NewsPiper

Version history for NewsPiper shows you how often it was updated over the past months (starting Jan 24, 2005) as well as 'what is new' information for each update (if available, since this information provided by the author).

Version:	3.8.1
Size:	1422KB
OS:	Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Interface:
Description:	NewsPiper is an RSS / ATOM / Web news reader and news / stock ticker in one. It can show news in the usual 3-panes newsreader interface (channels, headlines, news details) and scroll them in the special bar (NewsBar) placed at the top of your screen.

v 3.8.1 updated on Oct 25, 2007

-added: An ability to change font and color of panels; -added: An ability to connect to the channels which requires authentication; -changed: New ticker engine; -fixed: Several minor bugs;

v 3.6.0 updated on Apr 01, 2006

-added: New option "Read all news from this channels" in NewsPanel's context menu; -fixed: Program freeze on panel effect changin in Panel Settings dialog;

v 3.4.0 updated on Jun 14, 2005

-added: "New style of News Panel in the main window;
-added: "News sorting/grouping" panel in main window;
-added: "Filter panel" in main window: an ability to filter current news by keywords and date/time;
-added: Channels icons are shown in the channel list;
-added: "Show details" button: an ability to show news details (if possible) right after news title in the main window;
-changed: NewsBar panels docking mechanizm;
-fixed: several small bugs;

v 3.3.7 updated on Apr 06, 2005

-added: "New" label for unread news in NewsBar; -added: An ability to mark each news as read; -added: News option: number of views for news when it will be marked as read; -fixed: Some bugs in NewsBar representation; -fixed: Sometimes GDI resources were not freed after use - so it caused their expiration and system errors;

v 3.3.3 updated on Feb 21, 2005

-added: More options for NewsBar text size; -added: An abilty to change ticker scrolling speed; -bugs fixed;

v 3.3.2 updated on Feb 06, 2005

ATOM feeds support; Speech settings dialog, ability to select another voice; An ability to hide NewsBar button; Bugs fixed;

v 3.3.0 updated on Jan 24, 2005

ATOM feeds support; An ability to place News Bar at the top or at the bottom of desktop; Separate list of pronounced news: only news included into this list will be pronounced; An ablity to listen the latest news when all other program parts (main window, News Bar) are hidden; Speech settings dialog, ability to select another voice; An ability to change order of the channels and channel groups; An ability to specify custom update frequency for channel;

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