Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:40 AM
SharpReader 0.9.1.2

Another day, another version... 0.9.1.2 has the following changes since 0.9.1.1:

  • Bugfix - don't make spacebar jump to next item if browser is active. (this time for real)
  • Added keyboard shortcuts:
    • F5 - focus subscriptions pane
    • F6 - focus feed properties pane
    • F7 - focus item-headline pane
    • F8 - focus mini-browser
Get it.

UPDATE: 0.9.1.2 has been withdrawn due to bug at startup.

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Comments

Shouldn't F5 be used for refreshing, from a usability standpoint?

Posted by tamaracks at June 12, 2003 1:08 AM

I can't even get this version to start in XP. The following error appears in my log.

2003-06-12 01:13:11,329 [2876] ERROR SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm - Exception caught in SharpReaderForm.Main()
Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Message: File or assembly name Microsoft.mshtml, or one of its dependencies, was not found.
Source: SharpReader
at SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm.PreFilterMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponent.FPreTranslateMessage(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm.Main() in e:\projects\sharpreader\ui\sharpreaderform.cs:line 1243
2003-06-12 01:13:11,380 [2876] DEBUG SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm - Exiting SharpReaderForm.Main()

Posted by tamaracks at June 12, 2003 1:16 AM

I'm on XP too and I'm getting a different exception just as the window goes to paint itself the first time on startup.
2003-06-12 01:04:19,078 [3088] DEBUG SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm - SubscriptionServer setup
2003-06-12 01:04:19,578 [3088] ERROR SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm - Exception caught in SharpReaderForm.Main()
Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Message: File or assembly name Microsoft.mshtml, or one of its dependencies, was not found.
Source: SharpReader
at SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm.PreFilterMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponent.FPreTranslateMessage(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm.Main() in e:\projects\sharpreader\ui\sharpreaderform.cs:line 1243

2003-06-12 01:04:19,593 [3088] DEBUG SharpReader.UI.SharpReaderForm - Exiting SharpReaderForm.Main()


Posted by Paul Leclerc at June 12, 2003 3:06 AM

Umm... It looks like I get the same stack trace too :-o

Posted by Paul Leclerc at June 12, 2003 3:08 AM

neither does it start after installation on my w2k system

Posted by Markus Pirchner at June 12, 2003 4:12 AM

IMO, F5 should definitly associated to Refresh.

Posted by Fabrice at June 12, 2003 4:27 AM

Just a minor defect. When you do not have the feed properties window opened or checked, and then you hit F6 to focus on the feed properties window it opens the feed properties window, but the menu option for the feed properties is not checked.

If you select the unchecked menu option while the window opens the window closes.

I agree the F5 should also be used for refresh

Posted by kurt at June 12, 2003 8:18 AM

It it possible to setup personal shortcuts? I'm so lazy, and F5-F8 is far from my hand =D

Posted by hlb at June 12, 2003 4:13 PM

And here I thought F5-F8 would be simple and easy one-key shortcuts ;-).

I agree personal shortcuts would be a nice feature, but I'm not sure if there's an existing .NET component that easily allows a user to select a keyboard shortcut... I'll have to look into that.

Posted by Luke Hutteman at June 12, 2003 4:24 PM

Is it really neccessary to have sharpreader check for updates every 15 minutes? That seems a little ridiculous to me. Every 45 minutes seems more than reasonable and if you are really bent out of shape to have the latest and greatest can't the user just hit refresh...

Posted by Douglas Calvert at June 14, 2003 3:03 PM

Douglas: SharpReader doesn't check every 15 minutes unless you tell it to. The default refresh rate is once an hour. You can override this per feed or per category to any rate you want.

Posted by Luke Hutteman at June 16, 2003 11:34 AM

I use the scrollwheel with Sharpreader, and I'd like it to scroll the window the mouse pointer is currently over. Isn't that standard behavior?

Also, how about the ability to search within the list window?

Posted by Bob Myers at June 24, 2003 1:12 AM

Hi,
I have problem with proxy. Once I add rss to Sharp reader, (our ?) proxy store this rss and return this cached rss to me for long time =( I found workaround: If i try add after url something like ?Now='actualDatetime' proxy return refreshed rss. It is posible to add any function to SharpReader, which can help me ? I'm able to add this function myself but I need source of SharpReader...

Thanx

Posted by Petr Stahel at June 25, 2003 5:16 AM

Scrollwheel affects the element with focus. Click first on whatever you want to scroll.

Posted by Garth T Kidd at June 25, 2003 8:15 PM

When does purging happen? Can I force it?

Does purging affect locked items?

I'd love to be able to specify two maximum ages: one for unread, one for read. That'd work a lot better for me than a simple yes/no for purging unread.

Posted by Garth T Kidd at June 25, 2003 8:17 PM
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