Feed Viewer is a news aggregator application for PCs and mobile devices running Windows. It presents online sources for the user in unified layout. Feed Viewer was first released in 2006.
Developer(s) | Vaclav Dajbych | ||||
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Initial release | April 2006 | ||||
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Written in | C# | ||||
Operating system | Windows, iOS | ||||
Type | News aggregator | ||||
Website | www |
History
editThe app Feed Viewer was initially launched in April, 2006, designed as a Windows Vista gadget. It was written in C# for .NET runtime allowing running on Windows XP.[1] It won journalist award for desktop application and ranked among best RSS readers of Živě.cz journal.[2][3] In February, 2012, the Windows Phone version was released. It was primarily designed for mobile devices without mobile internet access.[4] In 2010 started development of the online indexing service allowing feed aggregation in the cloud. In January, 2013, the version for Windows 8 was released followed by a new Windows Phone version featuring clutter free user experience.[5] Both of them were connected to the cloud-based RSS aggregation service.[6][7] Versions for Windows 10, both desktop and mobile, were introduced shortly after the release of these operating systems.[8]
User interface
editThe application's user interface is designed for visual overview of the news, allowing browsing a large amount of content quickly. It strictly follows guidelines for Windows Runtime apps.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Introducing Feed Viewer". 15 Apr 2006.
- ^ Kraus, Josef (19 December 2010). "Nejlepší RSS čtečka podle čtenářů Živě.cz" [The best RSS reader according to Živě.cz readers] (in Czech).
- ^ Polesný, David (9 September 2010). "Microsoft vyhlásil vítěze soutěže pro vývojáře open-source" [Microsoft announces open-source developer contest winner] (in Czech).
- ^ "Introducing Feed Viewer for Windows Phone". 15 Feb 2012.
- ^ "Feed Viewer, An Excellent Visual RSS News Aggregator For Windows Phone". 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Introducing Feed Viewer for Windows 8". 23 Jan 2013.
- ^ "Windows Phone client redesigned from the ground up". 30 May 2013.
- ^ Callaham, John (4 November 2015). "Feed Viewer RSS reader updated for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile".
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