FeedDemon is hands down my favorite rss aggregator, but I've used it less over the last year because I've been using Onfolio (despite the fact that it's way slower than FD.) I liked the integration of Onfolio and Firefox, and the ability to blog items right out of Onfolio. However, upgrading to FF v1.5 broke Onfolio... so I'm back to using FD because I can't seem to take advantage of Onfolio.
Seeing that Bradbury is testing a new version and has an alpha of v2 with a totally new UI is exciting. One feature that I really really like is the ability to see the blogs that I pay most attention to. Nick's comments about the backlash against subscription pricing are also interesting, while I like the fact that I can pay a onetime license for this software I still wish I could get newsgator integration (to NG Online) without ponying up for a subscription to NG.
Hi Jeff, this is Mike Munroe over at Onfolio. I am a Quality Assurance Engineer here and was very sorry to hear of the issues relating to Onfolio breaking when you upgraded Firefox to 1.5. We are aware of the problems occuring and are working on some fixes for the issue to be released in some manner within the next few days. Most likely through providing an auto update of the XPI that is used by Firefox, but we are working on making this solution suitable for the majority of our userbase, including those that have not yet upgraded to the latest 2.02 version.
In the meantime, here are some steps that should remedy the situation you have bumped into.
1. Launch Firefox and proceed to Tools - Extensions
2. Look to see if Onfolio is listed
3. If it is, select it and hit uninstall
4. Make sure you are running the latest release version of Firefox 1.5 which can be downloaded from
http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
6. Uninstall Onfolio
5. Make sure that you have the latest version of Onfolio for reinstalling, version 2.02
6. If you do not have that version installed, download the 2.02 installer from http://www.onfolio.com/download
7. Reinstall Onfolio using the 2.02 installer
You should be prompted to install the Firefox extension. Say Yes when prompted.
Note: when you say Yes, with Firefox 1.5 and Onfolio 2.02, you no longer see a page launched that you need to install the Firefox XPI from, it happens automatically. After hitting Yes at the prompt, the extension should get installed and be ready for use the next time Firefox is launched.
Posted by: Mike Munroe | Dec 14, 2005 at 12:05 PM