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GNewsTicker is a program which sits on the gnome panele and
displays news from various news sources (currently the
application supports RSS newsfeeds and NOS teletext (teletekst.nos.nl)).
The program is written in
Python and requires pygtk, pygnome (and lynx for NOS-tt).
features
read multiple rss feeds
automatic update
tag new newsitems (in yellow)
resizeable
configurable
also launches as non panel applet (start with ticker.py -win)
todo:
fix bugs
configurable tags
improving ui
support other sources
improve xml parsing
log
April 2004:
Third release 0.3, tropical coconut now available. It now
includes 3 display modes and also the possibility to select nos tt as
source.
March 2003:
Second release 0.2, the whooping llama now available. More basic
features now working and by now it is a usefull working applet.
Feb 2003:
First file release version 0.1, moose go to the Project
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Screenshots
The ticker on the panel screenshot 2, v0.2
old screenshot 1, v0.1 screenshot 2, v0.1 screenshot 3, v0.1 last updated: 07 Apr 2004