Updates README about statusicon fallback and upgrade procedure

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HackerTray is a simple [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) Linux application
that lets you view top HN stories in your System Tray. It relies on appindicator, so
it is not guaranteed to work on all systems. It also provides a StatusIcon fallback
but it has not been tested.
it is not guaranteed to work on all systems. It also provides a Gtk StatusIcon fallback
in case AppIndicator is not available.
The inspiration for this came from [Hacker Bar](http://hackerbarapp.com), which is
Mac-only. I tried to port it to `node-webkit`, but had to do it in Python instead
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if you are running OpenBox. [Here](http://imgur.com/mnhIzDK) is how the
configuration should look like in Ubuntu and its derivatives.
###Upgrade
The latest stable version is always the one [available on pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hackertray/).
You can check which version you have installed with `pip freeze | grep hackertray`.
To upgrade, run `pip install -U hackertray`. In some cases (Ubuntu), you might
need to clear the pip cache before upgrading:
`sudo rm -rf /tmp/pip-build-root/hackertray`
##Features
1. Minimalist Approach to HN
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- Try to convert right click to comments link
##Author Information
- Abhay Rana <me@captnemo.in>
- Abhay Rana (<me@captnemo.in>)
## Donating
Support this project and [others by captn3m0][gittip] via [gittip][].

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from setuptools import setup
setup(name='hackertray',
version='1.3',
version='1.4',
description='Hacker News app that sits in your System Tray',
long_description='HackerTray is a simple Hacker News Linux application that lets you view top HN stories in your System Tray. It relies on appindicator, so it is not guaranteed to work on all systems. It also provides a StatusIcon fallback but it has not been tested.',
keywords='hacker news hn tray system tray icon hackertray',