| Timely |
- As the campaign heats up, you will be notified of time sensitive
happenings right on your desktop (TV appearances, schedule changes,
urgent calls for action, etc.).
- No need to check blogforamerica.com throughout the day: give your
browser's refresh button a break.
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| Configurable Content |
- In addition to downloading
Blog for America, Desktop Dean
also provides easy desktop access to other blogs of interest to Dean fans.
- Examples:
- A complete list of feeds is available here.
- You pick and choose which feeds you would like to receive with
a simple click of the mouse.
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| Easy to Use |
- Compact yet feature rich.
- Hibernates in tray icon area (near your system clock) until new
messages arrive or you want to review old messages.
- Has excellent memory: remembers the location on your desktop, what
message you last viewed, and what messages you already received and
deleted.
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| Customizable |
- Two skin sizes to choose from: small
and large.
- You can choose how to be notified when a new message is received:
- Popup the window
- Animate the tray icon
- Play a sound
- Do nothing: you can periodically "mouse over" the tray
icon to see if there are any new messages
- You can customize how often to look for new blog entries: every 15,
30, or 60 minutes.
- Web proxy servers are supported, with Internet Explorer proxy
settings automatically used by default.
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| Power User Friendly |
- You can e-mail a message to a friend using your favorite e-mail
program or even Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.
- Messages can be copied to your clipboard, with both text and HTML
versions copied for easy cut-and-paste.
- Automatically launches non-IE browsers (Opera, Netscape, Mozilla,
etc.) if you have changed your default browser.
- Keyboard shortcuts for most operations.
- Tooltips can be disabled.
- Fully multi-threaded: feed download occurs in the background and does
not interrupt you.
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| Install and Forget |
- Small approximately 1M download size (e.g. 10 seconds on broadband, 2 ½ minutes on
dial-up).
- Can be set to start-up automatically when you boot your PC.
- Automatically checks for and notifies you of application updates
(patches); updates can be applied with just a single click!
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| Operating Systems Supported |
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