Vijay Shankar wrote: > On 12 Mar 2007 14:14:16 -0700, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Vijay Shankar wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am writing an rss/atom reader in C++. I need your help on how to >>> decide/remember whether a particular item is read by the user. >> This is a saturated market. You are going to have a tough time >> distinguishing yourself from others if you plan on selling it. > > > I am writing it as a mobile phone application. I hope there is some space > available.
There probably is. I was referring to the desktop space. Although a quick search for "mobile phone rss reader" turned up: http://www.deliciousmona.com/ >> I have completed writing some part of my program. My program takes one >>> URL as the input and can fetch the rss/atom feeds from the servers in >>> the Internet. It can also display the list of available item titles. >>> Once the user selects any item, it will display the description part >>> of that particular item. All these implementation is done. >>> >>> Now my problem is to remember which are all the items the user has >>> already visited, so that i can hide them or show in a different color. >>> What logic i can follow to remember this? Do i have to maintain a list >>> in a file which stores all the titles that are read, or the list of >>> time stamps of items which are read? how do i do it with atom feeds? >>> can someone help please.. >> Both the RSS and ATOM specifications include an item GUID. This is a >> unique string that identifies the item. Note that if a GUID isn't >> included, you'll have to base the ID on something else such as the URL >> of the item. >> >> Most feed readers only keep a certain number of entries cached and offer >> the user a dialog to configure how many entries are cached - old entries >> are automatically deleted. > > > Thank you for the input. I will continue based on this. > -Vijay -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.2 Change tracking and management tool. Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes. Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/
