RSS Bandit Changelog

What's new in RSS Bandit 1.9.0.1002

Oct 14, 2010
  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Windows 7 jump list and thumbnail toolbar support
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Google Reader synchronization stopped working with incorrect error message that username/password were wrong
  • fixed issue where error messages aren't displayed when FTP upload/download fails

New in RSS Bandit 1.9.0.972 (Oct 12, 2009)

  • NEW FEATURES
  • Ability to read and comment on items from your Facebook news feed via the "Synchonize Feeds" feature.
  • BUG FIXES
  • 2218081,2218104,2219480: tree rendering issues with custom DPI settings fixed (only tested with 120DPI fonts on Vista)
  • 2000769: Titles of posts don't show up as tool tips on mouse over
  • fixed long standing bug where "Work Offline" didn't fetch images from the browser cache;
  • fixed bug where mark all items as read when exiting a feed or category didn't work correctly
  • fixed exception when trying to save a feed if it has been modified since the saving process started.
  • fixed issue where corrupted search index causes a crash on every start of the application.
  • fixed crash when there is an XML error in the feed sources file.
  • fixed problem where removing and re-adding Google Reader or NewsGator as a feed source results in an error
  • fixed incorrect "certificate error" messages when an invalid password specified when loading a feed list from a remote feed source such as Google Reader
  • fixed issue where URI canonicalization causes feeds like http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/?service=Rss to be incorrectly declared as invalid.
  • fixed issue where options dialog fails to open if user selected NewsGatorOnline as remote storage option
  • fixed issue where WebDAV remote storage option fails to upload or download files.
  • 2846923: column layouts not remembered for unread items folders
  • We no longer show favicons in browser history in toolbar because invalid image formats from sites cause red 'X' in toolbar section
  • 2852509: InvalidOperationException can be thrown while unread item counts are being generated
  • 2840514: ClassCastException if error occurs when downloading enclosures
  • 2836001: column Menu isn't visible on the View Menu in certain cases.
  • various fixes related to NNTP feeds (encoding, crashes, UI)
  • 1642865: newly created newsgroup identity is not immediately applied as the default
  • 2798776: English words shown in German version of the application when showing items as groups
  • Busy cursor now shown when deleting lots of items from the list view
  • 2335779: Links with target="_blank" open in new browser window
  • 2335753: SEHException Message: External component has thrown an exception
  • 2867673: Ctrl+Mouse Scroll to zoom does not work (again) with IE8
  • 1504646: Alt+N - unacceptable shortcut
  • 1223886: Keyboard navigation from reading pane to article list broken
  • 2555979: Desktop alerts on new items no longer works
  • 2723284: Truncated elements in Search pane with 120DPI displays
  • 2723227: Truncated Descenders (120 DPI) in Options dialog
  • Revision 969: fixed 2292733 - Mark read at top level root node not working

New in RSS Bandit 1.8.0.862 (Nov 3, 2008)

  • Fixes the bug that caused users to lose their feed lists on upgrading.

New in RSS Bandit 1.8.0.855 (Nov 2, 2008)

  • NEW FEATURES
  • Download manager for viewing pending podcasts/enclosures
  • Ability to synchronize feeds with Google Reader, NewsGator Online and the Windows Common Feed List.
  • Option to increase or decrease font size in reading pane
  • BUG FIXES
  • 2153584 FTP storage ignores path, always stores in root directory
  • 1987359 System crashes while updating feeds
  • 1974485 NewsItem copy content to clipboard only copy the link
  • 1971987 Error on start: docs out of order (0 < 6 )
  • 1967898 Application hangs on shut down due to search indexing
  • 1965832 Exception when refreshing feeds
  • 2014927 New feeds not downloaded
  • 1933253 Continuously Downloading Enclosures
  • 1883614 Javascript in feed content causes exceptions
  • 1899299 Oldest unread message shown on alert window on new items
  • 1915756 Program crash during close operation
  • 1987359 System crashes while updating feeds
  • 2096903 Toolbar crashes and replaced with Red X
  • 1960767 Crashes on opening due to FIPS policy set on Windows Vista.

New in RSS Bandit 1.7.0.760 Beta (Oct 2, 2008)

  • Application hangs on shutdown due to search indexing
  • Feeds in tree view not sorted in alphabetical order
  • Mouse wheel doesn't work when attempting to scroll feed list
  • Removing a synchronized feed source deletes all items across all feed sources
  • Exception when loading feed list from NewsGator Online
  • Feed logos are broken image links in feeds synchronized from NewsGator Online
  • Context menu for a feed source doesn't contain the option to remove the feed source
  • Exception when loading feed list from Google Reader
  • Space not accepted in Name field of Synchronize Feeds dialog
  • Google Reader synchronizes feeds but not items within feeds
  • Favorite icon not downloaded for Google Reader feeds
  • Selecting Unread Items search folder displays error message
  • Incorrect NewsGator or Google Reader password cannot be changed
  • Crash on attempting to download an enclosure
  • Google Reader password communicated over the wire in plain text
  • Option to take over network settings from Internet Explorer does not allow specifying proxy server password
  • Unable to play a downloaded video from the Download Manager
  • Media keeps playing after closing a browser tab
  • Custom column layouts not remembered for specific feeds
  • Category dropdown in Add Subscription Wizard doesn't match selected feed source

New in RSS Bandit 1.6.0.1 (Jan 7, 2008)

  • Fixed: IndexOutOfRangeException thrown if less than ten Top Stories could be generated due to insufficent outgoing links in user's subscriptions.(bug 1858619)
  • Fixed: Flagged Items special folder does not show flagged items(bug 1860442)
  • Fixed: Exporting feed list as OPML results in "Key not found in dictionary" error. (bug 1859711)
  • Fixed: Application crashes randomly if Windows language/locale is set to Finnish. (bug 1859508)
  • Fixed: "Download feeds on startup" setting not honored. Feeds are still downloaded on startup even if this option is unchecked. (bug 1859719)
  • Fixed: Inconsistent behavior when running application on Vista 64-bit because it wasn't compiled as a 32-bit application.
  • Fixed: Update frequency set to 0 not honored on restarting the application (bug 1864305)