Features for future rss2book? - Page 2

adinb · 02-15-2007, 02:48 AM

Put me down for either a 1.1 .Net implementation or a Java Port.

Using the Sony Reader on a Mac through Parallels or Virtual PC is a pain in the *ss.

-a

Fubrite · 02-28-2007, 01:04 PM

I don't know how hard it would be to do, but I'd quite like the option to display the feeds from most recent to least, (ie most recent at the top) instead of the other way around as it is at present.

geekraver · 03-02-2007, 01:06 PM

A .Net 1.1 port would probably be quite difficult as the app uses generics and 2.0 data binding quite extensively to support the plug-ins. But I'll look into it.

Right now here is my list for rel 23/24:

- ability to publish updated entries if the old ones no longer work

- ability to sort the RSS entries ascending/descending

- complete ReadOutlook plugin

- possibly complete the ReadImage plugin (this converts folders of images into books. It works but the quality of the downscaled images is attrocious. I'm not sure if its fixable; the tests I'm using are heavily anti-aliased upfront and any processing tends to either make the text so heavy its a blur, or so light you get drop-outs)

- help for plugins

- try to make the LRF output more robust

- possibly support more crossword formats (Across Lite?) in the ReadXWord plugin

- table support in built-in PDF/RTF output plugins

- built-in "HTML Tidy" that not only tidies the html but also strips it down into a simplified form compatible with the interface used by the output plugins that are parser-based rather than file-based.

RWood · 03-02-2007, 01:49 PM

As a PC user that finally installed Net (in stages), I found that Net 2.0 was far more stable than the prior version. Net 3.0 seems even better. Adding Net 1.1 support seems to me to be a waste of resources as even Microsoft has stopped supporting it.

adinb · 03-02-2007, 04:58 PM

So then....mono has a *long* way to go, what else might be decently x-plat; python, ruby, or java?

All seem to have their drawbacks.

geekraver · 03-02-2007, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fubrite

I don't know how hard it would be to do, but I'd quite like the option to display the feeds from most recent to least, (ie most recent at the top) instead of the other way around as it is at present.

Would you prefer this to be a single setting applied to all feeds, or a per-feed setting?

Fubrite · 03-03-2007, 03:42 AM

I'd prefer per-feed myself, it makes it that much more flexible.

Thanks!

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02-15-2007, 02:48 AM	#16
adinb RSS &amp; Gadget Addict! Posts: 82 Karma: 67 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Sony PRS-500, iPod Touch, iPhone	Put me down for either a 1.1 .Net implementation or a Java Port. Using the Sony Reader on a Mac through Parallels or Virtual PC is a pain in the *ss. -a

02-28-2007, 01:04 PM	#17
Fubrite Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007 Device: Sony Reader	I don't know how hard it would be to do, but I'd quite like the option to display the feeds from most recent to least, (ie most recent at the top) instead of the other way around as it is at present.

03-02-2007, 01:06 PM	#18
geekraver Addict Posts: 364 Karma: 1035291 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Device: iPad Mini,Kindle Paperwhite	A .Net 1.1 port would probably be quite difficult as the app uses generics and 2.0 data binding quite extensively to support the plug-ins. But I'll look into it. Right now here is my list for rel 23/24: - ability to publish updated entries if the old ones no longer work - ability to sort the RSS entries ascending/descending - complete ReadOutlook plugin - possibly complete the ReadImage plugin (this converts folders of images into books. It works but the quality of the downscaled images is attrocious. I'm not sure if its fixable; the tests I'm using are heavily anti-aliased upfront and any processing tends to either make the text so heavy its a blur, or so light you get drop-outs) - help for plugins - try to make the LRF output more robust - possibly support more crossword formats (Across Lite?) in the ReadXWord plugin - table support in built-in PDF/RTF output plugins - built-in "HTML Tidy" that not only tidies the html but also strips it down into a simplified form compatible with the interface used by the output plugins that are parser-based rather than file-based.

03-02-2007, 01:49 PM	#19
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	As a PC user that finally installed Net (in stages), I found that Net 2.0 was far more stable than the prior version. Net 3.0 seems even better. Adding Net 1.1 support seems to me to be a waste of resources as even Microsoft has stopped supporting it.

03-02-2007, 04:58 PM	#20
adinb RSS &amp; Gadget Addict! Posts: 82 Karma: 67 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Sony PRS-500, iPod Touch, iPhone	So then....mono has a long way to go, what else might be decently x-plat; python, ruby, or java? All seem to have their drawbacks.

03-03-2007, 03:42 AM	#22
Fubrite Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007 Device: Sony Reader	I'd prefer per-feed myself, it makes it that much more flexible. Thanks!

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