infoRSS is a complex browser add-on that displays RSS, Atom, parsed HTML and NNTP feed in a scrolling area the status bar. infoRSS is compatible with podcasting RSS which can be downloaded directly.
infoRSSr could also be a good Gmail notifier.
InfoRSS is a lightweight, non intrusive, RSS, ATOM, NNTP and HTML headlines reader for Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and Thunderbird, designed by Didier Ernotte.
InfoRSS installs a small icon (looks like an earth) in the status bar. The headlines are displayed in the beside this icon in the status bar or in a separate bar (top or bottom of the screen).
The interface is very simple to use: drag and drop new url of feed onto the extension icon to add a new feed or click on the extension icon to select a specific feed to read. The feeds can be grouped to allow multi feed fetch and filter can be used to limit the number of headlines.
The infoRSS addon is cross-platform and it works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
Here are some key features of "infoRSS":
· RSS feed including RSS Google email notifier (with https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom)
· ATOM feed
· NNTP feed
· Parsed HTML feed (in fact any text document on internet: RDF, txt, HTML...). Extraction with regular expression
· Pre-defined blog search feed (technorati, blogger, ,...)
· Support for SSL feed (HTTPS)
· Customized refresh time per feed
· Automatic or manual refresh
· Customized number of headlines to display per feed
· Customized number of character to display per feed (status bar is a limited area...)
· Customized favicon per feed or group
· Customized filter per feed : filter on title, subject, headline number, published date, received date, ...
· Enable/Disable filter
· Group of feeds
· Customized filter per group : filter for the group or combination with feed's filter and group
· Full associated HTML article in a simple clic on the headline
· Customized style sheet for headlines : font family, font size, background color, foreground color
· Display headlines in the status bar or in a separate bar (top or bottom)
· Manual resize of the status bar area
· Automatic size adjustment with the window width
· Skip headline
· Scrolling feeds in the headline area
· Manual scrolling with the mouse wheel
· Right to left or left to right scrolling direction
· Customized scrolling speed
· Fade in/out headlines
· All headlines in the main menu as a submenu
· Automatic cycling between feed or group or within feed of a group
· Skip empty feed in cycling mode
· Popup when new headlines
· Customized icon bar beside the headline bar
· Mark all headlines as read
· View all headlines at once
· Flashing icon when refreshing
· Read article in tooltip, a new tab or a new window
· Tooltip on headline to see the full title, begin of article or full article without opening a new tab
· Tooltip in HTML mode for rich description
· Tooltip that supports multimedia in ENCLOSURE tag : images are displayed beside the description, and audio and video files are played (podcasting, try feed http://inforss.mozdev.org/inforss.xml) with the firefox embedded multimedia plugin
· Tooltip on main icon to display the number of hedline / unread headline
· Option to play/mute podcast
· Display icon near headline in case of enclosure tag
· Persistence of viewed and banned headline even after the session
· Remote synchronization with FTP or WebDav serverrn OPML import and export from a local file or a distant ressource (on internet)
· Export the repository in the bookmark hierarchy
· Display the repository on screen
· Display the RSS file in the browser by dragging the feed in the menu on the browser
· Detect RSS feed in the current page and add an item in the menu
· Contextual menu in Firefox to add a feed in the extension repository
· Add any URL in the clipboard to the menu to simply add it to the repository
· Detete a feed in the menu with drag and drop on the trash bin
· Add a feed in a group with drag and drop on the group icon in the menu
· Link to the main web page in one click
· Customized FF add feed menu (orange radar icon) to add feed in infoRSS
· Global activity switch
· Activity switch at the feed/group level
· Collapse headline bar if no headline
· Thumbnail image of the main URL in the option dialog
· Quick filter icon to filter in one click all displayed headlines
· Auto or manual decoding in the HTML feed's
Requirements:
· Firefox 1.0 and later or
· Thunderbird 1.0 and later
· SeaMonkey 1.0 and later
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Compatibility with Firefox 17
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