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There should be "Refresh" button in welcome page to allow users reload blog or other data on demand. It should help also in case when something is not loaded correctly - maybe the name can be "Reload".
I agree this would be very useful, especially if there is a problem loading the page, such as in the situation described in issue 80710.
fixed in trunk: Checking in resources/Bundle.properties; /cvs/ide/welcome/src/org/netbeans/modules/welcome/resources/Bundle.properties,v <-- Bundle.properties new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6 done Checking in content/RSSFeed.java; /cvs/ide/welcome/src/org/netbeans/modules/welcome/content/RSSFeed.java,v <-- RSSFeed.java new revision: 1.21; previous revision: 1.20 done please note that based on discussion with hie team the 'reload' button is available only if the feed doesn't load for any other reason than 'invalid proxy settings'