Hello folks,
Another version has finally dropped and this one makes the program so much faster it's almost worth updating just for that alone!
Luna RSS is an accessible rss feed reader, podcatcher and RSS feed creator developed by yours truly which I've been running for a little while now.
Version 3.6 sees some major bug fixes including some fixes to the way the program actually manages and saves your feeds.
Before you update, I recommend you back up your feeds, not because I suspect there will be errors, but simply to be safe.
I've tested the feed conversion vigorously and am very happy that it's not going to leave you stranded, but better safe than sorry, right?
The full changelog is posted at the end of this post for those who care about such things, but a few highlights include:
*assign custom names to your feeds
*much, much faster start times
*cleaner html management in lists
*escape exiting many screens
The link: https://nathantech.net/products/software/lunarss.php
I did my best to cover many of the bug reports people put in to me as well as those I discovered myself, but I apologise in advance if I missed one you put in the 3.5 thread as I couldn't find it!
That being said 3.6 includes the new logger found in Calliope, so if you get start up errors Luna will now ask if you want to send me an email about it. Much cleaner than the way it logged errors before!
The full changelog:
3.6:
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the suggests and reports screens did not show.
Bug Fix: Improved several bugs with the feed retriever.
Bug Fix: Fixed several bugs with the info table which prevented you from streaming sometimes.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug with exporting feeds.
Bug Fix: Changed how the program handled the categories.dat file to make it both smaller and faster to load.
Bug Fix: Stripped out unnecessary modules where possible.
bug Fix: Fixed a bug where alt f4 did not close the task bar icon.
Bug Fix: Volume changes now save across episodes and the closing/reopening of the program.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where unseen status did not clear.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where proper selection was not made in search result screens.
Bug Fix: All html elements are now stripped out of text displayed in feed info.
Bug Fix: Made the importer about 100 times faster and lord knows how much more stable.
Bug Fix: You can actually, you know, now use feeds that require logging in.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where descriptions sometimes did not show. While doing so, I also expanded this a little to be cleverer about finding said description.
Feature Change: Changed how the program handles URL's so that it should better able to handle https.
Feature Change: completely rewrote how the program loads and saves feeds to improve speed while starting.
Feature Change: the program now shows feed names that are being updated rather than url's.
New Feature: You can now press escape to exit many screens.
New Feature: You can now set custom names for your feeds.
Thank you for trying out Luna and as always I hope you enjoy!
Managing Director of Nathan Tech
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