Re: using RSS to automate a browser
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:32:50 -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> I typically keep a browser window open to the main page of a particular
> web site which adds news articles throughout the day; but the additions
> are made at unpredictable intervals. Because of the number of news
> articles posted, together with a number of advertisements, reloading the
> page can take 30 seconds or longer.
>
> The site has an RSS feed, so I can use a feed reader such as "liferea"
> to inform me of changes, rather than clicking reload and finding that
> nothing new has been posted.
>
> But it would be nice to have a automated browser which would check the
> RSS feed every ten minutes or so and automatically reload the page
> whenever new material is added.
Others may point out open source alternatives. In the mean time, How
about google reader? Just log in and leave it open. It checks for updated
results at frequent intervals (the interval is not configurable and AFAIK
there is no option to disable it also).
> And it would be really nice if the
> browser would play a sound file or display a panel icon (life the mail
> monitor "biff") whenever a reload is complete. This would save both my
> time and bandwidth.
I dont think this is possible in google reader.
>
> Are there any browsers which have this capability?
In the above, I am referring to iceweasel (on sid). The behaviour might
be different on other browsers.
hth
raju
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