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BottomFeeder - 4.5

RSS & OCS news reader/aggregator

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	4.5
Release Date:	2008-03-23
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	425
Downloads (all versions):	6,715
Price:	Free

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Product Description:

BottomFeeder is an RSS and OCS News reader/aggregator.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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don't know what your problem is - Version: 4.3, 11/6/2006 05:24PM PST

tbrumley_dotmac

While it isn't as nicely integrated into the Mac OS X experience as some tools, it runs fine for me on my iBook G4. Crashes haven't been happening to me since 3.8. I don't think BF is as good an RSS reader as NetNewsWire on the Mac, but it works fine for me. The bug report tool won't work if you don't have an SMTP server configured in settings, but Jim Robertson can be found on the web easily enough.

What were they thinking? - Version: 4.3, 11/6/2006 06:14AM PST

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gewashburn

Download size: 18mb!

Interface: Windows 3.1 with Aqua tattoos.

Contextual menus: mostly broken.

Ability to read Chinese fonts: all scrawl.

Bug reporting option: itself a bug - message sending failed every time.

RSS import options: no mention is made of OPML, although BF did accept it.

Mac OS navigation: impossible - access only to Applications folder.

Tabbed views: little - or usually - no text appears. What's the point?

Ticker option: speed invariable despite options to change it. Clicking on ticker feed does nothing - BF doesn't open and nothing triggers browser.

Blog: editing window's icons all appear the same and can be discerned only by hovering cursor over them. No success in blogging (though to be fair, it could be the Blogger beta, even though BF stipulates an API for it). Unable to close ‘hanging’ window.

...at this point I gave up and remembered that I'm happy with the fully functional RSS tickers available on Firefox and, when necessary, a dozen other free RSS feeders (alas, none with the ticker function). Crashes often.

My feeds are all gone - Version: 3.9, 4/13/2005 02:29PM PST

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Razzledazzle

I downloaded and installed this new version and my feeds are no longer there. The tutorial and user guide does not help. Where are they??? Anyone know how I can get them back without the laborious job of reinstalling them?