BottomFeeder
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BottomFeeder is a news aggregator client (RSS and Atom) written in VisualWorks Smalltalk.

What sets BottomFeeder apart?
  • View news in 3 pane or 2 pane modes
  • Subscribe to any RSS or Atom format in use
  • View items in a summary Newspaper View
  • Synchronize 2 or more BottomFeeders via HTTP or file import
  • Subscribe to feeds or feedlists
  • Supports HTTPS, HTTP Authentication, and HTTP Digest Authentication
  • Plugins for blogging, IRC, and MSN Messenger contacts
  • Easy to update or upgrade from within
What's New
Version 4.6: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.3 or later







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Pettifogger0712 commented on 30 Nov 2013
Looks like this app is no longer available:

"The requested resource
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is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource."
[Version 4.6]


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shaolin commented on 24 Aug 2006
This appears to be a port from Windows and as such exhibits the interface design methodology typical of Windows programming. The most fundamental action (pasting your feed into a field and hitting return) should be instantly and immediately obvious upon launch. Instead there are rows and rows of tiny, inexplicable icons with other rows and rows of tiny menu items and nothing pointing the user to the primary functionality of the program. The functions are there, no doubt, but impossible to discover without spending hours learning the programmer's mind and method. Not good, in other words, and I deleted it after 1 minute of reviewing the interface.
Note to developers everywhere: not only does interface design matter, it's critical!!
thanks for listening . . .
[Version 4.2]


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Anonymous reviewed on 16 Oct 2004
Sorry, this program hurts my eyes. It's free, which is cool, but I'm a sucker for good looks and NewsFire takes that category hands down.
[Version 3.7]


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Anonymous reviewed on 16 Oct 2004
I am new to the world of RSS and I have installed several RSS readers. This one has an 87 page user manual as well as a succinct tour guide. Using it is so enjoyable that I installed it on my G5,iMac as well as on my Windoze machine. Succinctly the flexibility,and features offered by THIS newsreader are wonderful! The author should be commended and encouraged for offering it FREE! I would GLADLY pay 25 to 35bucks for this app if it were shareware.
[Version 3.7]


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Downloads:11,170
Version Downloads:3,197
Type:Internet : Newsreaders
License:Free
Date:06 Oct 2008
Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X / OS Classic
Price:Free0.00
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BottomFeeder is a news aggregator client (RSS and Atom) written in VisualWorks Smalltalk.

What sets BottomFeeder apart?
  • View news in 3 pane or 2 pane modes
  • Subscribe to any RSS or Atom format in use
  • View items in a summary Newspaper View
  • Synchronize 2 or more BottomFeeders via HTTP or file import
  • Subscribe to feeds or feedlists
  • Supports HTTPS, HTTP Authentication, and HTTP Digest Authentication
  • Plugins for blogging, IRC, and MSN Messenger contacts
  • Easy to update or upgrade from within BottomFeeder
  • Save as many or as few feed items for as long as you want
  • Import or Export in common OPML format
  • Binary compatible on every platform. No need to recompile


Source code is available in the file area, but development and version control happen in the Cincom Public Repository. Click here for instructions and for write access. For read-only access, sign in with username=guest and password=guest.


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