http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog akregator developer's blog Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:07:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Akregator's new parser backend, libsyndication, is coming along nicely and more and more feeds of the test suite are parsed as expected.However, to make the parser even better, more real-world test feeds are needed, feeds that I would never think of, feeds that use exotic encodings, (mis-)use the standards in ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=29 I promised in my last entry to blog about how to build akregator from trunk. Well, Thorsten Staerk and Allen Winter already did the work, so I just point you to the KDE3to4 wiki page. kdebase is optional, you can just skip it (as it doesn't always build) and go for kdepim ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=26 For those interested in Akregator development for KDE4, here's a diagram showing the dependencies of akregator: To compile Akregator, you need to compile and install the directories bottom-up: do unsermake in libkmime, ktnef, libemailfunctions, libkcal, libkdepim, akregator, and then unsermake install in the same order. More information on how to install ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=25 As mentioned in the last entry, tagging functionality wasn't finished in time and the UI isn't yet in a state I want it to be released. So I disabled the vertical "Tags" tab and the "set tags" action by default, adding a hidden config option. If you are using Akregator ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=24 Akregator is in feature and string freeze for KDE-PIM 3.5 now. Unfortunately I haven't had any time for Akregator development lately and nobody else stepped in, so many features I created buzz about aren't in there: Tagging functionality (in particular the UI) wasn't finished in time, so I had to ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=23 amaroK got podcast support! I am still trying to build it from SVN, but it seems I am coming near. Update: I managed to install it. Now I have a hard time to get the engines running without crashes. Update 2:It works! http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=22 The Catalyst Design Group has published an interesting usability study on blogs and RSS. Not surprisingly, most people are not aware of RSS and its benefits and are confused by things like XML icons and the whole blog newspeak. The purpose of RSS is badly explained to "normal" users. What we ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=21 If you are a beagle user, you might find this interesting: Debajyoti Bera is working on an Akregator backend for beagle, so you can search your feeds like any other data source. It works together with all released Akregator versions, but can't be used with SVN trunk right now, as ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=20 Atom 1.0 is near. I haven't looked at it yet, so I don't know the changes compared to Atom 0.3 and how much work it will be to support it. I myself won't have the time to implement it for 3.5. So I guess it has to wait until 3.5.x ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=19 After months without releases or news from Akregator, you could have come to the conclusion that nothing is going on in Akregator development. This is far from true, so here is an update on the exciting things going on: In the last weeks, several new contributors joined us. Eike Hein implemented ... http://akregator.pwsp.net/blog/?p=17