On 11/14/2007 10:32 AM, 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. 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. > > Are there any browsers which have this capability? > > RLH >
konq-plugins for konqueror has auto-refresh and some rss features you could explore. I just use a simple script and firefox, and if a non-programmer like me can do it, it can't be too hard. This only refreshes (at interval you specify) and time-stamps the top frame, but that's all I need. You could add the pieces you need to check for changes and to play sounds. Have fun! Ralph ~$ cat check.htm <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1800"> <title> Update </title> </head><frameset rows="40,*"><frame src="file:///.../date.html" scrolling=no marginwidth=0 marginheight=0><frame src="http://page-to-refresh";></frameset></html> ~$ cat date.html <html> <body><center> <SCRIPT> document.write(Date()) </SCRIPT> </font></strong> </center></body></html> ~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
