SVN commit 612737 by dannya: reviewing documentation again M +28 -21 index.docbook --- trunk/KDE/kdepim/doc/akregator/index.docbook #612736:612737 @@ -62,34 +62,33 @@ Introduction - -What is it? + +What is &akregator;? &akregator; is a &kde; application for reading online news feeds. It has a powerful, user-friendly interface for reading feeds and the management of them. -&akregator; is a lightweight and fast program to display news items +&akregator; is a lightweight and fast program for displaying news items provided by feeds, supporting all commonly-used versions of RSS and Atom feeds. Its interface is similar to those of -e-mail programs, thus being very intuitive to use. Useful features are searching -in article titles, management of feeds in folders and setting archiving -preferences. Feeds can be displayed in a similar manner to e-mails. Websites related to a feed can be shown in &akregator;'s embedded browser or, at the users' choice, opened in an external -browser. +e-mail programs, thus hopefully being very familiar to the user. Useful features include searching within article titles, management of feeds in folders and setting archiving +preferences. Feeds can be displayed in a similar manner to e-mails. Websites related to a feed can be shown in &akregator;'s embedded browser or, at the users' choice, opened in an external browser. - + <acronym>RSS</acronym> and Atom feeds -RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an &XML;-based format to -publish news or articles in machine-readable form. An RSS +RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an &XML;-based format used for publishing news or articles in a machine-readable form. An RSS or Atom file is also called a feed. A program that can be used to read such feeds is -called a feed reader or aggregator, hence the title of the application, &akregator;. It automatically extracts new items from the feed and displays them to the user. The user therefore saves time with regularly-visited websites as they need no longer manually check whether there are new pieces of information available. +called a feed reader or aggregator, hence the title of the application, &akregator;. + +&akregator; automatically extracts new items from the feed and displays them in a human-friendly form to the user. The user can therefore save time with regularly-visited websites, as they need no longer manually check whether there are new pieces of information available. RSS is available in different versions which are not compatible with each other (this situation caused by competing companies): RSS 0.9, RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0. Atom is also an &XML;-based feed language which has -been redesigned to fit the needs of webloggers and news sites. It also tries to +been redesigned to fit the needs of webloggers and news sites. Atom attempts to replace RSS feeds and remove the uncertainty with incompatiblities in the different RSS versions. @@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ This section describes how to start using &akregator;. It explains the user interface and shows you how to add your own feed to the list. This section is -particularily interesting if you are not yet familiar with the general RSS/Atom news feeds and feed aggregator concept. +particularily interesting if you are not yet familiar with the general RSS/Atom and feed aggregator concept. @@ -166,9 +165,9 @@ Adding a feed -&akregator; provides you some default feeds related to &kde;. You -might want to add your own feeds. Good candidates are news sites you visit -regularly, for example. +&akregator; provides you with some default feeds related to &kde; - of course, you +probably want to add your own feeds. Good candidates are the news sites you visit +regularly. @@ -183,10 +182,10 @@ Add a new feed - + -Enter www.slashdot.org in the line edit next +Enter http://www.slashdot.org in the line edit next to Feed URL and click OK. @@ -198,13 +197,21 @@ The feed properties dialog - - + + Now Slashdot has been added to your feed list. -There are multiple other ways to find and add interesting feeds. +There are multiple other ways to find and add interesting feeds. Within KDE, websites browsed with &konqueror; will display the recognizable "RSS lozenge" in the bottom-right if a compatible news feed is detected at the website: + +Automatically finding feeds through &konqueror; + + +Automatically finding feeds through &konqueror; + + +