Widget Name: PubMedRSS.wdgt
Category: Dashboard Widget
Require : MacOSX 10.4 and later
Version: beta
Licence: freeware
Abstract: This widget, "PubMedRSS.wdgt" is a dashboard application for browsing the RSS-formated PubMed search results issued for your query by PubMed (NCBI).
Download: PubMedRSS.wdgt
Message from Apple
"Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it."
Update history:
10/18/2005 version 1.0.1 (miner fix of appearance problem when no RSS was registered.)
9/7/2005 release version 1
7/21/2005 fix some problem and upload this document (English ver.)
7/18/2005 first release
Screen Shot:
screenshot 7 (08/08/2005)
screen shot 6 (07/29/2005)
screen shot 4 (07/27/2005)
screen shot 3 (07/21/2005)
screen shot 2 (07/21/2005)
screen shot 1 (07/19/2005)
Features:
Display publication title list up to 10 records.
By selecting a title in the list, the detail informations of that (title, authors, journal information and summary) are displayed in widget.
Widget keeps multiple "rss_guid"s. You can select and switch the RSS from backside of the widget.
How to use?:
At first, you have to get your "rss_guid" from PubMed.
+with Safari+
1) Visit PubMed, and search PubMed database with some words whatever you want.
2) The link to the RSS feed generator is in "send to" button, which is pop-up select button located right above the list of search results.
3) In the RSS feed generator, you can name the RSS feed as you like, and then clicking "create feed" button.
4) In the next page, there is a tiny xml icon (orange one). This is the link to your RSS feed.
5) Click this icon and look at the URL in the address bar of your browser.
6) At the terminus of URL, there is a query strings like a "?rss_guid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
7) Copy "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" part from URL and activate "PubMedRSS.wdgt".
+with widget+
Paste "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" in the text box on backside of the widget.
Click widget (anywhere except for text box) once, and click "Done" button.
RSS content will show up within a few second.
Click title in the list >> Show summary in widget
Click title in the summary view >> Open summary with Safari
To keep your "rss_guid" in widget, go back to backside of the widget. (RSS feed should be imported at least once.)
Check the "Current RSS" and click a small "+" mark.
If your RSS feed title appeared in below list, your rss_guid has been saved in the preference.
To delete a "rss_guid" from your widget, click "delete" on the left of list. A confirmation message will appear in the below of list. Click "OK" or "cancel".
On front side of widget, there is 2 triagle button on the top. By clicking these, you can change the RSS feeds kept in the preference.
From author:
This dashboard widget is a freeware. But I appreciate any kinds of donation for my works. It wil encoradge me and keep up my motivation. I prefer "iTunes Music Store Gift Certificate", because I am usually listening to music when I am coding. If you told me your favarate song with certificate, I gonna buy that song. Thank you.
Mail address: goaggies@mail.goo.ne.jp (copy & paste this address in your mailer, please. I'm sorry for inconvenience.)