- 1.Can I use feedalizr on Linux?
- Yes, you can. Feedalizr needs Adobe AIR to run on your desktop. Adobe has not released a final version of AIR for Linux yet, but an alpha version is available. An alpha version means that the software may contain some errors, and it is not entirely feature complete. Basically alpha software is experimental. Installing the alpha version of AIR on your Linux system will not harm your system. You can find Adobe AIR for Linux here. You must install it manually on Linux (the installation button on the feedalizr website does not work for Linux). Once you have installed it, you will be able to run feedalizr on your Linux box. There are some issues with feedalizr on Linux, due to AIR being an alpha release. First of all (and most annoyingly) you will find that feedalizr will not remember your settings - you have to type in your username and remote key every time you log in. Secondly - you must have a compositing windows manager (such as Beryl or Compiz-Fusion) installed to get the full transparency effects. For more information see Adobe's release notes here
- 2.Why don’t my credentials get saved on Linux?
- This is because AIR for Linux is in alpha. See the previous question. You can read more about the issue here.
- 3.When I click on a url in feedalizr, on Vista, it opens up in IE, even though Firefox is my default browser. How can I fix this?
- This problem appears on Windows Vista. To workaround this problem, go to Start > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer Defaults, expand Custom, select the radio button next to the application you want to set as the system-wide default browser (for example, Mozilla Firefox) and apply the setting.
- 4.Why do posts flickr, twitter and other posts from Friendfeed sometimes take a while to show up in feedalizr?
- When you use feedalizr to post to Flickr, Twitter, Jaiku or another service, feedalizr sends your post directly to that service. Feedalizr does not, however, look for new posts directly on these services. Instead feedalizr displays the new posts that it finds on Friendfeed. This means that every post you make has a long way to travel before it gets back to feedalizr. Your post first goes to the original service, for example twitter. Friendfeed scans twitter for new posts at regular intervals, but these intervals may vary. Only once Friendfeed has found the new post on twitter, will it be displayed on feedalizr. This delay, or latency, between you creating the post on twitter and Friendfeed picking up the post from Twitter, explains why you may experience a delay before seeing your post.
- 5.Why do my updates sometimes seem a little slow?
- Sometimes there is latency between Feedalizr and the service which you are posting to or following friends on. Unfortunately this is beyond Feedalizr’s control .
- 6.How do I open a friend's tab?
- This is really easy. Simply click on your friend's avatar. The avatar is the little picture that appears next to your friend's name on each of their posts. This will immediately open a new tab. You can close the tab by hovering your mouse over the tab, and clicking the cross.
- 7.Why do I see other people’s entries in my feed, even though they’re not in my friends list?
- This is because feedalizr not only shows you your friend's posts, but also the things they have liked and commented on. For example - if your friend comments on PersonX, who is not your friend, then PersonX's post will appear in your feed, because your friend commented on their post. This is a great way to find new, interesting people to follow on Friendfeed.
- 8.What is AIR?
- The best place to get the answer is here. The answer that Adobe gives to this question is: "Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that lets developers combine HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash®, and Flex technologies to deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop. Adobe AIR allows developers to use familiar tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver® CS3, Flex® Builder™ 3, Flash CS3 Professional, or any text editor to build their applications and easily deliver a single application installer that works across operating systems." The answer we give is: AIR is great technology from Adobe that makes it possible to run feedalizr on your desktop!AIR is very similar to Flash, but does not need to run inside a web browser.
- 9.What is FriendFeed?
- Wikipedia gives a concise answer. In short - if you are a user of many social services, such as Twitter, delicious, blogs etc., you can use Friendfeed to keep track of all your updates in one place. You need a Friendfeed account to use the service.
- 10.How do I get a Friendfeed account?
- You have to sign up with Friendfeed. You can go here to sign up for an account. Once you have an account, Friendfeed will guide you through the process of adding services to Friendfeed.
- 11.What is Twitter?
Wikipedia gives a concise answer. In short - twitter is a free micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. You will need a Twitter account if you want to ‘tweet’ using Feedalizr and follows your friends' tweets.
Twitter in plain English
- 12.How do I get a Twitter account?
- You have to sign up with Twitter. You can go here to sign up for an account. Once you have an account click on Find and Follow to find your friends also using Twitter.
- 13.What is Flickr?
- Wikipedia gives a concise answer. In short - Flickr is an image and video hosting website. You can use Feedalizr to make it easier to upload images to Flickr you will need a Flickr account. You can also comment on your friends images using Feedalizr, as it posts your comment directly to the Flickr website.
- 14.How do I get a Flickr account?
- You have to sign up with Flickr. You can go here to sign up for an account. Once you have an account click on Contacts > People Search to find your friends also using Flickr.
- 15.What is Jaiku?
- Wikipedia gives a concise answer. In short – Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and life streaming service.
- 16.How do I get a Jaiku account?
- The Jaiku service is not public yet, you need an invitation to start using the service.