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[2021-02-18 Mod Note: the present is the official forum topic for NFReader -- https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1429; posts about it merged here; OP edited for clarity.]

NFReader is a simple and portable NewsFeed-Reader that supports RSS-, Atom- and RDF-Feeds. Import and export to OPML files are supported also.

Available languages: English, German and Dutch.
Product site: http://www.gaijin.at/dlnfreader.php

importing feeds not working.

is it possible to keep the rss reader in focus when opening a link in firefox in the background ?

kuihdez wrote:importing feeds not working.

Do you meen the import of an OPML file?

kuihdez wrote:is it possible to keep the rss reader in focus when opening a link in firefox in the background ?

I will try to add this in an future version.

A really nice light-weight news reader!
I'm currently using FeedReader 2.90, it's less bloated compared to the newer versions...

...If you could implement the 'new updates' pop-up (preferably auto-resizing) that's used in FeedReader you'd definitely swing my vote towards NFReader
Well done on a rather nice piece of software!

ok, the feed import now working. I imported using another client and then exported and imported with the reader.

Abilon -> SageToo -> NFReader


One MAJOR problem...

With over 150 feeds, the program is slow and hangs. takes some time to close and open (Abilon is instant and very fast). When I mark items as read, in abilon, it's instant. In NFReader, it's slow when the feeds are over 150.

Todo list before I switch to nfreader :

-Firefox must be out of focus, or nfreader should steal the focus again.
-Improvements in speed.
-custom icons.

Drutt wrote:...If you could implement the 'new updates' pop-up (preferably auto-resizing) that's used in FeedReader you'd definitely swing my vote towards NFReader
Well done on a rather nice piece of software!

Thank you!

A PopUp-Window is planned for one of the next versions.

kuihdez wrote:With over 150 feeds, the program is slow and hangs. takes some time to close and open (Abilon is instant and very fast). When I mark items as read, in abilon, it's instant. In NFReader, it's slow when the feeds are over 150.

NFReader ist not designed for hundreds of feeds.
But I will try to make it faster.

ok, good luck !

i would like to see option to mark different news read/unread in feeds. right now there is only option to mark all news read/unread.

another request would be a newsbar with subjects (like in FeedReader)

thanks in advance : )

btw, in Settings -> Feeds, there should be "Flash Tray icon" not "Flash Try icon"

This is a very nice program, I like it.

One wish (at the moment): the text view\html view part of the window always opens at a default size. Could you change that, so that it remembers its position when the program iss closed?

bassiliin wrote:i would like to see option to mark different news read/unread in feeds. right now there is only option to mark all news read/unread.

I will try to implement this in one of the next versions.

bassiliin wrote:another request would be a newsbar with subjects (like in FeedReader)

A pop-up window with the subjects of new items comes in the next version.

bassiliin wrote:in Settings -> Feeds, there should be "Flash Tray icon" not "Flash Try icon"

Thank you.

Toxteth O'Grady wrote:This is a very nice program, I like it.

Thank you!

Toxteth O'Grady wrote:One wish (at the moment): the text view\html view part of the window always opens at a default size. Could you change that, so that it remembers its position when the program iss closed?

The position of the horizontal splitter bar is already stored.
You must deactivate the option "General" > "Adjust the height of the detail area automatically".

Gaijin wrote:

Toxteth O'Grady wrote:One wish (at the moment): the text view\html view part of the window always opens at a default size. Could you change that, so that it remembers its position when the program iss closed?

The position of the horizontal splitter bar is already stored.
You must deactivate the option "General" > "Adjust the height of the detail area automatically".

Understood, thank you very much.

NFReader 1.3.3 is now available.

That is new:
An error while importing OPML files is fixed.
The application works faster while showing multiple feeds.
Added proxy support.
Links in the HTML preview will be opened with the default browser.
A pop-up window for new items.
New languages: Frensh, Turkish, Chinese (simp./trad.)

Download: http://www.gaijin.at/dlnfreader.php

Excellent.

I have tried a few feedreaders in the past, but since a few months this is my favourite. It is perfect and it will definitely stay!

Thank you very much for you work (and for listening to suggestions).