Bloglines .NET notifier
the bloglines .NET notifier is no longer in active development
The Bloglines .NET notifier is a desktop tray application, written in C#, which lets you know when there are updates to the feeds you subscribe to in Bloglines. It is almost identical in function to the Windows Notifier which is currently available for download from Bloglines, although it does have a couple of extra features:
- You can select the type of notification to receive: balloon, IM-style popup, or none (apart from a chage to the tray icon).
- You can select a browser other than the system default as the one to launch when you want to read your updates.
- There are some context menu links to the most popular links pages at www.bloglines.com
The way that the .NET notifier tracks your updates is slightly different to the standard notifier; while the number of updates you have tracks downward (as you read them), you won’t receive another notification. As soon as they begin tracking upwards again, you will be notified.
I wrote the notifier because I wanted to do some C# programming, and the notifier had enough variation and complexity to be interesting and instructive, while being small enough to finish easily.
There is a known issue with the IM style pop-up window stealing focus during the period of the alert. This is a problem with the underlying Dacris NetXP controls; I’ll look at alternatives for a subsequent release if the problem persists.
Download
Sourceforge Project Page
The current release version is 1.1
You can download an msi installer package for win32 systems, or you can download the full source code. The source code is made up of three projects; the notifier, a dll to customise the uninstall process, and the installer setup package. The Bloglines .NET Notifier is licensed under the Open Software License.
Select ‘BloginesNetNotifier.msi’ for the installer, or ‘blnotifier1-1src.zip’ for the source code on the Download Page.