RSSOwl 1.2.4 is een programma wat de laatste nieuwe dingen van diverse rss-, rdf- en atom-feeds kan afhalen van het internet. Met behulp van de zoekfunctie kunt u alle nieuwsstukken opzoeken en met behulp van de tabbed interface hou je een overzicht over al het nieuws dat wordt aangeboden. Doordat het programma is geschreven in Java kunt u RSSOwl op vrijwel alle besturingssystemen gebruiken.

New features:
• Windows Vista: Thanks to the latest SWT 3.3, RSSOwl is now fully supporting Vistas look and feel.
• Windows: You can now use Mozilla as embedded browser. This requires a recent version of XULRunner being installed. Refer to the FAQ for more details.
• Windows: In order to scroll in a scrollable element (e.g. the headlines table or newstext browser) you no longer have to select the element first. Just move the mouse over the element and begin scrolling.
• Mac: All System-Tray and notification features are now supported (see the "System Tray" preferences page).
• Linux: Printing is now supported (requires GTK+ 2.10 or newer)
• Linux and Solaris: You can now pass an argument to the run.sh to have it handled by RSSOwl (e.g. let firefox run rssowl to subscribe to a feed).
• Added new translation into Romania (thanks to Claudiu Paiu)
• Updated SWT to 3.3.1.1
o Linux: The embedded browser is now able to navigate to https-secured websites and is able to render visited links.
o Fixed an issue where Tooltips on Toolitems stopped showing after a while
o Mac: It is now possible to copy / paste text in the embedded browser as well as using the mouse for drag-style operations (e.g. Google Maps)
Bugfixes:
• #1610712 WinVista: Rights Elevation needed
• #1043194 [MAC] Text selection in Browser not possible
• #1043088 [MAC] Internal Browser not highlighting Links
• #1659139 Generated HTML has incorrect title
• #1659570 "open in new tab" button should be hidden with tabs disabled