There is a new beta release available at "http://downloads.mozdev.org/newsfox/newsfox-dev.xpi" or from the link on the Newsfox home page. This will become version 0.8. For those worried about security, the md5sum and sha1sum are given below (google these terms if you want to know what they mean):
G:\newsfox\newsfox076b4>md5sum newsfox-dev.xpi
3f50deef5f9d3d08f1c734f6594a84f9 *newsfox-dev.xpi
G:\newsfox\newsfox076b4>sha1sum newsfox-dev.xpi
f79faba28e027333072b5ba33cc91d138ce707e2 *newsfox-dev.xpi
The usual disclaimers apply: this is a beta release so use it with caution on a backup of your Newsfox folder. It does use a different format for the 'master_group.xml' file: if you revert to an earlier version all the search folders will become regular folders. It's not too rough, I use it on my 'real' Newsfox folder.
The new features (where to look for bugs to fix):
- Search folders
What needs testing: everything :). Mainly the 'search text' box to see the parser is working correctly. This box is a Google type search box: it understands (hopefully) 'space' meaning AND, '|' or 'OR' or 'or' meaning OR, '-' meaning NOT, and quotes ("" or '') meaning to keep stuff in quotes intact. It also does parentheses. If you get it to hang on a string, or disagree when it says your search is poorly formed, send me the string.
- Keyboard shortcuts
What needs testing: working of the accel.xml file if anyone defines their own hotkeys; conflicts in the default sets (ie alt-M is used for ... in Firefox, but I hope I caught them all); functionality of the keys (known (K-Meleon) bug: popups don't work in K-Meleon). It probably isn't smart if you give it a garbage 'accel.xml' file - I don't think I've done that yet.
- Groups can be exported to RSS 2.0 file, for backup or sharing
Look for it on the options menu on the main bar. This will output a local xml file in RSS 2.0 format. To share it, you'd need to have a place to upload it.
- Horizontal 3 pane option
Set 'newsfox.global.horizontalPanes' to true in about config to enable.
- Error strings localized
The translators are testing this....
- Handles relative hrefs in atom feeds
- Newsfox RSS feed loaded automatically on brand new installation
If Newsfox has no feeds and hasn't been run before.
R Pruitt (wa84it AT gmail.com)
