[TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

I didn't like any of the current RSS and Atom readers, so have started to write one. Initially I'd like to get a simple (which it certainly is just now!), stable reader out there and then add things like good offline reading support.

Although Nibbles is still in its infancy, I've found it to be stable enough to use all the time. It's reached the stage where I think it could do with some more exposure to real world use. Although the focus right now is on reliability, I'd love to hear any feedback, suggestions or ideas for features you have.

If you'd like to try out the current preview release and help the development of a better feed reader for your internet tablet, please refer to my blog post:

http://mark.scottishclimbs.com/2008/...ader-for-maemo

Mark

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

hmm, ill give it a spin. the default reader just drives me nuts with its insistence on downloading images...

still, if the image on the page is any indication of the interface, im not sure ill like it. i ok with the default reader interface in that it shows the feed as a single page that you can scroll...

err, for whatever reason it seems to not install here...

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

I am currently using claws as my feed reader but have been searching for something else. I tried to install nibbles but ran into problems. I posted my problems to the project as requested. I get an error during the install on my n810

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

There is already Feedelity which can do offline-reading. But I'll give it a spin. more choice is always good :).

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

feedelity imo has ones of the most annoying interfaces i have come across, with using claw-mail (or any other mail client for that matter) as a feed reader as a close second...

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

What are this apps dependences?

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

Interesting, I'll bear it in mind.

In Nibbles, you can use the "+" and "-" buttons to hide the feed and then article lists if you like.

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

Thanks a lot for posting the bug. I've replied with some suggestions of things to try to help debug the problem.

Has anyone else managed to get the app correctly installed and running via the .install file?

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

my issue with the default reader and photos are that even with the image cache off it will start to download any images found in the feeds when a refresh is triggerd. and if you cancel that it will again try to download them when you read the actual feed.

thing is that i often connet to the net via a mobile phone, paying by the megabyte...

but then its not the only feed reader with a problem. the one found in opera mini also ignore any image settings you may have for the browser itself...

as one may tell, im very picky about feed readers...

and no, i have yet to geet it to install using the .install file...

Re: [TESTERS WANTED] Nibbles - a feed reader
 

ruby, ruby1.8-maemo (>= 0.3.0), rubygems-feed-normalizer, rubygems-atom, ruby1.8-sqlite3, lynx

Some of those packages has some dependencies too. All of the individual .debs are available in my repository (the .install file) or here:

http://code.scottishclimbs.com/maemo.../binary-armel/

I packaged the rubygems-*, lynx, mercurial and nibbles packages. The others are files I'm mirroring while the maemo.rubyx.co.uk repository is down.