diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 82e2392..cce0a72 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), ## [1.4.0] - 2026-10-01 ### Added +- **RSS Quick is in the Microsoft Store**, as RSSQuick, for x64 and ARM64 Windows. Windows keeps a + Store copy up to date, so Help, Check for Updates says so rather than looking for one itself. The + installer and portable ZIP from GitHub carry on exactly as before. - **Search All Feeds**, on Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Press / (or Ctrl+F, Command-F, or the Search All Feeds button, shown as a magnifying glass, on iPhone and iPad) and type a few words: RSS Quick fetches every feed in your list and shows the headlines containing all of them, in diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8b3ac8f..ae5d45c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ articles open in your own web browser, where your reading setup already is. make it your default, so it opens every time RSS Quick starts. - **Opens articles in your browser.** There is no built-in web view to learn; the article opens wherever you normally read. -- **Keeps itself up to date.** The Windows installer downloads new versions and installs them - when you close RSS Quick. The portable Windows copy and the Mac tell you when there is one. +- **Keeps itself up to date.** Windows updates a copy from the Microsoft Store. The Windows + installer downloads new versions and installs them when you close RSS Quick. The portable + Windows copy and the Mac tell you when there is one. - **Keeps nothing about you.** No account, no tracking, no cache. Headlines are fetched fresh every time. The only things kept between runs are your default feed list and, on the Mac, your text size and window position. @@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ are for installed copies to update themselves, and you do not need them. ### Windows 10 and 11 +- **The Microsoft Store**: [RSSQuick in the Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NFGQ354JDG5). + The simplest choice: no download warnings, and Windows keeps it up to date. It is the same app + as the installer, listed in the Store as RSSQuick, but installed separately: it never checks + GitHub for updates. - **The installer**, `RSSQuick--setup-win-x64.exe`: puts RSS Quick in the Start Menu, installs for your account only so there is no administrator prompt, and keeps itself up to date. @@ -69,7 +74,8 @@ Choose the file ending in **x64** for almost any PC, and the one ending in **arm ARM device such as a Surface Pro X or a Snapdragon laptop. Both carry their own copy of .NET, so there is nothing else to install. -The Windows downloads are code-signed, so Windows knows who they come from. A newly signed +The Microsoft Store signs the Store copy. The GitHub downloads are code-signed, so Windows knows +who they come from. A newly signed program can still be unfamiliar to Windows for a while; if it says "Windows protected your PC", activate the **More info** link, then the **Run anyway** button that appears. @@ -186,8 +192,11 @@ Every command is also in the menu bar, where VoiceOver and Help's search can fin ## Staying up to date -A few seconds after it starts, RSS Quick asks GitHub whether there is a newer version. +A few seconds after it starts, RSS Quick asks GitHub whether there is a newer version, except +when it came from the Microsoft Store. +- **Windows, from the Microsoft Store:** Windows updates it, like any Store app. RSS Quick does + not check GitHub, and Help, Check for Updates says the Store keeps it up to date. - **Windows, installed:** the new version downloads in the background and installs when you close RSS Quick. The status bar says when it is ready, and the **Restart and Update** button (Alt+U) installs it straight away if you would rather not wait. diff --git a/docs/STORE-PLAN.md b/docs/STORE-PLAN.md index 5a3b624..37027c4 100644 --- a/docs/STORE-PLAN.md +++ b/docs/STORE-PLAN.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ # Microsoft Store — Plan **Date:** 2026-09-30 -**Status (2026-10-02):** 1.4.0 is in certification, publishing held until Publish now. It is the -same 1.4.0 released on GitHub and TestFlight on 2026-10-01, packaged from the `v1.4.0` tag. +**Status:** live. 1.4.0 passed certification and was published on 2026-10-02: +https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NFGQ354JDG5. It is the same 1.4.0 released on GitHub and +TestFlight on 2026-10-01, packaged from the `v1.4.0` tag. From the next version on, a `v*` tag's +release workflow builds the Store bundle too; uploading it to a new submission is by hand. The Partner Center product is **RSSQuick**, an MSIX or PWA app, Store ID **9NFGQ354JDG5**, and its identity is in `build/store/identity.json`.