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        Rooster News Agent
          Delivery Royal
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Version: 3.0.1.1 **** Final Release
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Copyright © 2006 by Brana Bujenovic
        All Rights Reserved
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Content
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o Features
o What's New
o What's New/Version History Legend
o Version History
o System Requirements
o Installation
o Enable HTML Help
o Disclaimer of Warranty
o Release Date

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Features
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Rooster is powerful RDF/RSS/ATOM feeds agent for Windows.
Some of the key features are:
• Simultaneously download articles for multiple feeds.
• Post articles to ATOM-enabled blogs.
• Edit and store download conditionals such as scanning intervals.
• Store articles for off-line reading.
• Manage (display/move/delete/flag) articles off-line.
• Assign aliases to feeds.
• Address feeds and keep URLs within an editable table for quick updating.
• Manage (name/edit/create/delete/store) newsboxes for feeds.
• Plain-text (UNIX-compatible) newsboxes to store articles.
• Store feeds info in editable (plain text) files.
• Import and export subscriptions.
• Support for RDF, RSS & ATOM feeds.
• Article grouping.
• Article tokens.
• Filters.
• News ticker.
• Organize feeds trough feed groups.

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What's New
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Posting
+++++ Now it's possible to post the articles.
+ Author options.
+ Composing Articles options.
+ Posting Articles options.
+ Feed Properties/Posting options.
+ System newsboxes: Drafts & Posted.

Browsing Articles
+ Auto-close current article, after transferring.
* "Locate" article didn't work quite right in some cases.

General
+ Main program description changed from "RSS Reader" to "News Agent".
* Select All/None was ignored when the article is edited.
### Various improvements on message indexing.

Notifications
+ Options/Notifications: Show newsbox tray icon.
+ Newsbox tray icon balloon.
+ Right click on the icon re-opens the balloon.

GI
++ Now it's possible to switch on/off Boxes and Feeds panes (SMW mode).
# Misc improvements related to the panes layout.
* Fixed a bug that would cause a crash if the combo box is empty, while 
closing settings controls.
+ SMW: View/Top Newsbox/Set Focus.
+ SMW: View/Top Newsbox/Close.

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What's New/Version History Legend
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+ --> New feature
- --> Removed/obsolete feature
* --> Bugfix
# --> Improvement/Tweak
$ --> Hint/Comment

[Note. Multiple signs indicate significance. 
For example, "#####" -> "Tons of improvements".]

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Version History
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This is the initial release of the series-3.
See "Change Log History.txt" for complete version history.

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System Requirements
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To use Rooster you must have the following:
• IBM PC or compatible.
• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7.
• Internet network connection.

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Installation
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To install Rooster:
1. Download the installation program.
2. Exit running applications.
3. Click Windows Start button, select Run..., then click the "Browse"
button.
4. Browse to the folder where you saved the installation program.
5. Choose installation program file and click "OK".
6. Follow installation wizard steps, and read the description for every
step.
   (Click the Next button to go on to the next step, or click the Back
button to return to the previous step.)
8. Specify a folder in which to install Rooster, then click Next.
9. Rooster is installed in the destination directory.
10.The installer will offer to place a shortcut to Rooster on your desktop
and Quick Launch bar.
11.The installer will offer to start Rooster.

To uninstall Rooster:
1. Close Rooster and other running applications.
2. Click Windows start button, select Control Panel, then click "Add or
Remove Programs".
3. Find and Select Rooster from the list, and click "Remove".

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Enable HTML Help
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To open the Help file, start Rooster, and press F1. If Help displays "This
page cannot be displayed", do the following:
1. Close Help.
2. Locate Rooster.chm file, inside the folder where Rooster is installed.
3. Select and right-click the chm-file.
4. Select "Unblock" from the pop-up menu.
5. Return to Rooster, and press F1 again.

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Disclaimer of Warranty
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This software is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis without
warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including but not
limited to, the implied warranties of title, noninfringement merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose. I do not warrant that the software
will be - uninterrupted, timely, reliable, secure or error-free and
expressly disclaim any warranties as to the program contained herewith.

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Release Date
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May 2nd 2009
