SharpReader 0.9.7.0

4.2 out of 5 stars 4.2 (10 votes)

(August 2, 2006)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 2,930 downloads

SharpReader is an RSS/Atom Aggregator for Windows. It handles all RSS versions, ATOM 0.3 and 1.0, modules like dublin core, content:encoding, xhtml:body, etc.

  • Publisher

    Luke Hutteman

  • Homepage

    SharpReader

  • Requirements

    .NET Framework 1.1 SP1+

  • Latest Changes

    - Run internal browser in restricted security zone in order to make IE responsible for blocking restricted content, instead of just doing so by parsing and stripping tags

    - Allow embedded CSS styles in item descriptions (was previously disabled because of javascript exploits that are now caught because of the security zone)

    - Support both [commentRSS] as well as [commentRss] as there was some confusion as to the proper capitalization of this element

    - Fixed linebreak handling for some feeds

    - Improved handling of relative urls in atom feeds

    - Now displaying enclosure links at the bottom of the item description

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    angrykeyboarder

    Reviewing 0.9.7.0 (Aug 7, 2006)

    This is, hands down, the best RSS Reader for Windows. Period.

    It even passed the "import OPML test". Most readers destroy the layout of your OPML file and put everything in strict alphabetical order (with no folders/subfolders).

    ShharpReader is one of the few RSS readers for Windows that properly imports OPML files (not many do for Linux either). It keeps your folder structure in tact. So for example, if you have separate folders for Blogs, News, Friends, Tech, Humor and so forth, they will remain in tact when you import the OPML file.

    That is reason enough to give SharpReader high marks.

    Another feature I really like is how you can just copy and paste a URL into the address field and click subscribe. Quick and dirty.

    I've also set it up to be the default reader in Firefox 2.0.

    Speaking of which, I really wish someone would come out with a Gecko-based reader (that's equally good). That would truly rock. But in the meantime, this is still the best Windows feed reader.

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    MarvinK

    Reviewing 0.9.5.1 (Aug 27, 2005)

    Nice, clean, simple interface. My biggest gripe is a small one... the notifications from the tool tray are sort of hard to read & stack in an obnoxious way when more than one come in at a time (which happens all the time). Otherwise, its great... my favorite, so far.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    cacko

    Reviewing 0.9.5.1 (May 13, 2005)

    simple, clean , SMALL and usable.

    I like it.

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