Silica RSS questions, suggestions, and help

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QUESTIONS and HELP:
I've just started using the Silica RSS widget, and I like it. But it changes back to CNET News from the Yahoo News after about 1 hour. I've tried turning it off and deleting the Widget Cache for Silica RSS in my Local Settings folder and restarting, but again, after approximately one hour after use it changes back to CNET. Is this normal?

SUGGESTIONS:
I've tried some of the other RSS widgets here at Wincustomize, but most of them are either programmed for one specific news site or you must know the RSS url and enter it manually to customize it. I really like Silica's menu of feeds. So I can browse News, without knowing and manually copying or typing different urls.

BUT, here's some suggestions that could improve the Silica RSS widget.

1. Ability to have buttons or tabs to quickly load your favorite news feeds, rather than Right Click>Pull Down Type>Pull Down Source>Load. It would be easier to have a button on the widget to switch to different customized feeds.

2. Ability to change size of the widget by dragging.

3. Ability to change the size, shape and color of the font.

4. Maybe the ability to choose which browser get's opened. (I know I can do this my changing default browser but mine is a shared system with different browsers)

Thanks for any help and comments you can offer. And if there's another gadget or news feeder like silica RSS, I'd like to know about it.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Despite how nicely laid out your post is, Stardock unfortunately does not support anything user created. You might want to contact the author and submit this information to them.  

-Mike
[Stardock Support]

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is the Silica RSS reader that came with the DesktopX package. It's not listed as an individual widget on Wincustomize.com. Since it came with DesktopX, I assumed Stardock made it. How do I find out who made it?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Despite how nicely laid out your post is, Stardock unfortunately does not support anything user created. You might want to contact the author and submit this information to them.


I think he's got you there, Mike. It is a widget that's distributed with DesktopX.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So is there a specific person I should be talking to?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quite a few widgets have an 'about' that lists creator info.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
About
Silica RSS Reader
v 1.0
by Stardock

So, aren't I in the correct forum, Stardock Support
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

About
Silica RSS Reader
v 1.0
by Stardock
So, aren't I in the correct forum, Stardock Support

Good point...sorry for not looking into this sooner!  I will attempt to reproduce your problem and track down and contact the author of this widget. I apologize for my mistake.

If you have any additional information you could provide (ie anything you might do that could help reproduce the problem) it would really help.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've been running the widget since my last post and I haven't been able to reproduce your problem. Has it ever worked for you? Are you using the "Yahoo! News" under "World News"

-Mike
[Stardock Support]

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes. I was using Yahoo News under World News. It works for a while, but then it always seems to go back to CNET. I'm also running WB5, IconX, SilicaWeather, CoreCalendar, and Silica Calculator. Thanks for looking into it. But I think I have moved on. I liked the concept of the Silica RSS reader being able to quickly choose several preloaded RSS feeds, but the problems I had and it's limited ability to customize the appearance has caused me to look elsewhere. I'm an ObjectDesktop owner, but I have to admit the Widgets at Konfabulator, look really nice. I just downloaded it tonight, so we will see how they hold up in the long run.