JWizz RSS News Reader

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100% Free RSS/Atom News Reader

JWizz RSS News Reader is the standalone Java version of Wizz RSS News Reader. It has been developed using Java 1.4.2_04-b05 and is absolutely 100% free of charge. Without the frustrations of badly documented Firefox/Gecko APIs and taking advantage of multi-threading available through Java, JWizz RSS is far more robust and powerful than Wizz RSS. JWizz RSS does NOT contain ANY spyware or adware.

Third party APIs used by JWizz RSS News Reader: -

JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC) - The JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC) project aims to make Java™ technology-based applications ("Java applications") first-class citizens of current desktop platforms without sacrificing platform independence. Its mission is to enable seamless desktop/Java integration.

JDIC provides Java applications with access to functionalities and facilities provided by the native desktop. It consists of a collection of Java packages and tools. JDIC supports a variety of features such as embedding the native browser, launching the desktop applications, creating tray icons on the desktop, registering file type associations, creating JNLP installer packages, etc. Many new features are contributed as incubator projects from the community.
JavaMail - The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and protocol-independent framework to build mail and messaging applications. The JavaMail API is available as an optional package for use with Java SE platform and is also included in the Java EE platform.
JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) - Which is required by JavaMail

For those who aren't familiar with RSS, Atom and Podcasting, the following links might help to clarify the situation: -

Features

Integrates with either Internet Explorer or Mozilla. Has been tested with Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla 1.7.13 (Only works correctly if Mozilla 1.7.13 is installed from the ZIP file. Installing Mozilla 1.7.13 from the Full Installer causes scrollbars to disappear).
Each feed has it's own filtering criteria. i.e. Different feeds can have different filtering criteria and each feed can have it's filtering turned on or off. Filtering criteria is persistent per feed.
Each feed will (Assuming the required information is present in the feed) display columns containing the item's title, the item's publication date, the item's category and the item's author.
Each feed can be ordered (Assuming the required information is present in the feed), in ascending or descending order, on the item's title, the item's publication date, the item's category or the item's author.
Each feed can have it's own ordering criteria and ordering criteria are persistent per feed.
Each feed can optionally be set to open when JWizz RSS starts.
Each feed can be set to auto-update. Each feed can have it's own auto-update interval (e.g. update every 10 minutes) or an auto-update time of day (e.g. update at 10:00, 12:37 and 15:32).
Drag and drop Quick View function for viewing feeds without having to add them.
Optionally store lists centrally to make them easily available from any PC.
Fully integrates with Wizz RSS. i.e. Feeds saved through JWizz RSS can be accessed by Wizz RSS and vice versa.
Simple drag and drop for adding feeds.
Share news items and feeds via email (Better SMTP support than with Wizz RSS and will now support SMTP hosts that require authentication).
Integrated search functionality.
Integrated weather information.
Supports OPML imports and exports.
Supports all versions of RSS.
Supports Atom 0.3.
Supports Atom 1.0.
Feed Search for finding RSS feeds, Atom feeds and OPML on any web page (Will only find feeds and OPML that are identified with the correct mime types).
Optionally hide/show read items.
Publish your collection of feeds on your Web site.

Feedbase
I've put a feed database online at http://www.feedbase.net. It currently has over 40 000 feeds in the database. For those of you looking for particular feeds, Feedbase might be a useful resource. For those of you looking for more exposure for your feeds, you are more than welcome to add them to the database.

Publish your Feeds
Free feeds for your Web site is now available. If you'd like to make use of the service, you can do so by clicking one of the links shown below. Feed publication will work with JWizz RSS in exactly the same way as it does with Wizz RSS.

Old publication interface
New publication interface
Stand alone publication interface (Same as the new publication interface but it doesn't require the use of Wizz RSS News Reader)