wTicker

wTicker is determining the layout of the main window and also the set of shown articles by executing a sql select command. This sql-command (="View") is accessible as ASC-File and can be altered and more can be added. However - the standard set of "views" should offer something suitable, so there is no need to define own "views".wTicker is a software that reads RSS feeds and is possible to use as feed cache server.

The set of articles and the style the articles are shown in the reading area is customisable by writing CSS-stylefiles and by writing Templatefiles in PHP-Style or by using XSLT. But that is only interesting for technical orientated users and there is no need to do this.

Here are some key features of "wTicker":

￭ wTicker does not solely get information from feeds. It is also possible to have mail and usenet articles. There is also a special kind of channels for stock quotes and on modern Windows OS it is possible to track system event logs. One more possibility to get information is to "scrape" Websites. ￭ A poll notification window with a couple of useful functions can be activated. ￭ Sometimes feed producer update articles. To make it easier to spot the changed text passages between articles, wticker can highlight changes. ￭ If the Microsoft's speech-library is installed, it is possible to have article's read aloud by clicking the speaker button ￭ Also wTicker can be useful in local networks as it is possible to use it as "Feed cache server". ￭ Power users can not only use sql commands, but also an buildin pascal interpreter, which gives a lot of possibilities to customize wticker. For example the timezone clocks shown in the mainwindow, are driven by little pascal scripts. ￭ Smiliy-codes are detected and can be translated to pictures. It is possible to alter and extend the list of supported smilies. ￭ Articles can be exported as CHM-Helpfile, which is e.x. useful for reading, when wticker is not available. ￭ Maybe not so useful, but still nice I think, is the visualization of location data, some feed producer provide. ￭ It is able to display tickers. The contents and the look of tickers are very customizable. ￭ Another option is to have a ticker displayed within a container window (=bandwindow), which is docked to the upper/lower edge of the screen. This is useful if more than one ticker should be shown.