InfoRSS

infoRSS is a lightweight, non intrusive, RSS, ATOM, NNTP and HTML headlines reader for Firefox infoRSS is a useful, lightweight, non intrusive, ATOM, RSS, NNTP and HTML headlines reader for Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and thunderbird, designed by Didier Ernotte. The extension installs a small icon (looks like an earth) in the status bar.

The headlines are displayed in the beside this icon in the status bar or in a separate bar (top or bottom of the screen). The interface is very simple to use: drag and drop new url of feed onto the extension icon to add a new feed or click on the extension icon to select a specific feed to read. The feeds can be grouped to allow multi feed fetch and filter can be used to limit the number of headlines.

Here are some key features of "InfoRSS":

ATOM feed

NNTP feed (available soon)

HTML feed (in fact any text document on internet: RDF, txt, HTML...). Extraction with regular expression

Support for SSL feed (HTTPS)

Customized refresh time per feed

Automatic or manual refresh

Customized number of headlines to display per feed

Customized number of character to display per feed (status bar is a limited area...)

Customized favicon per feed or group

Customized filter per feed : filter on title, subject, headline number, published date, received date, ...

Enable/Disable filter

Group of feeds

Customized filter per group : filter for the group or combination with feed\'s filter and group

Full associated HTML article in a simple clic on the headline

Customized style sheet for headlines : font family, font size, background color, foreground color

Display headlines in the status bar or in a separate bar (top or bottom)

Manual resize of the status bar area

Automatic size adjustment with the window width

Skip headline

Scrolling feeds in the headline area

Right to left or left to right scrolling direction

Customized scrolling speed

Fade in/out headlines

All headlines in the main menu as a submenu

Automatic cycling between feed or group or within feed of a group

Skip empty feed in cycling mode

Popup when new headlines

Customized icon bar beside the headline bar

Mark all headlines as read

View all headlines at once

Flashing icon when refreshing

Read article in tooltip, a new tab or a new window

Tooltip on headline to see the full title, begin of article or full article without opening a new tab

Tooltip in HTML mode for rich description

Tooltip that supports multimedia in ENCLOSURE tag : images are displayed beside the description, and audio and video files are played (podcasting, try feed http://inforss.mozdev.org/inforss.xml) with the firefox embedded multimedia plugin

Tooltip on main icon to display the number of hedline / unread headline

Option to play/mute podcast

Display icon near headline in case of enclosure tag

Persistence of viewed and banned headline even after the session

Remote synchronization with FTP or WebDav server

OPML import and export from a local file or a distant ressource (on internet)

Export the repository in the bookmark hierarchy

Display the repository on screen

Display the RSS file in the browser by dragging the feed in the menu on the browser

Detect RSS feed in the current page and add an item in the menu

Contextual menu in Firefox to add a feed in the extension repository

Add any URL in the clipboard to the menu to simply add it to the repository

Detete a feed in the menu with drag and drop on the trash bin

Add a feed in a group with drag and drop on the group icon in the menu

Link to the main web page in one click

Customized FF add feed menu (orange radar icon) to add feed in infoRSS

Global activity switch

Activity switch at the feed/group level

Collapse headline bar if no headline


Requirements:

Mozilla Firefox 0.7 - 1.6a1