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Point to RSSQuick in the Microsoft Store now that it is live
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Mention the Store copy in the README's update and signing notes
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -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
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Expand Up @@ -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.
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### 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-<version>-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.
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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.

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## 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.
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# 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`.

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