UTF-8 characters are now shown correctly
Some issues on bad Internet connections resolved

Please let us know how this version is doing for you

Additional features planned for the first Release Candidate

Mark all items in one feed as read
Mark all items in all feeds as read
A little bit more interface cleanup
Setup program

Release Candidate 1 is rescheduled now for first half of September

Source code checked in, #64749

tlhanGhun — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:07:56 GMT

Favicons added Read It Later icon exchanged Release candidate and hopefully final 1.3

Source code checked in, #64689

tlhanGhun — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:34 GMT

Liking fully working Instapaper added Twitter credential hint added to preferences Width of url textbox limited Added separators to button bar (there are quite many now :))

Source code checked in, #64635

tlhanGhun — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:14:35 GMT

Sharing shown correctly on fetch Sharing button now toggles shared state and shows state

Source code checked in, #64417

tlhanGhun — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:48:29 GMT

Fixed bug in Preferences (loaded old versions) Added Twitter support

Updated Wiki: Home

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:05:30 GMT

Desktop Google Reader

Screenshots

Example notifications using the Snarl.

Main window

News

Version 1.3 Beta 1 released (2010-02-23)

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

Version 1.2 released (2010-01-28)

this is activated within the preferences in general,
this is activated within the preferences for empty summeraries and/or,
the summary is simply just the same as the title

Version 1.2 Beta 1 released (2009-11-14)

New features since release 1.1:

Greatly improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
(Experimental) integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray

And much more - see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

Let us know if you like the changes - the list of ideas and wishes stays long :)

Version 1.1 released (2009-10-03)

Version 1.0 released (2009-09-05)

New features compared to the last Beta 4:

Button to mark all items as read at once
Button to mark all items from one feed as read at once
Title of currently displayed item displayed seperatly
Some interface refinements

While this 1.0 version is out the work on 1.1 with some more features has already been started...

Version 1.0 Beta 4 has been released (2009-08-14)

Main new feature of this release is an automated setup and uninstaller.
It also fixes some minor issues.

Version 1.0 Beta 3 has been released (2009-08-13)

We are very happy to announce today the third beta version of our Desktop Google Reader.

New in this release

Snarl notification system support (see http://www.fullphat.net/)
- Click on the notification with the left mouse button to open the source news in your default browser and with the right mouse button to mark it as read
Polling interval can be changed
You can subscribe to a new feed directly in Desktop Google Reader
You can limit the text length displayed in a Snarl notification
Interface has been reworked
About page has been added
Refresh now button added
UTF-8 characters are now shown correctly
Some issues on bad Internet connections resolved

Please let us know how this version is doing for you

Additional features planned for the first Release Candidate

Mark all items in one feed as read
Mark all items in all feeds as read
A little bit more interface cleanup
Setup program

Release Candidate 1 is rescheduled now for first half of September

Updated Wiki: Home

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:30 GMT

Desktop Google Reader

Screenshots

Example notifications using the Snarl.

Main window

News

Version 1.3 Beta 1 released (2010-02-23)

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

Version 1.2 released (2010-01-28)

this is activated within the preferences in general,
this is activated within the preferences for empty summeraries and/or,
the summary is simply just the same as the title

Version 1.2 Beta 1 released (2009-11-14)

New features since release 1.1:

Greatly improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
(Experimental) integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray

And much more - see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

Let us know if you like the changes - the list of ideas and wishes stays long :)

Version 1.1 released (2009-10-03)

Version 1.0 released (2009-09-05)

New features compared to the last Beta 4:

Button to mark all items as read at once
Button to mark all items from one feed as read at once
Title of currently displayed item displayed seperatly
Some interface refinements

While this 1.0 version is out the work on 1.1 with some more features has already been started...

Version 1.0 Beta 4 has been released (2009-08-14)

Main new feature of this release is an automated setup and uninstaller.
It also fixes some minor issues.

Version 1.0 Beta 3 has been released (2009-08-13)

We are very happy to announce today the third beta version of our Desktop Google Reader.

New in this release

Snarl notification system support (see http://www.fullphat.net/)
- Click on the notification with the left mouse button to open the source news in your default browser and with the right mouse button to mark it as read
Polling interval can be changed
You can subscribe to a new feed directly in Desktop Google Reader
You can limit the text length displayed in a Snarl notification
Interface has been reworked
About page has been added
Refresh now button added
UTF-8 characters are now shown correctly
Some issues on bad Internet connections resolved

Please let us know how this version is doing for you

Additional features planned for the first Release Candidate

Mark all items in one feed as read
Mark all items in all feeds as read
A little bit more interface cleanup
Setup program

Release Candidate 1 is rescheduled now for first half of September

Updated Wiki: Home

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:59:44 GMT

Desktop Google Reader

Screenshots

Example notifications using the Snarl.

Main window

News

Version 1.2 released (2010-01-28)

this is activated within the preferences in general,
this is activated within the preferences for empty summeraries and/or,
the summary is simply just the same as the title

Version 1.2 Beta 1 released (2009-11-14)

New features since release 1.1:

Greatly improved user interface
Many new options in the now separate preferences dialog
New notification class showing the number of new items
(Experimental) integration of the Chromium web rendering engine (which is used by Google Chrome) which is much faster and better than the included with Windows
Automated update notification if newer version of Desktop Google Reader is released
(Optional) minimize to tray

And much more - see http://desktopgooglereader.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35544

Let us know if you like the changes - the list of ideas and wishes stays long :)

Version 1.1 released (2009-10-03)

Version 1.0 released (2009-09-05)

New features compared to the last Beta 4:

Button to mark all items as read at once
Button to mark all items from one feed as read at once
Title of currently displayed item displayed seperatly
Some interface refinements

While this 1.0 version is out the work on 1.1 with some more features has already been started...

Version 1.0 Beta 4 has been released (2009-08-14)

Main new feature of this release is an automated setup and uninstaller.
It also fixes some minor issues.

Version 1.0 Beta 3 has been released (2009-08-13)

We are very happy to announce today the third beta version of our Desktop Google Reader.

New in this release

Snarl notification system support (see http://www.fullphat.net/)
- Click on the notification with the left mouse button to open the source news in your default browser and with the right mouse button to mark it as read
Polling interval can be changed
You can subscribe to a new feed directly in Desktop Google Reader
You can limit the text length displayed in a Snarl notification
Interface has been reworked
About page has been added
Refresh now button added
UTF-8 characters are now shown correctly
Some issues on bad Internet connections resolved

Please let us know how this version is doing for you

Additional features planned for the first Release Candidate

Mark all items in one feed as read
Mark all items in all feeds as read
A little bit more interface cleanup
Setup program

Release Candidate 1 is rescheduled now for first half of September

Released: 1.3 Beta 1 (Feb 23, 2010)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:38:29 GMT

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

This is a real beta release meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already

Updated Release: 1.3 Beta 1 (Feb 23, 2010)

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:38:29 GMT

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

This is a real beta release meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already

Updated Release: 1.3 Beta 1 (Feb 23, 2010)

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:37:38 GMT

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

This is a "real beta release" meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already

Released: 1.3 Beta 1 (Feb 23, 2010)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:37:38 GMT

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons
HTML is now stripped from item titles

This is a "real beta release" meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already

Source code checked in, #64140

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:36:51 GMT

1.3 Beta 1 Release Tags / labels working now Cleaned up all the mess the recent data loss caused (references to non existing files e. g.) Setup is now included directly in the VS solution Tags/lables parsing now read and store all labels those from the user, the technical ones from the API and the categories

Created Release: 1.3 Beta 1 (Feb 23, 2010)

tlhanGhun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:36:02 GMT

New features:

Read it Later included (see http://readitlaterlist.com/)
Liking added (working: see number of liking users, see if liking yourself, add to liked items)
Change tags/labels added (fully working but changes not shown in GUI until now)
Sharing added (sharing works - comments for sharing not - changes not shown in GUI until now)
Included Chromium browser has now back and forward buttons

This is a "real beta release" meaning all the new features may cause some unexpected behavior at the moment. Read It Later support should be working completely already

Source code checked in, #63903

tlhanGhun — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:16:14 GMT

Read It Later added Liking state is now read from Google Reader

New Post: Roadmap for 1.3

tlhanGhun — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:45:42 GMT

Read It Later: http://readitlaterlist.com/ will be included too (in fact it is already here in my dev build :))

Source code checked in, #63662

tlhanGhun — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:23:38 GMT

Share item added Like item added Add tags added