Feed Notifier 2.1 Released

2010 February 17
by Michael Fogleman

Feed Notifier 2.1 includes performance enhancements and a fix for occasional popup errors on Windows 7 and Vista. Version 2.1 also includes a software update feature to automatically check for new versions. The default theme was ported to pure Python code instead of HTML rendered by an Internet Explorer ActiveX control. The result is better performance, less memory overhead, no more quirky behavior on Windows 7 and better cross-platform support. A Linux release is probably not too far off (see screenshot below), but a Mac release will require tweaking some other cross-platform issues.

Linux Screenshot

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  1. Nox permalink
    February 21, 2010

    I’ve noticed that if I run “C:\Program Files\Feed Notifier\notifier.exe” from cmd.exe without cd into “C:\Program Files\Feed Notifier\” first, Feed Notifier 2.1 will load with the default settings instead of my customised config, e.g. disable auto play. Fyi. :)

  2. February 21, 2010

    Hi Nox, thanks for the tip. This should actually be fixed already, you might not have the latest build. Try downloading the installer again. (I actually snuck this fix in a day or two ago without renumbering the version since it was such a small change, I guess I shouldn’t be doing that!)

  3. Nox permalink
    February 22, 2010

    I downloaded the installer and re-installed. Problem fixed indeed. Thanks Michael. :)

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