infoRSS 1.0.3 for Thunderbird review

infoRSS displays RSS, Atom, HTML and NNTP feed in a scrolling area the status bar

License: MPL (Mozilla Public License) File size: 391K Developer: Didier Ernotte

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infoRSS displays RSS, Atom, HTML and NNTP feed in a scrolling area the status bar. Compatible with podcasting RSS which can be downloaded directly. It's also a good Gmail notifier.

Here are some key features of "infoRSS":
RSS feed including RSS Gmail notifier (with https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom)
ATOM feed
NNTP feed
HTML feed (in fact any text document on internet: RDF, txt, HTML...). Extraction with regular expression
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
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 server
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

Requirements:
Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1 ALL

What's New in This Release:
Updated Italian translation
Updated French translation
Bug fixed when displaying main menu with Firefox 1.5.0.3, 1.5.0.4, 1.5.0.5, 1.5.0.6
Compatibility with Firefox Bon Echo