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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: December 07, 2006
- Total Downloads: 369
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Although it works passably well as an RSS feed reader, this freeware tool is in desperate need of a Help file. Even a couple of lines explaining how to get started with FolderNews might be enough to make the application worth your while.
As it is, you install it only to find that nothing happens. You won't find this listed on the Start menu, since it turns out its just added as an extension to Windows Explorer context menu. You will find it in the Program folder, but there's no Help file or even a simple Readme text file. Right click when you're in Windows Explorer and you'll find a new menu option with only three choices: Create, Remove, and About. Click Create and a new folder appears the first time, but it isn't immediately clear how this will help you read RSS feeds. The process is actually very simple, and you just need to enter the URL of a feed in a pop-up window that appears in the folder. Feeds are listed in the top half of a window and are displayed in the bottom. It's strictly run-of-the mill as far as an actual feed reader. There are only a couple of options to set, including opening a link on a double-click, remembering last message viewed, and removing the warning dialog when you delete an object. There isn't a way to add multiple feeds to a folder, so you could quickly get overrun with feed folders.
There's more than a little irony in the description for this freeware tool, which emphasizes that a "comfortable" program is one that ensures the user has no questions on how to use it. By its own definition, FolderNews fails. It wasn't intuitive or flexible. Skip this and try out one of the many other ways to read RSS feeds.
Publisher's description
From eRiverSoft :The user interface is considered comfortable when the user has no additional questions about how to do anything while fulfilling some task. FolderNews is an attempt to make reading news comfortable. FolderNews allows you to create folders and fill them with news. Version 1.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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