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AmphetaDesk - v0.93.1

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	v0.93.1
Release Date:	2002-10-31
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	5,387
Downloads (all versions):	5,624

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Product Description:

AmphetaDesk is a news aggregator - it sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that interests you, and displays them in a quick and easy to use (and customizable!) webpage. With thousands of channels for selection, AmphetaDesk can shave hours off your day - and you'll look smart to all your friends! Egotism never had it better!

What's new in this version:

Improved Compatibility: AmphetaDesk once again works on Windows 95 and Macintosh OS 7-9. I'd like to apologize for all the Mac users that had to wait patiently, and all the Windows 95 users that will caught unaware (as was I). Don't hesitate to let me know if things aren't quite right.

Optional Radio Userland Listening: AmphetaDesk can now optionally parse the "coffee mug" icon that is often shown on Radio Userland produced websites. This feature is turned off by default (as it could conflict with an existing installation of Radio Userland on your machine). More information is available on AmphetaDesk's "My Settings" page once you install the v0.93.1 update.

New Minor Features: Nothing super exciting, but noteworthy additions include:

A channel's email address is now saved in myChannels.opml.

A frontend to modifying the HTTP referer has been added.

Authenticated proxies are now supported.

Channel descriptive data is now updated after each parse.

Channels and settings are now saved before being shut down.

Encoded content from mod_content is now displayed.

HTTP headers are now output correctly for proxy servers.

PNG images are now displayed correctly.

Templates have been tweaked for more speed.

Security Updates: I consider these three tiny lines to be reason alone for your updating:

The internal server is now closed, by default, to outside connections.

URLs are now checked for funny business.

We no longer divulge the full path on a 404.

Bug Fixes: For more geekish explanations and fixes, check out the CHANGELOG:

AmphetaDesk.log may not have been saved in the correct directory.

Defaulting to 'index.html' on a directory request works correctly on Win32.

Importing feeds no longer clobbers existing attributes not in the source.

Matching filenames randomize to four places now, not two.

Old, unsubscribed channel data is now removed at startup.

OS X: Cleaned up some extraneous logging to the window.

Removed our ugly onClick img hack on a channel deletion.

We no longer crash on XML files encoded as UTF-8 with BOM.

We no longer crash on feeds that have more than one channel.

We no longer die when a channel has only one item.

We no longer die when myChannels.opml only has one channel.

Webserver shutdown was not correct, causing the port to remain open.

Win32: Proper systray and window maximization now occurs.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows 95

Additional Requirements:

Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

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