msfeedicon
What is msfeedicon?
msfeedicon is a FREE plugin to the
Windows RSS
platform
and
Internet Explorer 7 Feeds and appears as an icon in the Windows
XP/Vista system tray and displays when you have unread posts in your subscribed
feeds. Whenever there is new posts in a feed
msfeedicon will show an
notification window with direct access to unread posts. No more need to have the
Feeds Favorites Center visible in Internet Explorer nor Internet Explorer open
to see when your feeds are updated.
You can always read the latest information on msfeedicon on
this blog.
Features of msfeedicon
- Icon in the system tray indicating status of you feed subscriptions
- Displays notifications when a feed contains new posts*
- Automatically marks a feed as read*
- Force an update on all feeds
- Star a notification for later reading
- Mark as read without viewing the feed
- Cancel subscription from notification window [2.2]
- Searching the new posts for specfic Tags so you can select which posts are
interesting to you [2.2]
- Feed statistics
- Install and uninstall program
- Shows notifications when a new version of msfeedicon exists*
- Enable or disable the automatic synchronization of Windows RSS platform
- Presentation mode aware (Windows Vista only) [2.3]
- ...
* Customizable features
Requirements
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Windows Vista or Windows XP
Icon in system tray
msfeedicon will display a
feed icon in your
system tray which will adjust to the status of the Windows RSS platform.
- An orange icon with a small star on the icon indicates that you have unread
posts (changed in 2.3)
- A green circle on the icon indicates that the Windows RSS platform is updating a
feed (changed in 2.3)
- A grey icon indicates that there are no unread posts (changed in 2.3)
You bring up the msfeedicon menu by right-clicking on the icon and
double-clicking it will open up one of your unread feeds using your web browser
.
Notification Window
The notification windows of msfeedicon appears whenever there is a new post in
one of your subscribed feeds. The window appears in the lower right corner of
your screen. Depending on your settings the notification will disappear after a
few seconds and possible display notifications for other updated feeds. Clicking
on the notification window will open up the feed in your preferred web browser
and close the notification.
Star
Clicking on the Star icon in the notification window will make the notification
window to stay on the screen until you explicitly tell it to disappear, and
possibly display another updated feed. You can Un-Star the notification window
and it will eventually time-out. Using the Star icon will allow you to save the
updated feed information and read it when you have time.
Tags
You have the option to enter Tags into msfeedicon. The Tags or keywords is used
by msfeedicon for scanning the new posts for the stuff you are interested in and
help you sort out the interesting posts.
You can custommize how the Tags are used; you can either Auto-Star the
notifications or only show notifications for the posts containing your Tags.
Download
The download for msfeedicon is available from these sources. If you like
msfeedicon, please go to the
www.ieaddons.com and review or grade the application.
Make sure that you have enabled the notifications for updates on msfeedicon so
you always have the latest version and get all the nice new features that
available and planned.
Reviews and links
Support and Contact
You might get support on this application if you
contact
Wictor Wilén.
Change log
2.4
FIX: Fixed exception when handling queued notification windows
FIX: Fixed notifications not shown in operating systems other than Windows Vista
FIX: Fixed setup and configuration issues with "-characters in Current Version->Run paths
2.3
NEW: Vista only: Does not show notifications when presenstation mode is on, for example when a powerpoint is running, or when the screensaver is running
FIX: notification shadow visible during startup
NEW: new icons to enhance usability
FIX: general optimizations
FIX: notification window not being topmost window fixed
FIX: in case of error in the Microsoft.Feeds library msfeedicon will make a manual count of unread items to avoid COMExceptions
FIX: notificiation window does not close directly when mouse leaves the form if it started to fade out when mouse entered
NEW: functionality for clearing up all queued notifications
2.2
NEW: (context) menu in notification window
NEW: unsubscribe to feed from notification window menu
NEW: disable notifications from notification window menu
NEW: Tags. Searches for specific tags/keywords in new posts and either
1) Auto-star them
2) Only show notifications for updated feeds containing the tags
NEW: setup creates a folder and shortcut in the Start->Programs menu
FIX: Installation works on Vista (due to bug in custom actions built in Visual Studio 2005 in Windows Vista)
2.1
FIX: notification window title corrected
NEW: notification window star; starring an notification window will make it stay on the screen and show other notifications in queue
NEW: mark all as read in menu
NEW: notification window icon that marks the feed as read without viewing the feed
NEW: Improved interface of the notifcation window
NEW: notification window will not fade out when mouse is over the window
NEW: new statistics: posts/feed
NEW: the possibility to exclude certain feeds or folders from dislaying notifications
FIX: double clicking on the icon when there are no unread posts will not open a blank browser
FIX: correctly copies settings from previous versions
NEW: setup can upgrade msfeedicon, no need to uninstall previous versions
FIX: improved settings interface
