RSS Bandit explained

RSS Bandit
Developer:Dare Obasanjo and Torsten Rendelmann
Released:[1] [2]
Operating System:Windows
Genre:News aggregator
License:BSD-3-Clause

RSS Bandit is an open source RSS/Atom aggregator based on the Microsoft .NET framework. It was originally released as a code sample in a series of articles the Extreme XML column written by Dare Obasanjo on MSDN in 2003. The code samples were developed into an open source project. It is currently hosted on GitHub and the primary contributors are Dare Obasanjo and Torsten Rendelmann.

Features

Interface

The three-pane user interface is modeled after desktop email clients, with a tree view showing the list of feeds. The application has a number of features inspired by email readers and other RSS readers including:

Reception

The application received 4 out 5 stars in a review on Download.com.[4] It has also received 4 out of 5 stars in a review on About.com.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950744.aspx Building a Desktop News Aggregator
  2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950799.aspx Revamping the RSS Bandit application
  3. http://rssbandit.org/features/downloading-and-managing-pending-podcasts/ "RSS Bandit official blog: 'Downloading and Managing Pending Podcasts'"
  4. Web site: RSS Bandit. Download.com. CNet. 2009-01-15. 2010-07-10.
  5. Web site: RSS Bandit 1.6 - RSS News Feed Reader. About.com. New York Times Company. 2010-07-10.