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Welcome to RSSOwl Version 0.82 (Solaris Release)
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Thanks for choosing RSSOwl! See below, to read why you made a good download :o)

RSSOwl is a free RSS / RDF / Atom newsreader written in Java using SWT as graphic library.

RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary") is a document specification
that gives users the power to collect and organize Web-based news and information in
a more efficient manner. Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are
called RSS readers or "aggregators". RSSOwl is such an application. It lets you gather,
organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy
to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and
sharing, and much more.

RSSOwl is also free, fast, cross-platform, and unobtrusive. It's easy to install, easy
to use, and easy to move.

Why "Owl"? The owl is a traditional symbol of wisdom, and a quiet, efficient hunter.
You'll find RSSOwl's "big eyes" a big help when scanning the Web's vast array of RSS
resources.

	Top15 Features why you should use RSSOwl:

    o High performance and native Look and Feel that uses the operation-system GUI theme

    o Great platform support: Use RSSOwl on Windows, Linux, Mac and Solaris 		

    o Import / Export newsfeeds with OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)

    o Generate PDF / RTF / HTML documents from any news
    
    o Use drag and drop to manage your favorites in unlimited nested categories

    o Powerfull RSS / RDF / Atom newsfeed searchengine
    
    o Loaded newsfeeds are automatically stored in an archive to read them while being offline
    
    o Minimize RSSOwl to system tray and get informed when new news are available

    o Perform a fulltext-search with result-highlight on favorites and categories

    o AmphetaRate integration to rate news and receive recommendations (content-based with Bayes / user-based with ACF-Nearest-Neighbor Algorithm)

    o RSSOwl is highly customizable (set Fonts, Hotkeys, Language,...)

    o Display news in the internal browser
    
    o 111 sample feeds in 33 categories already included
    
    o RSSOwl is translated into 22 languages including English, Russian, Chinese, German and much more

    o Big Tutorial and FAQ to help you managing your new newsreader


    General Features:

		- Full support for RSS & RDF versions 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0
		- also supporting Atom Syndication Format version 0.3				
		- Display RSS / RDF / Atom newsfeeds in a comfortable tabfolder
		- Read news either in the internal browser or a Rich Text window
		- Aggregate news of an entire category to one newstab
		- Store newsfeeds in subscriptions and share them with other people	
		- Open the link to the news in an internal browser tab
		- Save newsfeeds to read them while being offline
		- Mail NewsTip to friends
		- Blog news viewed in RSSOwl with your favorite blogging tool		
		- Integrated newsfeed validator	
		- Print news
		- Minimize application to tray
		- All settings are saved and reloaded after startup
		- Huge list of sample RSS newsfeeds pre-saved
		- Update-check to get informed when a new version is released

	Usability Features:

		- RSSOwl remembers read news even after restart								
		- Let RSSOwl open certain newsfeeds on startup automatically 				
		- Hotkeys assigned to most common actions
		- Easy navigation in news and opened tabs
		- Context-menus assigned to most components
		- Drag and drop to manage favorites

	Customization Features:

		- Change fonts
		- Update assigned hotkeys
		- Change internal window sizes
		- Change colors 															
		- Choose between two window-layouts: 2-column and 3-column arrangement		
		- Set your favorite browser to use with RSSOwl

	Management Features:

		- Save favorite newsfeeds in categories
		- Select an auto-update-interval for your favorites
		- Erroneous favorites are marked
		- View properties of a selected favorite

	Import / Export Features:

		- Import / Export favorite newsfeeds using OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)
		- Import / Export your settings in RSSOwl to use them on another computer

	Connection Features:

	  - Connection through Proxy Server supported
    - Disable use of proxy-server for certain favorites
    - Authentification via BASE64
    - display HTTPS secure newsfeeds

	Internationalization Features:

		- Supported Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Galician, Danish, Dutch
							   					 Italian, Greek, Russian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Japanese,
							   					 Chinese Simplified, Swedish, Polish, Korean, Bengali, Norwegian,
							   					 Finnish, Chinese Traditional, Ukrainian
							   
	Please note that some of RSSOwl's features are platform dependant and might
	not yet have been implemented or supported for your platform.

Get in contact with the RSSOwl development team:

	Visit our homepage for latest product news, a growing FAQ, and other helpful information:
		http://www.rssowl.org
	
	Visit our forum for bugreports, feature requests, development or general dicussion:
		http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=86683
		
	Latest file releases can be downloaded from the RSSOwl project area on SourceForge:
		http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86683	
	
	Join our public mailing list
		http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rssowl-users
		
	Contact the main developer and project admin
		bpasero@users.sourceforge.net

Interested to translate RSSOwl to new languages? Feel free to contact us!


System Requirements
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Java 2 Runtime Environment 1.4.x or higher

Installation
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Unpack the *.gz-File in a directory of your choice.
See INSTALL.txt for more detailed help!

Start
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Execute the shell-script with "sh run.sh" or run "java -jar rssowl.jar"
from the console.


COMPILING THE SOURCECODE:
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There is a build.xml in the src directory. If you have installed ANT (http://ant.apache.org) go to the src directory und run "ant".

CREDITS:
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RSSOwl development team:

	Benjamin Pasero 						(Developer / Project Admin and Manager)
	Garry Forbes 								(Doc Writer / Tutorial)
	Christophe Dumez Translator (I18N/L10N)	
	John Tey 										(Web Designer)
	Kay Patzwald								(Tester)

Special thanks to:

	Jesse Ross		 								(RSSOwl Artwork)
	Tonny Bredsgaard 							(I18N)
	Jose Dominguez 								(I18N)
	Claudio Fontana 							(I18N)
	Joris Kluivers 								(I18N)
	Jacaranda Bill 								(I18N)
	Sergey Rozenblat 							(I18N)
	Ruben						 							(I18N)
	Marcelo Fenoll Ramal Tradutor (I18N)
	Valeri Damianov 							(I18N)
	Eivind Syverts 								(I18N)
	Merlin Ran 										(I18N)
	Takashi Komatsubara 					(I18N)
	Geon Goo 											(I18N)
  Ryszard Sierotnik 						(I18N)
  Omi Azad 											(I18N)
  Patrik Johansson 							(I18N)
  Jerry Giant										(I18N)
	Samu Reinikainen							(I18N)
	Alexandr											(I18N)
	Marcelo B.										(I18N)
  Konstantin Zadorozhny					(Very Good Ideas)
	
Make a donation:
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RSSOwl is free software and you may use it without paying for it.
If you like the tool, and want to contribute, a donation is possible
via paypal, following this URL:
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=86683

Thanks!