Portable RSS

Portable RSS (often shortened to PReSS) is a RSS reader developed by Underminer. It is an alternative to Sony's RSS reader and it is a homebrew-developed application. PRess was first released in November 2007, and it has seen 3 updates. The latest, 0.31 which has been released on April 26, 2008. As of 0.3, PReSS can be ran on both a Phat and Slim. (Therefore meaning that it is 3.xx kernel compatible) So far, PReSS has support for both unprotected and encrypted support such as WPA, etc. Also, version 0.3 has been submitted to the PSP-Hacks Homebrew Coding Contest.

Features

Aside from being a normal RSS reader where users can add their own feeds that can viewed on the PSP, more features has been added to expand the usage of any one particular feed

ATOM/XML Feds

As some sites/users prefer to use these feeds over the RSS feed, this feature has been added in version 0.3. The ability to download RSS Feeds still remain.

AutoUpdate

If the RSS Feed for PReSS is added, PReSS will update that feed to inform users of any new updates to PReSS giving them an option to download it at their choice.

MP3/AVC/MP4 Download

If a feed links to a download containing a .mp3, .mp4, or an .avc file, the user can download, and save it to their memory sticks if they choose to.

Feed Catalogue

Also, a user can browser a catalogue of feeds to add to PReSS if they do not have their own personal feeds to add.

Link to Bookmarks

This feature allows a user to add a link to the browser's bookmark list with a link that easily accesses it.

Bugs

In 0.3, there are only 2 bugs that exist. They are not major, but they do affect the display of some feeds.

• Unsupported characters

Some characters can not be displayed properly, and instead are rendered like a box.

• Dropped spaces

For some feeds; the spaces around links (which are converted to italic text) are lost.

• Corrupted Images causes PSP to freeze

The PSP is NOT bricked. You can hold up the power switch for 10 seconds to shut down, and then power on to return to the XMB.

Version History

The version history is copied directly from the site, and the readme.

0.31 (04/26/2008)

• Unlocked unlimited sized mp3's for playback
• fixed scroll-bar in catalogue
• fixed updating feature
• some minor things

0.3 (04/20/2008)

• Slim support
• WPA and other encryption support
• personal feed catalogue
• mp3 download and playback
• mp4 and AVC video download
• atom/xml support added
• more reliable: http 1.1 protocol for image download
• ability to abort updating feeds
• faster feed saving
• remapped buttons (see read-me)
• support for larger images
• Real favicons instead of generic logo.
• faster panning in image view
• viewfinder in image view
• show/hide topics window
• Added to settings: Large thumbnail quality 0 = display image as a link 1-3 = image quality(only applicable for large images)

0.2 (01/13/2008)

• Image full screen - Handy for comics or another way of browsing topics
• Added Newly Added category under catalogue
• add links to browser bookmarks (clicking a link will add it to the browser's bookmarks)
• auto-update (Updates will be posted on the PReSS updates feed)
• font size
• hide feed view
• feed update combo
• prev/next unread topic button combo
• faster saving/loading feeds
• fixed leftmost pixel column bug: the leftmost column is simply not blitted anymore, wich would display improperly sometimes
• added activity indicator for feed download: if it doesn't move for 5 seconds; it never will
• parallel feed downloading cuts waiting time
• Improved unreadable character replacement

0.1 (11/2007)

• Initial Release

See Also

PReSS homepage