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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Vienna 2.1 preview released
In case you hadn't noticed, Jeff and I kicked out the first preview release of Vienna 2.1 to SourceForge on Sunday evening. The web site has been updated with the link and it is there and ready to be downloaded. A quick look at the SourceForge download stats shows 2709 downloads in the last two days which, if they're true, is rather startling and gratifying.
Vienna 2.1 has been a while in coming and considering the fact that Jeff and I have been working in whatever hours we can spare on top of 2.0 maintenance work, there's a lot of changes in there since the last 2.0 release. You can see all the changes at:
http://vienna-rss.sourceforge.net/vienna2.php
Please remember that this is a PREVIEW release. Some things are broken, some things aren't finished and we've a bit more work to do before we're final. But it's a pretty comprehensive release and rather closely reflects where I hoped we'd be. Unfortunately one or two key things got cut such as the sync logic and offline images but those still remain on the to-do list and hopefully I can get to them over the next few months. (Localisation still remains to be completed as is usual at this stage of the project).
You might also notice that the Vienna web site has been overhauled. The site itself has moved to SourceForge for better collaborative maintenance and the links from the opencommunity site currently do a redirect. Eventually I'll wave a magic wand or something and get the DNS settings fixed so we can do away with the redirect. (I know there's a page on SourceForge that talks about how to make this happen with vhosts and CNAMEs but right now I don't have time to fudge around with this.)
Now with 2.1 out the door, I'm heading off on holiday for a couple of weeks so Jeff will be holding down the fort. The initial feedback regarding 2.1 has been very positive and constructive. The new unified layout is getting some attention and it is a pretty new thing so I expect we'll be making some usability tweaks there as we go. Do check out the manual folder resorting and the article filters too.
See ya!
Vienna 2.1 has been a while in coming and considering the fact that Jeff and I have been working in whatever hours we can spare on top of 2.0 maintenance work, there's a lot of changes in there since the last 2.0 release. You can see all the changes at:
http://vienna-rss.sourceforge.net/vienna2.php
Please remember that this is a PREVIEW release. Some things are broken, some things aren't finished and we've a bit more work to do before we're final. But it's a pretty comprehensive release and rather closely reflects where I hoped we'd be. Unfortunately one or two key things got cut such as the sync logic and offline images but those still remain on the to-do list and hopefully I can get to them over the next few months. (Localisation still remains to be completed as is usual at this stage of the project).
You might also notice that the Vienna web site has been overhauled. The site itself has moved to SourceForge for better collaborative maintenance and the links from the opencommunity site currently do a redirect. Eventually I'll wave a magic wand or something and get the DNS settings fixed so we can do away with the redirect. (I know there's a page on SourceForge that talks about how to make this happen with vhosts and CNAMEs but right now I don't have time to fudge around with this.)
Now with 2.1 out the door, I'm heading off on holiday for a couple of weeks so Jeff will be holding down the fort. The initial feedback regarding 2.1 has been very positive and constructive. The new unified layout is getting some attention and it is a pretty new thing so I expect we'll be making some usability tweaks there as we go. Do check out the manual folder resorting and the article filters too.
See ya!
posted by StevePa # 2:15 AM 
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I noticed the comments field is absent from Smart Folder creation in 2.1. I'm guessing this is because there wasn't a clear way to make comments, but I would like to put in my vote for the ability to comment on a post beyond just flagging it. Thanks for making Vienna.
I think the .dmg file you have posted for Vienna 2.1 is broken. I was able to build it from source, though
Punya - the dmg file downloads and installs fine for me. If you haven't already then I suggest trying again.
Seth - yes, comments are not supported in Vienna yet. The field will return once there's full support for RSS and Atom article comments.
Seth - yes, comments are not supported in Vienna yet. The field will return once there's full support for RSS and Atom article comments.
I like this release... Many details--and that's where Vienna has the most to win, because otherwise, it's powerful stuff.
My suggestion: Vienna ignores some tags, like the "Category" tag ("<category>") which is unfortunate as it would make one of my feeds a lot more readable.
My suggestion: Vienna ignores some tags, like the "Category" tag ("<category>") which is unfortunate as it would make one of my feeds a lot more readable.
Apparently the forum is down, and I wanted to bring up the following issues I'm finding with 2.1.0.2102:
* going from one folder to another is slow. VERY slow.
* In previous builds, my Unread Articles smart folder would autoupdate. Now it does not, so that I have to click on another folder (which displays very slowly, as mentioned) and then back to the Unread Articles folder. Can this be fixed in the next build?
Thanks! I love Vienna very much, and look forward to future builds.
* going from one folder to another is slow. VERY slow.
* In previous builds, my Unread Articles smart folder would autoupdate. Now it does not, so that I have to click on another folder (which displays very slowly, as mentioned) and then back to the Unread Articles folder. Can this be fixed in the next build?
Thanks! I love Vienna very much, and look forward to future builds.
I saw a post here:
http://himac.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/tools-of-a-news-junkie-a-review-of-vienna/
that talks about a third layout for reading articles. One where its just a long list of posts, rather than just the summaries.
How do I get this!? I guess i'm a bit biased after using bloglines, but I like that view, and would love to use Vienna for it.
http://himac.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/tools-of-a-news-junkie-a-review-of-vienna/
that talks about a third layout for reading articles. One where its just a long list of posts, rather than just the summaries.
How do I get this!? I guess i'm a bit biased after using bloglines, but I like that view, and would love to use Vienna for it.
I just posted in my LJ blog
http://fluxam.livejournal.com/36881.html
about Vienna.
You'll see that this is implicitly a request to incorporate a feature that already exists but that is "hidden."
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http://fluxam.livejournal.com/36881.html
about Vienna.
You'll see that this is implicitly a request to incorporate a feature that already exists but that is "hidden."
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