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RSSOwl Portable 1.2.3 Submitted by Ryan McCue on December 3, 2006 - 11:34pm
Here's my first release of RSSOwl Portable and also my first Summer Portables release. »
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"Summer Portable"
Sorry, it's just that to me it sounds weird, we're in the middle of winter over here. Anyways, I'll give it a go and let you know how good of a job you did.
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Teen1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He's cool.
Teen2: Are you being sarcastic, dude?
Teen1: I don't even know anymore.
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -- Robert Frost
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: baby ain't mine." -- Adam Holguin
Well
That's what you get talking with an Aussie
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Problem
I tried to install, but it just flashed the DOS window and didn't ask for a directory. Moved to a second computer in my office, downloaded a fresh copy and it did the same thing. The file size looks right, but there is no icon associated with the install program. Is there a problem, or is it me?
Looking forward to trying it!
Scott
Well
Are you downloading the copy from Cube Games?
What is your operating system?
Do you have Java installed?Can you get to the extractor or doesn't that show either?
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Problem - continued
Hello,
Yes, downloaded from Cube:
http://portable.cubegames.net/rssowl
All of the operating systems are WindowsXP Pro with SP2 - tried three now. I have administrative privilages on all of them - including domain admin privilages on the two at work (2003 based domain). The home computer is a stand-alone and it does the same thing - just tried it.
The extractor doesn't show. Just briefly flashes a DOS window ... then nothing.
By the way, I'm a HUGE Tom Lehrer fan.
"Don't drink the water, and don't breathe the air..."
Hmm
I test on XP Home no Service Packs, but I'll try a XP SP2 Pro now.
RE Tom Lehrer: "You can't three from two, two is less than three, so you look at the four in the tens place"
My Grandfather got me onto him
Edit: I see what you mean now. Try Start » Run » cmd » Then drag the .exe on the screen and press enter.
I get a "Program too big to fit into memory" error. Is this what you get?
I believe it is an error with 7-Zip, maybe I don't have the latest version.
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
New Math...
Ya, when I was in High School there was a radio programme with a guy that went by "Dr. Demento". That was the 80's. He played novelty music, including Weird Al, about the only one who is still performing.
I was lucky enough to find "An Evening Wasted With", "Revisited" and "That Was the Year That Was" on CDs a few years later. Now they have a home on my iPod where I can revisit any time I want.
Come to think of it, I think I'll be listening to all of them tomorrow at work
Thanks for looking into my install problem, and for the trip down memory lane.
Scott
Try
Opening it with 7-Zip File Manager (Right-click » Open Inside). Does that work?
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Nope
Does nothing.
Other installers do open in 7-Zip - I downloaded Miranda to look at, and it was fine.
Gimp, FileZilla and VLC Media Player are other individual downloads that I have installed without problems. Could it just be a corrupt install package? I did download at least a few times, to different computers, from two separate ISPs.
Scott
Same Problem
I'm having the same problem installing RSSOwl that sfb is having. I'm running WinXP Home SP2. I just get a quick DOS pop-up & that's all. I also tried using 7-Zip, same thing happened.
Yes
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
\Desktop\RSSOwlPortable_1.2.3.paf.exe"
Program too big to fit in memory
Same thing happens with the Blender package. I have Hexagon and Carrara, but never seem to have the time to learn either well. Portable would make life easier
Scott
Hmm
I'm guessing it's a problem with replacing the icons.
I am using ResHacker. John, what do you use?
Anyway, it might not matter, since I might be abandoning RSSOwl Portable, since it needs Java.
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
But...
But it's still a problem with Blender, and likely the other distributions you created?
I'm not sure Java would be a problem for most people that would use RSSOwl. I have Java installed to the four computers I usually use, and I'm sure many others do as well. Why? OpenOffice. Although OO will operate without Java, not all functionality is there. Okay, I also require it for the administrative console on our corporate firewall, but I'm sure there are other common uses.
Scott
(on a cold day in Canada)
Actually
I didn't create Blender Portable, tanisthalon did. Check the credits at the bottom of the page.
I know about the fact that most people have Java, but it you went to an internet cafe and wanted to use it, it might not work.
I'm working on bundling Java with it or a Java look alike at the moment so this issue will be fixed.
I have also decided that I will keep working on RSSOwl Portable. So, don't worry about that issue
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Same problem...
I'm having the same problem here - quick DOS window and then nothing.
7Zip says it doesn't recognise .paf files.
What IS a .paf file?????
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http://www.stupc.co.uk
A PAF file
is a 7-Zip self-extractor.
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
So
it doesn't have an md5 hash or you didn't get round to doing one?
Yours
Steve Lamerton
The Liberta Project
'...and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard...' JFK
LOL
Haven't got around to it yet. I've been too busy making the support pages. I'll get the MD5s up soon enough, or I might even write a PHP script to generate it on the server side.
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Wow!
This is my first time trying RSSOwl and I'm totally impressed!
I just deleted the other RSS application I was using after about 15 minutes of messing around with this one. Can't wait to see what features get added in the future.
Thanks for making it portable.
.
I actually didn't use it myself, but I found a request and I am now also using it constantly. It keeps me up to speed on any bugs etc
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
One day later...
well, I've been using it for the past 24 hrs, and so far, everything has been working the way it should be, no problems here. I'll just be using this as my default.
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Teen1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He's cool.
Teen2: Are you being sarcastic, dude?
Teen1: I don't even know anymore.
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -- Robert Frost
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: baby ain't mine." -- Adam Holguin
Cool
I'm also interested to hear if people can get it working with a local copy of Java (see the support page: http://portable.cubegames.net/support/rssowl#using ). Any one want to try?
Also, John, is there any chance you could add this to the directory? Thanks.
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Regular Updates
I am going to keep this app updated as much as I can with the RSSOwl main version.
Also, a known bug (sorta) is that you can't view PortableApps.com, cause of
<img src="/files/images/icons/rss_feed.png" width="44" height="16" alt="RSS Feed" align="right"> in the footer.
*stares at John*
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Ryan McCue
Cube Games
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
(Tom Lehrer)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Hi Ryan
I tried and failed to use RSSowl with CommonFiles Java.
My Java is 1.6.0.
Do you have a hint or something similar on how to get it working?
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
Not at the moment
Notice on my current projects page I have RSSOwl Portable (w/Java).
I'll be getting it done when the new version of RSSOwl comes out, which should be soon.
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Ryan McCue.
Blog.
So all that Airbus-delay trouble over here in Europe is because of YOU!
Simeon.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Lookin' forward to it
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate