Is it possible to direct RSS feeds to an external reader, rather than use Omniweb? OW's feed capabilities are pretty primitive, so I prefer to use Newsfire.
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2006-11-02, 06:19 PM
Is it possible to direct RSS feeds to an external reader, rather than use Omniweb? OW's feed capabilities are pretty primitive, so I prefer to use Newsfire.
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2006-11-03, 01:39 AM
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2006-11-03, 01:40 AM
It's coming in 5.5.2 apparently!
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2006-11-03, 03:08 AM
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How do you do it with AppleScript?
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2006-11-03, 03:53 AM
Thanks ... even something like Camino has which simply forwards feeds to your reader of choice would be great. I dont think any of the browsers handle RSS particularly well, while there are a few really good readers.
Any Applescript hints in the meantime are most welcome!
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2006-11-03, 08:19 AM
Even more useful would be to include a preference that would allow RSS feeds to be handled in web-based readers like Google Reader, Bloglines or Netnewsgator too.
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2006-11-03, 07:34 PM
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This script is for Vienna, a free RSS reader. If you're using another program, you will probably have to check out that program's dictionary in Script Editor to see how to add a subscription to it. Assuming the program you're is scriptable. Code:
set theClipboard to (the clipboard) -- checks that clipboard has something resembling a URL if class of (the clipboard) is not Unicode text then display dialog "The contents of the clipboard are not Unicode Text" with title "Error" with icon stop error number -128 end if -- checks/corrects that RSS URL begins with http & not feed if theClipboard begins with "feed:" then set theClipboard to (characters 6 thru (length of theClipboard) of theClipboard) as text end if repeat until theClipboard begins with "http://" if theClipboard does not start with "http://" then set newRSSURL to text returned of (display dialog "The URL of the RSS feed doesn't begin with \"http:\". Please correct." default answer theClipboard with title "Attention" with icon stop) end if set theClipboard to newRSSURL end repeat tell application "Vienna" create new subscription for (theClipboard) end tell
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2007-01-05, 07:00 AM
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I don't get it. I use NewsFire... And if I show the status bar in OW, it displays an icon that RSS feed(s) were detected. I click, select the feed, and get handed off to NewsFire, where I subscribe to that feed.
Seems like it works as intended, what's not working here? I admit I haven't been following this, so forgive my ignorance.
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Google reader isn't a separate application. It is a web-based solution. Personally, what I don't get is why people are so willing to provide Google with so much information about their lives, but that is an altogether different matter...
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