Basil
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Updated 2 years ago
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Description
Basil is an easy to use syndicated news reader for Yahoo!
Messenger. By installing the Basil plug-in, you can read news
headlines from your favourite web feeds (e.g., web sites, blogs,
schools, podcasters, etc.) within Messenger, then read the full
story with a click of your mouse. Basil includes the following
features.
Automatic Notification: Basil tells you when
your web feeds have new or updated content!
Configurable:
build your own custom list of favourite web feeds and control
how Basil refreshes the headlines and alerts you to new
content.
Communication: while browsing headlines, set
your Messenger status to link to stories you want to share, or
instant message a news story to selected
contacts.
Intelligent Feed Discovery: drag and drop the
URL of any website from your web browser into Basil to initiate
a thorough search for syndicated content.
My Yahoo!
Integration: add web feeds discovered with Basil to your
personal My Yahoo! page with the click of a button.
Version Information Initial version.
Credits Joel Koett, Alain St. Pierre, Chris Hoefgen, Dave Kelsey, Russell Ovans, Meghan McDermott, Mark James
Yahoo! Technologies used
Messenger
Tags
Tab Plug-in RSS news reader web feeds
Messenger Categories News and Weather
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DEVELOPER INFORMATION Backstage TechnologiesDeveloped 1 Applications with total of 2377 Downloads/Visits Backstage Technologies is a contract software engineering
firm that specializes in custom enterprise web application
development, middleware, plug-in APIs, search engine
technologies, systems software, intelligent agents, and
relational database design.
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