tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211607672011-08-19T02:59:22.420-07:00SlashDock is a simple Mac OS X Application that fetches and updates headlines for the lastest postings on ATOM, slashdot-compatible and RSS sites (aka RDF) like BluesNews.com. Updates are obtained automatically, if new articles are available, the dock icon will flash with an image representing the article 'topic'. Selecting an article from the dock menu will take you directly to that article in your preferred web browser. SlashDock can also access eBay bid information & now Google Newsgroups!Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-22763012766194114012007-12-13T12:46:00.001-08:002007-12-13T13:23:13.358-08:00<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.whitefence.com/widget/AC_RunActiveContent.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="//www.whitefence.com/widget/black/widget.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><img src="//pcwhitefencecom.112.2o7.net/b/ss/pcwhitefencecom/1/H.1--NS/0?pageName=FlashWidget+Black&v3=Widget" height="1" width="1'" /><br /><noscript><br /> Compare and connect your essential home services, including<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/phone-service.html">home phone</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/electricity-service.html">electricity</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/tv-service.html">cable</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/high-speed-internet.html">high-speed Internet</a>,<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/newspaper-subscribe.html">newspapers</a> and more at<br /> <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/">WhiteFence.com</a>.<br /></noscript><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-2276301276619411401?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1155754567132628442006-08-16T11:51:00.000-07:002006-08-16T11:57:17.973-07:00WhiteFence has launched a <a href="http://www.whitefence.typepad.com/">Home Services Guide</a> to <a href="http://www.whitefence.com/corporate/pr/071706_blog.html">educate consumers</a> on the world of <a href="http://www.whitefence.com">home essential services</a>. If you rent or own an apartment or home, I'd recommend subscribing to their <a href="http://whitefence.typepad.com/whitefence/index.rdf">RSS feed</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-115575456713262844?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1148419797185202442006-05-23T14:27:00.000-07:002006-05-23T14:29:57.213-07:00Rejoice Intel Mac owners! SlashDock is now available in a universal binary! <a href="http://openendsoftware.com/smf/index.php?topic=62.0">Find out more</a> in the <a href="http://openendsoftware.com/smf/index.php#3">SlashDock forums</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-114841979718520244?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1141672935945981212006-03-06T11:16:00.000-08:002006-03-06T11:22:15.963-08:00You can set up your own, customized RSS feeds from the iTunes music store using a simple <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/MRSS/rssGenerator">configuration page</a> created by Apple.<br /><br />For example, here are the top 10 Rock or Alternative albums:<br />http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=143441/genre=000030000/limit=10/rss.xml<br /><br />Just add the above URL into SlashDock and set the Site Main URL to: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa<br /><br />I'd like to see some improvements, like support for Podcast listings, Mashups and TV Shows. But it's still a useful way to quickly see what's popular.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-114167293594598121?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1139860079999345612006-02-13T11:46:00.000-08:002006-02-13T11:48:00.030-08:00Here's what's new:<br /><br /><ul><li>Update to <a class=copyBlueBold href="https://rome.dev.java.net/">ROME</a> version 0.8</li><br /> <li>Add option to filter each site's headlines using a Regular Expression. For example, you might want to filter the DealsOnTheWeb.com feed so that you only see LCDs, Digital Cameras and Powerbooks using the following (Java) regular expression:<p><code>.*(lcd|digital camera|powerbook).*</code><br /> <li>Fixed bug which caused some 'Application Not Responding' problems.<br /> <li>Add Help menu with additional link to the Community Forums.<br /> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113986007999934561?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com128tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1139588732877329502006-02-10T08:24:00.000-08:002006-02-10T08:25:32.890-08:00Open End Software has launched new forums for <a href="http://openendsoftware.com/slashdock/index.html">SlashDock</a>, and <a href="http://openendsoftware.com/macpokerpro/index.html">MacPoker Pro</a>.<br /><br />Click over and <a href="http://www.openendsoftware.com/smf">join in the discussions</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113958873287732950?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1138378179228813212006-01-27T08:06:00.000-08:002006-01-27T08:09:39.236-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ichart.yahoo.com/v?s=aapl"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://ichart.yahoo.com/v?s=aapl" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Don't use a special application to get Stock Quotes - put them in your Dock with SlashDock!<br /><br />For a single Stock Quote, add this URL in your Site preferences: http://www.xanadb.com/ticker/aapl<br /><br />For multiple quotes try:<br />http://www.xanadb.com/ticker/aapl+icge+msft<br /><br />Now, when you view this in the Digest you will see a graph for each stock like the one shown here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113837817922881321?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1138031931985316142006-01-23T07:55:00.000-08:002006-01-23T07:58:52.023-08:00One of the many useful RSS feeds I've found is at del.icio.us. Even if you don't have an account, their constantly updated Popular links are great for browsing with <a href="http://www.openendsoftware.com/slashdock/index.html">SlashDock</a>.<br /><br />Just use this URL: http://del.icio.us/rss/popular<br /><br />If you browse the <a href="http://del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a> site, you will see every page has a RSS button/link at the bottom, so if you are only interested in Mac stuff (for instance), you can use this URL:<br /><br />http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/mac<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113803193198531614?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1137773340659072522006-01-20T08:04:00.000-08:002006-01-20T08:09:00.673-08:00Way back when SlashDock was first introduced, the primary format used by slashdot and all of the sites "powered by slash" used a proprietary format for their feeds. As RSS (and now Atom) have gained popularity, those sites have added support for these formats. The ROME library does not support "slash" so some old feeds will no longer work.<br /><br />The good news is that there are alternate feeds (RSS) that will work for those sites.<br /><br />Here are two in particular many users have emailed about:<br /><br />slashdot.org: http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rss<br />macslash.com: http://macslash.org/rss/macslash.xml<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113777334065907252?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160767.post-1137604527629235422006-01-18T09:15:00.000-08:002006-01-20T09:07:04.083-08:00Did you know you could access your Gmail Inbox using SlashDock? This is especially handy if you have multiple Gmail accounts.<br /><br />What you need:<br /><ul> <li>Your username.</li> <li>Your password.</li> <li>Latest version of <a href="http://www.openendsoftware.com/slashdock/index.html">SlashDock</a><br /></li> </ul> Setting it up:<br /><ul> <li>Open SlashDock preferences (cmd-shift-P).</li> <li>Click the Sites tab.</li> <li>In the URL/Group text box, enter<br />https://username:password@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom<br />(replace username and password with YOUR information, for example: https://mygmailname:password123@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.openendsoftware.com/blog/slashdock/urlgroup-sites.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.openendsoftware.com/blog/slashdock/urlgroup-sites.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></li> <li>Click the + button, then find the new entry in the Site list. Double-click to add a Name and Description.</li><li>Finally, click the Apply Now button.<br /></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21160767-113760452762923542?l=slashdock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stas Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416070440385223574noreply@blogger.com45