tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post3194587657261548599..comments2023-10-16T15:21:18.728+02:00Comments on NewsRob: Notifications in NewsRob 2.5Marianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-59402690320267175962009-08-24T17:49:55.902+02:002009-08-24T17:49:55.902+02:00It depends very much on your connection and you ca...It depends very much on your connection and you can set NewsRob to only sync via WiFi.<br /><br />Having said that, yes, NewsRob is slow or at least doing a lot.<br />It is downloading the offline content (does the WiMo rss reader do that? I guess not, and in NewsRob you can also turn off that part) and in the process needs to parse pages to find which assets to make available offline.<br />But the most important thing is that it needs to query GR for the metadata during each sync, as this is currently the only way that I can know when something changed on the server. <br /><br />This is the reason that the capacity is limited to 500.<br />Please read this if you are interested in the background.<br />http://tr.im/nr_500<br /><br />I am currently working unofficially with an Google engineer and hope that we will come up with something better, but right now, there is a lot of work in it and not much to show for. <br /><br />If you want to join the discussion, please consider using the mailing list. This way other people can pitch in too.<br />http://groups.google.com/group/newsrob<br /><br />I will only have very limited connectivity until Friday, and from Saturday night to next Friday next week.Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-10332056149589233572009-08-24T14:59:46.671+02:002009-08-24T14:59:46.671+02:00Hi,
sorry i was on the road and posted using my h...Hi,<br /><br />sorry i was on the road and posted using my htchero. I have now checked out the link you mentioned and i think that would be a great solution (marking feeds in green if there are unread items). It wouldn't show how many item, but this is still a good solution.<br /><br />Another thing which i realised during updating my feeds on an wifi hotspot just a few minutes ago:<br /><br />i have about 12 feeds i'm reading and about 20-40 new articles at every hour at the most. i noticed that newsrob took about 6 minutes to update the feeds and import 5 new items (setting: import complete feeds but no webpages). Is this a connection issue, or does newsrob work kind of slow? I'm coming from windowsmobile and the build in rss reader (from iluimsoft) would update all my feeds (up to 60 articles) within one minute.<br /><br />bye,<br />shahpurShahpur Azizpourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932366529639834390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-20896483048651110352009-08-24T14:01:08.476+02:002009-08-24T14:01:08.476+02:00Yeah, as mentioned above more is underway.Yeah, as mentioned above more is underway.Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-7177023561463726372009-08-24T13:57:01.190+02:002009-08-24T13:57:01.190+02:00Hi mariano,
Thanks for the quick answer. I have n...Hi mariano,<br /><br />Thanks for the quick answer. I have noticed the hide function, but i would like to see old articles too without having to switch view every time :) <br /><br />Seeing read/unread articles is a very basic rss reader option, would be great if you could optimize this.Shahpur Azizpourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932366529639834390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-59271006489464614772009-08-24T12:20:58.462+02:002009-08-24T12:20:58.462+02:00Hi Shahpur,
thanks very much for your feedback...Hi Shahpur, <br /><br /> thanks very much for your feedback. <br /><br /> Did you notice that there is a menu option "Hide read articles"? I think that should pretty much do what you are looking for. In one of the upcoming versions there will be a more elaborate solution: http://groups.google.com/group/newsrob/msg/e475393f9f13985a<br /> <br /> Regarding notifications. I am not a fan of introducing options. That makes the software hard to use and comprehend. I really hate that. Of course the one option you ask for doesn't make that much of a difference and, in your opinion, this one option is justified, but those options add up quickly ;-(<br /><br /> I hope that works for you.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />MarianoMarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-38920627409237952422009-08-24T11:01:41.246+02:002009-08-24T11:01:41.246+02:00Great app!
NewsRob is definetly the best android ...Great app!<br /><br />NewsRob is definetly the best android RSS reader out there. Would be even better if it would be a standalone solution (not only a Google Reader sync). I never used Google Reader but since i liked the NewsRob UI so much i ported all my feeds to Google Reader only to sync them back to my device! :)<br /><br />One question:<br /><br />Even after i mark articles as "read", the overview of each feed will still show me the Number of all articles. This is a little bit confusing. (im using NewsRob on htc hero)<br /><br />Wouldn't it be better to at least show how many of the 300 Items i have already read?<br /><br />In example showing:<br /><br />Engadget (10/199) -> 199 articles in Feed but only 10 new articles.<br /><br />Otherwise its a bit of a hassle to open each feed seperatly to check for new articles. I don't want to check the "ALL" category everytime only to see how many new feeds have arrived.<br /><br />I already use the notifications, and like the way its implemented. But i don't like that you lose the info of the new feeds as soon as you switch back to the main view. There should be an option to show the new feeds per category at each point for the last sync.<br /><br />best regards,<br />shahpurShahpur Azizpourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932366529639834390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-60369140142912072462009-08-06T22:11:31.916+02:002009-08-06T22:11:31.916+02:00Also, is there something I can do to help translat...Also, is there something I can do to help translate it to Spanish?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117414033802694472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-62663330832634714772009-08-06T18:35:17.388+02:002009-08-06T18:35:17.388+02:00Hi Mariano,
Congratulations for Newsrob, it's...Hi Mariano,<br /><br />Congratulations for Newsrob, it's definitely the best android rss reader including the paid ones, and the google integration makes it a must have for me.<br /><br />I would like to ask for a feature: I have seen something I liked in another reader, Greed. Apparently, it resized the feeds' images to fit the screen width so you wouldn't have to move left and right to see them. That was pretty handy, any way to see it in Newsrob?<br /><br />Thanks again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117414033802694472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-20286603555599525292009-08-03T12:29:22.739+02:002009-08-03T12:29:22.739+02:00Hey,
this should absolutely work the way you de...Hey,<br /><br /> this should absolutely work the way you describe it, otherwise it would be a bug.<br /><br /> Do you have auto-sync enabled? Settings/Auto Synchronization/Enabled?<br /><br /> Could you please do me a favor? <br /><br /> (a) Go to Google Reader click on "all items" ...<br /> (b) Memorize the first article there<br /> (c) Go to NewsRob, hit "Refresh"<br /> (d) Wait for the sync to end<br /> (e) Go to all articles/all articles and search for the article you memorized under (b)<br /> (f) open it, so that it is marked as read<br /> (g) wait 8 minutes (or hit Refresh again and wait for the sync to end)<br /> (h) Go to Google Reader and click on "all items" again<br /> (i) You shouldn't see the article anymore that you memorized under (b) and marked as read under (f)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />MarianoMarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-11695427029979731282009-08-03T11:45:44.224+02:002009-08-03T11:45:44.224+02:00Hi,
I have a problem with newsrob. The application...Hi,<br />I have a problem with newsrob. The application sync with google reader to download the feeds is good but when I mark some post as read, these post aren't mark as read in google reader. This is an error or the application can't do this.<br /><br />Thanks and sorry for my english.Heavybmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905505578728292003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-38977634660090438822009-07-31T07:34:27.310+02:002009-07-31T07:34:27.310+02:00Hey DarkFox,
sorry for brushing off this reque...Hey DarkFox,<br /><br /> sorry for brushing off this request, but I think that most users would find this distracting, just consider somebody with, say, 250 feeds and only 10 feeds with articles.<br /><br /> Hence the requested behavior cannot be the default. On the other hand I want NewsRob to be simple and even if from your perspective a configuration switch seems appropriate this really doesn't scale. Those switches add up and make NewsRob more complicated. <br /><br /> I hope that you understand my point of view.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />MarianoMarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-45359205645994247482009-07-30T23:12:51.025+02:002009-07-30T23:12:51.025+02:00Cool app, However. I'd like it if when you cho...Cool app, However. I'd like it if when you choose to hide read articles, it'd still show the empty folders/tags/feeds, just with a 0 after them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464373508330989200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-26240440637118567252009-07-30T23:12:07.352+02:002009-07-30T23:12:07.352+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464373508330989200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-86809920491057217382009-07-21T15:34:45.133+02:002009-07-21T15:34:45.133+02:00Ah! Thanks for the reply.Ah! Thanks for the reply.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809760045966945279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-38450564598846336332009-07-18T07:45:06.407+02:002009-07-18T07:45:06.407+02:00Hey Lincoln,
I am really sorry to say this, but...Hey Lincoln,<br /><br /> I am really sorry to say this, but it is the same problem. The Google Reader API doesn't give me what I need yet. I am not giving up on that though and have a new lead into the Google Reader team. In any case it will take a little bit more time as there is so much other stuff on my todo list. But there is a silver lining ...<br /><br /> Here is a bit of the back story:<br /><br />http://groups.google.com/group/newsrob/browse_thread/thread/8ac557e66833ca61Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-39565929722755732952009-07-18T00:26:11.355+02:002009-07-18T00:26:11.355+02:00Thanks for the reply. just a quick question... eve...Thanks for the reply. just a quick question... even though I set my capacity to 300, on the 'all articles' page I only see 72 articles or so listed under 'my articles' after repeated sync.<br /><br />It is because of my read articles... Is there any way to get rid of them?! When I unhide them I have 300 articles ... <br /><br />I know you want to keep the app simple, but an option 'purge read articles on sync' would be useful and would prevent this from happening ... and would permit the app to use less space on the sd card ... :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809760045966945279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-72378477760898634672009-07-17T14:06:50.323+02:002009-07-17T14:06:50.323+02:00Lincoln,
I hate to disappoint, but I have to sa...Lincoln,<br /><br /> I hate to disappoint, but I have to say no.<br /><br /> I have a technical problem with that, as I can't ask the Google Reader API for anything, but articles that have those two labels.<br /><br /> But even though I understand that there are many particular needs for tweaking NewsRob's behavior, a more general need is simplicity and therefore I would have to say no anyway. I understand that you are now on the receiving end of this "No", but think of all the other "No"s on stuff that you don't see as relevant and would clutter the app for you. Ok?<br /><br /> You can lessen the burden on your phone if you go to the Manage Feed dialog of all the feeds in that particular label and set it to "Headers only", then for those feeds neither the images nor the web page will be downloaded.<br /><br />http://newsrob.blogspot.com/2009/04/newsrob-19-preview-more-download.htmlMarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-13617140067424138082009-07-17T13:31:06.908+02:002009-07-17T13:31:06.908+02:00The only thing I wish was the option to not sync s...The only thing I wish was the option to not sync specific tags. I have some tags I don't read often that have like 100+ articles ... and they prevent the tags I read with 3-4 articles from being updated. <br /><br />So ... a "do not sync this tag" would be very useful I think. Other than that, the app is perfect :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809760045966945279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-84520671071392214472009-07-16T22:02:08.515+02:002009-07-16T22:02:08.515+02:00Hey John,
from the options menu select "More...Hey John,<br /><br />from the options menu select "More / Logout And Clear Cache". Afterwards when you hit "Refresh" you will be presented with the Login dialog again.<br /><br />Ok? Do you find it?Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-64788197475464287432009-07-16T21:59:15.832+02:002009-07-16T21:59:15.832+02:00Great app, but how do you change the gmail reader ...Great app, but how do you change the gmail reader account it connects to?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15845606711532410694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-3005722520259283472009-07-16T15:39:29.389+02:002009-07-16T15:39:29.389+02:00Right. That was the point: prevent starred article...Right. That was the point: prevent starred articles to be deleted from the phone. I think that podcasts belong to a secondary feature, but keep starred articles in the phone would be a great feauture.<br />I'll check you newsgroup.<br />Once again, a great job, Mariano.Miguel Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652896682047130114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-35106555861999064742009-07-16T09:04:18.927+02:002009-07-16T09:04:18.927+02:00For some reason I wasn't able to post the link...For some reason I wasn't able to post the link in the last comment. So here it goes: <br />http://groups.google.com/group/newsrob/browse_thread/thread/8ac557e66833ca61Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-15537532448146799762009-07-16T09:03:53.831+02:002009-07-16T09:03:53.831+02:00Hey again,
no there will be no support for podc...Hey again,<br /><br /> no there will be no support for podcasts. There is so much more stuff that needs to be done or polished, before I move on to new areas. Although I think that even though the infrastructure is already there in NewsRob it is a fundamentally different thing to work with podcasts.<br /><br />What do you mean by fire starred feeds?<br />Do you mean, how you could prevent starred articles to be deleted from the phone?<br />You can't right now. I understand that is what some people want and I would be willing to do the coding, but after I found a solution to my Google Reader API problem (see Fetch More Unread Items) on the mailing list.Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-71590568006100427772009-07-16T08:54:30.254+02:002009-07-16T08:54:30.254+02:00I love to hear it. And I would like to ask you abo...I love to hear it. And I would like to ask you about a couple of features: How could you keep away from fire starred feeds?. And is there any way to download podcasts included in some feeds?.<br />Thanks for your support.<br />This is a five-star app.Miguel Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652896682047130114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696873188310393447.post-51635330052070996062009-07-16T07:24:53.712+02:002009-07-16T07:24:53.712+02:00Mickimo,
when there are new articles in your Goog...Mickimo,<br /><br />when there are new articles in your Google Reader account NewsRob fetches them, say 4 new articles, and deletes the 4 oldest articles from your database and the SD card.<br /><br />So, you don't need to manage that, NewsRob does.Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576024486566426295noreply@blogger.com