Novobot

• A Pentium III class or better PC (AMD x86 or 64-bit processors will do just fine); multi-core CPUs should work too
• 10+ MB of free disk space (more for the cache, history and content)
• Internet connection

• Windows 98SE/ME, NT 4 SP 6, 2000/XP/Vista or newer operating system (no Windows 95 support, sorry)
• Internet Explorer 6 or newer (5.5 is the minimum)
• Loads of free time to read all the news

Feeds

• Supported formats are RSS, RDF, Atom, and NOV
• Web page scraping using NOV channels
• Support for feed:// and rss:// protocols

Content retrieval

• Supported formats are RSS, RDF, Atom, and NOV
• Web page scraping using NOV channels
• Support for conditional HTTP GET to conserve server bandwidth
• Feed refresh interval honoured, with possibility to override
• Feeds can be refreshed individually, by folders (tags) or as the entire library
• Content saved in the database for off-line reading
• Tray icon notifies of unread headlines and the retrieval status
• Multithreaded feed downloading

Reading

• Headlines can be marked as read to prevent them from re-appearing in the channel
• Persistent "read" and "visited" status of headlines
• Headlines can be locked to protect them from being removed when clearing channels
• New headlines received during the last update are highlighted
• Reading position is persistent for each folder (tag) so you can continue where you left off
• Persistent main window position and size
• Context-sensitive online help

Folders (tags)

• Unlimited nested user-defined folders
• A folder can hold any number of feeds
• A feed can belong to any number of folders
• Drag-and-drop and copy/paste feed categorisation by folders (tags)
• OPML subscription lists imported as folders
• Folders display unread item counts for contained channels

Scheduling

• One-time refresh at a specified time
• Regular refresh at a specified time
• Continuous refresh of entire folders

View

• Three-pane wide vertical interface
• HTML feed content pane with individual item controls for easy feed reading
• Newspaper-like view for the entire feed contents—all headlines visible at a glance
• Feed logos are displayed if available
• Full Unicode support

Ticker

• Scrolling headlines for keeping you up to date
• Ticker stays on top of other windows
• Ticker window sticks to screen boundaries
• Visited headlines are shown in a different colour

Feed addition

• Feed format auto-detection
• Import of URLs from the Clipboard
• Import of NOV files and folder trees
• Import of OPML feed subscription lists for easy migration
• Support for feed:// and rss:// protocols

Engine

• SQL database used for data storage for speed and reliability
• Data is saved automatically after every change
• Library and data files stored in "My Documents" folder ("Documents" on Vista) for multiple user support and easy backup
• Automatic import and conversion of old data to the new database format
• HTTP and SOCKS5 proxy support for corporate users

Installer and Updater

• Robust installation and uninstallation provided by Installer/GD
• Free on-demand online updates powered by Updater/GD
• As an alternative, ZIP archive is available in case installer cannot be used—just unpack and run