InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Newsgator Forumshttp://forum.newsgator.com/info@newsgator.comMon, 06 Oct 2008 06:54:31 GMT20http://forum.newsgator.com/Topic30832-22-1.aspxGreat news is upon us! The NewsGator Go! 1.5 beta is now public. For the full scoop, take a look at developer <A href="http://www.standingmobile.com/newsgator-windows-mobile-style/">Kevin Cawley's blog post</A>.</P><P><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/NGOLMobileDownloadBeta.aspx">Download the beta</A></P><P>Things to note: </P><OL><LI>At a minimum you will need the <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aea55f2f-07b5-4a8c-8a44-b4e1b196d5c0&amp;displaylang=en">.NET compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2</A> (it has to be SP 2 or better)</LI><LI>If you are using Windows Vista, you will need to install using the CAB files (either copy the CAB over to your device or fetch from your device browser). There is an issue with the desktop installer on Vista.</LI><LI>Post feedback and bug reports to the <A href="http://forum.newsgator.com/Forum25-1.aspx">Go! Beta Forum</A>.</LI></OL><P>Now for the good stuff - Here's what's new:</P><UL><LI>Media</LI><UL><LI>Podcasts</LI><UL><LI>Resume interrupted downloads</LI><LI>Play using default device media player (media types supported dependent on media player)</LI><LI>Scheduled downloads – <EM>not completely implemented yet</EM></LI><LI>Specify the storage location (external storage card recommended)</LI><LI>Special icon indicate a feed with media</LI><LI>Special icons denote articles with media</LI></UL><LI>Streaming Video</LI><UL><LI>Play using default device media player (media types supported dependent on media player)</LI><LI>Specify the storage location (external storage card recommended)</LI><LI>Special icon indicate a feed with media</LI><LI>Special icons denote articles with media</LI></UL></UL><LI>Scheduled Sync</LI><UL><LI>Specify how often to sync with NewsGator API</LI><LI>If syncing once a day, specify the sync hour</LI></UL><LI>Auto Update Feeds</LI><UL><LI>Automatically fetch feed updates when feed is accessed (optional)</LI></UL><LI>Clipping</LI><UL><LI>Clip to any of your clippings folders</LI><LI>Specify a quick clip folder for fast clipping</LI></UL><LI>Feed Management</LI><UL><LI>Subscribe to feeds</LI><LI>Manually add feed url’s</LI><LI>Clipboard support</LI><LI>Working on better feed discovery – <EM>not completely implemented</EM></LI><LI>Unsubscribe from NewsGator</LI><LI>Unsubscribe from NewsGator Go!(mobile location)</LI></UL><LI>Email Articles</LI><UL><LI>Enter in arbitrary email addresses</LI><LI>Attach a comment</LI><LI>Select recipients from your contact list</LI></UL><LI>Navigation Improvements</LI><UL><LI>Navigation through feeds using the D-Pad (in ALL views)</LI></UL><LI>Refactor Settings</LI><UL><LI>A plethora of setting have been added to customize the experience</LI><LI>All settings can be set from one view</LI></UL><LI>Flight Mode</LI><LI>River of News</LI><UL><LI>View all articles in a folder sorted chronologically</LI></UL><LI>Auto Scrolling of Article Titles (optional)</LI><UL><LI>For articles with long titles, the entire title will scroll when activated</LI></UL><LI>Search</LI><UL><LI>Search for feeds to subscribe to</LI><LI>Search for most relevant articles on a particular subject</LI></UL><LI>Exception Handling/Logging</LI><UL><LI>All exceptions are logged to a circular log file (optional)</LI></UL><LI>Post scrubbing</LI><UL><LI>Article content is scrubbed to remove malicious code and to ensure valid Html</LI></UL><LI>Top Posts</LI><UL><LI>View most popular posts over all NewsGator subscribers</LI><UL><LI>One day</LI><LI>One week</LI><LI>Two weeks</LI></UL></UL><LI>Today Screen/Home Screen Integration – <EM>not completely implemented yet</EM> </LI><LI>Day Separator in Article</LI><UL><LI>View Organize your article list by date – very useful in the River of News View (optional)</LI></UL><LI>Links are optimized for mobile viewing (default Skweezer transcoder)</LI><LI>SSL Support</LI><LI>Proxy Support</LI><LI>Mark This and Older Read feature – clipping mark old articles in a feed as read</LI></UL>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:18:33 GMTJonathon McDougall