Hi Bruce: So you just link to the url the user enters or you have a url you
link to in your program when a user clicks a button?
That or you have a list of sites where they have news and then link to the
sites when a user picks a site from a list of available sites?
Does that sound right?
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "LB" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Hi Rick
I go to the page you enter on the edit box line.
At the moment it is under the users control, but Dennis may have an
issue with global for I did not even think of it when making the package for
either I went by it fast or it was not there; probably went by it and when
not looking for it you can miss it.
So I will have to delete it and upload it again.
Figures I would do something wrong.
Bruce
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Hi Bruce:
Are you parsing individual web pages or are you using the news providers RSS
Feeds?
Just curious since I mucked with both methods some time ago and each had
their own advantages and disadvantages.
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "LB" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Hi Dennis,
I have uploaded the beta version of Breaking News. It loads the entire
page, saves an html version in the default folder titled Breaking News
folder.
I have not got a list of web sites yet, just one web site at the moment.
It will display all links in the list view and you can view it either in a
local html file or text file.
I have no alerts yet for I want this part tested and improved before
moving to that part.
There are some web sites I can not look at because they do not load the
page until you trigger the page from a "OnLoad" event.
I probably could figger that one out eventually but that is the only
pain at the moment.
but it can load HLNTV or CNN or Fox News without any problems.
It seems to be OK going to any web site on the link list displayed in
the list view.
It is called BreakingNews and can be downloaded now for testing or
feedback.
Bruce
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
I was thinking of having the category choices as an option. that's
correct that was what I was thinking. If it could also show the top
headlines in general that would be good.
On 2/2/2014 11:46 PM, LB wrote:
Dennis,
I guess you want to pick a category and get all stories under that
category, correct?
I have a running program that loads the page you select, that file is
also saved as an HTML file inside the User folder and run from there.
I now have to get the list filled for choices and such, with timers
for each or all depending on what you want and how often, checking for
changes.
Bruce
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
sounds good I look forward to it. maybe have a idea to read all the
stories under politics as an example or sports.
On 1/31/2014 12:38 PM, LB wrote:
Hi Dennis,
On the CNN web site it has "Breaking News" on the site and what I
am going to do is extract that link for breaking news for it has a class
for it and will post that along with the link associated to it.
Now the app when done will have that alert and an option to display
the CNN page but with only links and such and none of the other garbage
for I will sort out all the display formats and just post links and there
associated text messages.
I am going to experiment with some Java Script stuff listed there
but will leave all of that out for now and see if the the extraction is
enough for those that want instant news and the page stripped of all it's
format.
If any other ideas and feedback just let me know and I will see
what options are available. For I will also place the actual page into
the list but can be slow in loading for all the images, icons and stuff
they want to display, including ads which are easy to sort out of the
list.
Sincerely
Bruce
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Hi Chip,
Thanks, I had looked at the CNN.com for I noticed a different
break-out from before because Headline news went another way, so I have
the page for breaking news.
I will look at it tonight along with what you sent.
Thanks, Bruce
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Bruce,
Below are the URI's for the various CNN RSS XML files in categories I
thought were of general interest; each address is the list of headlines
for
that category:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_latest.rss
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_health.rss
hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: LB [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
OK Dennis,
I will look at it and see what I can do. First I will make an app
to
capture the html and go from there.
I will get back with you on it.
Bruce
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Bruce I was referring to the CNN app idea. I think it's a good one.
On 1/30/2014 3:53 PM, LB wrote:
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
Hi Dennis,
Are you talking about the CNN idea or just apps in general?
I would like to do something like this but too many things
have
prevented me from even getting started. I am always on the fly and do not
even read entire emails, thus missing the point when it is not in the
first
5 or so lines.
The other reason is too many viruses out there and I even got
burnt
by the federal government which installed spy ware on there FTC sight,
which
was a recently government created web site...NSA issues.
The discussion could first start with what attracks most people,
web
pages or programs for on this blog it is hit and miss app writers and not
those interested in apps.
Maybe we can get a discussion going.
Bruce
I would like to see this done.
On 1/30/2014 8:24 AM, Chip Orange wrote:
Hi all,
Sometimes I get emails from people who would like to write an app (to
help learn scripting better with, or as a project they can get
interested in), and they're looking for suggestions. So, I was hoping
we all could post our suggestions to the scripting and apps list when
we
thought of such things, and if someone decided to take up an idea, I'd
hope they'd answer such a post to let others know someone else was
already working on that idea (we had a wiki entry at one time as a
place
for people to list their plans but alas .).
Well, this idea comes as a result of various people asking me "have you
heard ." and then some recent news item. I'd like to say yes, I've
always heard, but I don't usually have the time to go keep checking CNN
(or even an RSS aggregator).
My idea is that I see CNN has their headlines in various categories
listed in an XML RSS file, which they update from time to time. I was
thinking it would be nice if, as they added some new headline in a
category you had marked as being of interest to you, your app (which
would check say once every 5 minutes) could either speak the headline,
or bring up the headline in a message box? Either way, perhaps you'd
have a hotkey which would bring up the headlines and allow you to jump
to the CNN page for a given headline.
So, that's my idea (which I don't have time for because I'm not
finishing my other ideas). Others are free to comment on it or modify
it until, in some form, it catches someone's interest.
It may not be the best app idea, but maybe just discussing app ideas
here will help us create one which is the best app idea (after all,
it's
really (to me) where WE outshines all other competition, in that it's
so
easy to create an app).
Chip
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