Editing RSSOwl (section)

==History==
RSSOwl began as small project on [[SourceForge]] at the end of July 2003.<ref>First RSSOwl version 0.3a, see https://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl/files/rssowl%20classic%201.0%20(do%20not%20use)/0.3a/</ref> The first public version was 0.3a.

===Version 1.0===
RSSOwl 1.0 was released on December 19, 2001. It was released with support for [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] news feeds. The initial release also supported exporting feeds to [[PDF]], [[Rich Text Format|RTF]], and [[HTML]]. This release was available for [[Windows]], [[MacOS|Mac]], [[Linux]], and [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]].
RSSOwl 1.1 added support for toolbars and quick search in news feeds.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/149 RSSOwl 1.1 released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723170000/http://www.rssowl.org/node/149 |date=2010-07-23 }}</ref> Version 1.2 improved toolbar customization and added support for Atom 1.0 News feeds.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/182 RSSOwl 1.2 released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104200808/http://www.rssowl.org/node/182 |date=2011-01-04 }}</ref> Versions 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 added [[universal binary]] support for the Mac as well as drag and drop for tabs and a built-in feed validator.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/192 RSSOwl 1.2.1 released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627140053/http://www.rssowl.org/node/192 |date=2010-06-27 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/201 RSSOwl 1.2.2 released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627134411/http://www.rssowl.org/node/201 |date=2010-06-27 }}</ref> RSSOwl was the SourceForge Project of the Month for January 2005.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2005-01.php SourceForge.net: Project of the Month<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Version 2.0===
RSSOwl 2.0 was announced on March 7, 2007, at [[EclipseCon]] 2007.<ref>[http://www.eclipsecon.org/2007/index.php?page=sub/&id=3982 EclipseCon 2007: Preview of RSSOwl 2.0]</ref> Version 2.0 was rebuilt on the [[Eclipse (software)#Rich Client Platform|Eclipse Rich Client Platform]] and used [[db4o]] for database storage and [[Lucene]] for text searching.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/210 Announcing RSSOwl 2.0] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104192229/http://www.rssowl.org/node/210 |date=2011-01-04 }}</ref> Several [[Milestone (project management)|milestone]] versions were released before the final 2.0 version that added labeling of news feeds, pop-up notification of new feeds and storage of news articles in news bins.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/216 RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 6] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104192152/http://www.rssowl.org/node/216 |date=2011-01-04 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/220 RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 7] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627135835/http://www.rssowl.org/node/220 |date=2010-06-27 }}</ref> The final 2.0 version was released as milestone 9 and added support for secure password and credential storage, news filters, support for embedding [[Firefox]] 3.0 [[XULRunner]] to render news feeds, and proxy support for Windows.<ref>[http://www.rssowl.org/node/248 RSSOwl 2.0 Milestone 9] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627135902/http://www.rssowl.org/node/248 |date=2010-06-27 }}</ref> Version 2.1, released July 15, 2011, added [[Google Reader]] synchronization support and new layouts.<ref name="2.1" /><ref name="ghack1107" />

===Forks===
RSSOwl is no longer maintained <ref>{{cite web |title=rssowl/RSSOwl |url=https://github.com/rssowl/RSSOwl/blob/master/README.md |website=GitHub |access-date=11 October 2018 |language=en |quote=RSSOwl is unmaintained and has several known vulnerabilities. Please do not use it any more}}</ref> by its original developer. However, a maintained [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of it is available, known as [https://github.com/Xyrio/RSSOwlnix RSSOwlnix].