Download RSSOwl 1.2.1 RC2

Recently, the second release candidate of version 1.2.1 of RSSOwl has been released. This program can retrieve the latest news from various RSS, RDF and Atom feeds over the Internet. Searching for news items is done via the search function and thanks to the tabbed interface you can keep an overview of all the news on offer. The program is written in Java and can therefore be used on Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows, among others. If everything goes according to plan, we can expect the final release next Sunday. The release notes for this version look like this:

Changes in Version 1.2.1 Release Candidate 2

• Mac: Since I am now owning a Mac Mini (cute thing 😉 ), I did some polish to let RSSOwl look better. This includes using native system colors for the Toolbar and Quickview.
• Linux and Solaris: Now using native colors for the Toolbar and Quickview as well.
• The default open-mode on Linux and Solaris is now set to a single-click instead of a double-click. This setting applies to opening a Favorite from the Favorites Tree.
• Updated SWT to 3.2 RC1. Some new features include:
  • RSSOwl for Mac is now using universal binaries, allowing to run it both on Mac PowerPC and Mac Intel.
  • RSSOwl for Windows no longer needs to restart in order to enable WindowsXP Look and Feel.
  • Sorted Column of the Newsheader-Table now indicated with different background color.
  • Dragging items from the Favorites Tree shows the dragged item with Icon and Text next to the Cursor while dragging, helping to see which Item currently is dragged.
  • Win: Disabled Items in Menus and Contextual Menus now show with a disabled Icon
  • Mac: Drag under effects for Favorites Tree

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