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kriegaex / Galileo-Openbook-Cleaner

HTML cleaner for Galileo Computing's openbooks, implemented in Java
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How to get notifications for new Openbooks #6

Closed Aluhut closed 11 years ago

Aluhut commented 11 years ago

Hi there,

thanks for your really great app. As im a beginner in Java prgramming it was really a bless to get your script. Im sure it seems like im getting avid, but could you tell me how i get a notification if there will be new openbooks available to download? I dont see any rss or newsletter subscription for it……

best wishes and thanks again

kriegaex commented 11 years ago

Actually this is not a question concerning the Openbook Cleaner, but something you should ask the guys from Galileo press. Anyway, the best thing you can do for now is to use an add-on for your web browser which keeps watching certrain web pages for changes once in a while. I remember that I used Update Scanner on Firefox for that purpose, it worked fairly well. I have switched to Chrome a year ago and never bothered to find a similar add-on, but maybe it exist, please check by yourself. Update: I have done a quick web search and found Page Monitor for Google Chrome (untested, just see for yourself).

The URLs you need to check are:

Actually I am not actively checking for new openbooks, but I usually wait for new tickets to be created by users of Openbook Cleaner. If they need anything, they will tell me. ;-)

kriegaex commented 11 years ago

In the new release 1.1.0 (see main page) there are two helper modes now. One verifies MD5 checksums of known books (can detect changes/updates). The other detects newly announced book downloads on the Galileo homepage. Check it out, you might like it.