OPML Editor support:

Version 0.50 checks if updates and/or Show Notes are available

This is the last major feature required before the first public release of the Windows OPML Editor.

This pair of features is essential because the next group of users may not pay close attention to learn of new features and fixes or join a mail list, or subscribe to a feed. I want to be sure we can push fixes and features to all users who join the community after this point.

To test the new features, first choose Get Latest Code from the Community menu. Then quit the app, re-launch. You should see a dialog that looks like this. If you choose to install the latest software, you'll just get the same update you already have, no harm in that. A window should open containing this outline.

The real test for the feature should come in about 24 hours, after you quit and relaunch, and the dialog appears (assuming I've released some new parts, quite likely). That time you should get some new features.

This is a complicated sequence, and will likely require a few iterations and careful bug reports to get it right. I'm here at the computer for the next three days to get this stuff working.

# Posted by Dave Winer on 7/22/05; 8:00:26 PM - --