I was kindly asked to post a bit more and keep you guys updated on what is going on behind the scenes of the fancy Gregarius development world. So here is what you should expect will be in the next release, which will probably be released as 0.6.0 - codename [suggest a fancy codename here]
Multi User Support
This is probably the single most requested feature, e.g. being able to have several users, each one having his/her own set of feeds and playing a distinct role (Admin, User, Visitor), … everything happily running off a single installation.
Now, the reasons why this hasn’t been done before are rather simple: 99% of the current Gregarius users won’t need this feature, and it’ll require a huge refactoring both of the code and the database schema.
Nevertheless, we think it’s a necessary step on the road to TWD and have started discussing the design.
Database Gurus willing to lend a hand, please contact your nearest Gregarius developer.
Better Localization
We’re currently migrating from an clunky, label-files-based localization system to a more modern gettext-powered l10n engine. We’ve picked the excellent PHP-gettext library, which is also used by WordPress, among others.
Still, it’s a tedious and repetitive search-and-replace work, which I hope to finish as soon as possible.
New RSS Parser?
We’ve started evaluating SimplePie as a drop-in replacement of the aging MagpieRSS, whose Atom 1.0 support isn’t quite there yet.
Although still in beta phase, SimplePie looks quite sexy and well designed.
In a nutshell, these should be the most interesting new features in the next release. We’re still in the design phase, so you still got plenty of time to suggest killer-features you would like to see included, before 0.6.0 goes gold :)
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Thanks for the interest!
Waiting for multi-user support!
Any ETA? or beta to play with? =)
Ricardo, nothing yet: we’re still deep in the design phase, I’m afraid.
One thing I’d really love to see is some kind of optional lightweight desktop utility that works in conjunction with Gregarius, kind of like what Bloglines has. The general idea would be that it sits in the system tray periodically checking your Gregarius installation (user-defined interval) for new items, and then displays a “new items” icon if it finds any. The user could then either click on the icon to load up their Gregarius page or go there manually.
Of course Gregarius requires manual updating at the moment, so perhaps some kind of basic feed updating mechanism could also be built into this application for those who lack the ability to run cron jobs and such (if this is even possible with Gregarius).
Sounds good to me, anyway! :)
Ryan,
excellent idea! Unfortunately I no longer code for win32, so I can’t really help there, but I think it should be rather easy to do in C# or any other .NET dialect.
On a sidenote, here is an OS X application that does more or less exactly what you suggested!
Ah, I’m sadly on ye olde Windows XP so I can’t make much use of that application. :(
Well I’m glad you think it’s a good idea, and even if it’s not something that can be implemented in the close future, I hope you will try to push for it in the more distant future.
It’d be a killer thing to bundle with the software in my opinion, and take it to a whole new level of popularity as an all-in-one RSS reader (as long as you have a hosting account). :)
I would also love multiuser support, and wish that I had the technical skills to help out on the project :(
Multi-user support would be awesome, as would more control over cleaning up old items (by category/feed for example, or currently when you delete the feed first it keeps counting the old items), and some features I’ve never been able to get working on my server, like the auto tag plugins, but it’s still my fave reader by far and I’m happy to see it being actively developed. Thanks. :)
I’d love to see a multi-user implementation of this - I’d personally donate $100 to get hold of that software, I know it’s not much individually, but as RSS gets used in the workplace more, I bet a load of other people would pay/donate ‘commercial’ rates as well to get hold of a robust aggregator for internal feeds…
Guy, I fully agree. Cannot wait until the multi user file is available. Put me down for another $50.
Please make a multi-user version! :)
Yea, multi-user support would be da bomb. Why if you did that, you’d totally be ready for TWD. Totally. TWD.
I wish I could help. If you need guinea pigs, I’m snorting! (If that’s what GP’s do…which I’m too lazy to find out about.)