[WIP] Application – Grrok 0.1 – Google Reader app for N9

 
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I’ve been working on a Google Reader App for the N9 written in QML/Javascript.
It still has rough edges but I use it for my day-to-day feed-reading at this stage.
The program can be downloaded from the (incredibly rudimentary) website:
http://www.coralbark.net/grrok/
And the source (GPL v2+) is available on git hub:
https://github.com/jonquark/grrok
Feedback welcome (once it’s much more polished I’ll put it in the Ovi Store (for free) or apps.formeego.org).
Features:

• Easy to use interface (choose categories/feeds/entries from the list or keep pressing the “down” button which moves from entry to entry, marking them read
• Mark Entries Read/Unread or mark whole feed read
• Open the current entry in a browser

TODO:

• Doesn’t handle edit token expiry – 30mins after loading the app, you can no longer change any state on Google’s servers (e.g. mark an entry feed)
• Doesn’t handle feed continutations so can only download the first 20 items in a feed.
• Text sometimes overflows the container for it (I’m struggling with Text clipping and elliding).
• Mark entry starred
• Better error handling/testing