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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: March 24, 2006
- Total Downloads: 9,152
- Downloads last week: 8
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If the sight of a CNN news ticker makes your heart pitter-pattter, Newsplorer may be the RSS client for you. Once you've chosen news feeds from your favorite sites, it runs the headlines across your screen in a tickerlike interface. Mousing over a headline makes the ticker stop and display a small window so that you can read a brief summary--a feature we really appreciated. If you want to read more, just click the headline and the full story will open in your default Internet browser. Another nice touch is Newsplorer's Pause button, which makes a group of headlines stay on your screen. However, we did wish Newsplorer offered a standard two- or three-pane interface in addition to the ticker. Also, the configuration menu is a bit confusing, with colors that block out your selections when highlighted; we quickly made sense of it, though. Customizing your own feeds is as easy as choosing the category and adding an XML link from your favorite site. You even can download skins from the developer's home page. In the end, your liking for Newsplorer will probably depend on how much you enjoy getting your headlines from a scrolling ticker. Fans of the cable-news style will find this program a fine way to stay on top of the news.Publisher's description
From Newsplore :Newsplorer is a fully skinnable RSS reader that supports all the major news-syndication formats available today. You can add an unlimited number of news sources and group them by category. Now you can bookmark it using the integrated online bookmarking service del.icio.us extension and read it anytime. Version 1.1 build 31 has extension: del.icio.us integration; Memory leaks removed; Use permalink where available; Upgrading issues with run-on-startup; Added import OPML from file.
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Version: Newsplorer 1.1 build 31
"Excellent, small profile Ticker."
Pros: This program is what it is - a ticker. If this is all you want (like me) this program offers an excellent way to scroll your news feeds without suffering from program bloat. It is skinnable, with a small number of user skins, and it is not too hard to skin yourself if you so wish. The forums are regularly checked by admin, who are friendly and helpful.
Cons: Some bugs, particularly in docking, although this is scheduled to be fixed in an upcoming version. Creating one's own skin is sometimes confusing.
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Version: Newsplorer 1.1 build 31
Pros: I think it is a good idea that could be expanded on as far as location. i.e.> most of the news feed is from America, maybe it could be made to be country specific
Cons: I didn't like the fact that it all the news was from America...As i mentioned maybe it could be country specific
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