Feature requests
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17 votes
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Mark an article as read if I middle-click its main link.
Currently, left-clicking the main link at the top of an article entry will mark that article as read. This opens the article in a new tab, but also focuses the new tab, forcing me to switch tabs back to The Old Reader if I want to open more than one thing before I actually read them (which I pretty much always do). A middle-click in all major browsers opens the link in a new tab, but keeps the current tab selected. If this also marked the article as read, it would be the most efficient option by a wide margin!
3 votes -
Import OPML from iGoogle
I'm struggline to import the OPML (.xml) file that I've exported and then converted on the following site into TOR.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.fr/2008/07/export-igoogle-feeds-to-opml.htmlDo you know why or can you help me do this please?
Question has been raised in March already
http://theoldreader.uservoice.com/forums/187017-feature-requests/suggestions/3778428-enable-import-from-igoogle1 vote -
Fix the behavior of the 'm' key
The help screen describes the m key as "read/unread a post". I think the "m" key should be equivalent to clicking the "Mark as unread" button on the currently expanded post, but it is not. If I am viewing posts in list mode, and I open a post that is not the topmost one, and then I scroll all the way up using the mouse wheel, and then I press the m key, it will actually mark the topmost post as read even though I have not even opened it yet. Instead, I would expect that pressing the 'm' key…
3 votes -
Mobile website
like: m.theoldreader.com
3 votes -
Improve focus retention on single expanded article in List view to allow keyboard shortcuts to work function against focused article.
Generally speaking the UI focus seems to be easily lost after expanding a single article in list view if any subsequent clicks or scrolling are done (while the expanded article continues to remain open). Subsequent attempted keyboard shortcut actions either cease functioning or are actioned against an apparently random (or top of list) article.
1 vote -
please sort feeds by name
holdover from google reader - please sort feeds by name, dragging them takes ages one by one. thanks!
16 votes -
3 column layout
I would like to have a 3 column layout like AOL Reader offers for example:
http://v-i-t-t-i.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/aol-reader-3.jpg1 vote -
Bug with next one down arrow
Doesnt happen all the time but every so often it does. I click on a long article, one that takes scrolling down to fully read. Then click on next, it takes me to 2 articles above the original, and then as i click on next one down a couple more times it takes me to the long article i was originally reading in a never ending 3 article loop. Not serious but a little bit confusing at times.
5 votes -
Undo last action
One of the features that Google Reader was lacking is undoing previous action. I think that every software should have such option. I've had situations where I'd want to get back in time just for a split second. Marking all articles as read might have you lose some hair. Dragging and dropping a feed to wrong folder can make you wonder "where did that go". I am aware that undoing complicated action might not be a trivial task, but it surely will be satisfying feeling for an end user when he realizes that he doesn't have to spend half an…
14 votes -
Have an option to remove images from news feeds
I like the old reader because it's pretty clean. However, it's displaying images in some feeds eventhough it only uses up bandwith, makes the layout look ugly and it doesn't help me scrolling through a large number of news items.
3 votes -
Search for multiple words in articles
When I search for articles with multiple words, it does an "or" search (ie: it searches for articles with any of the words, when I want to find all of the words). I've tried using boolean eg, searching for word1 AND word2 AND word3, and it does not return any results. Would be great if there was an easy way to search for all words in an article.
28 votes -
Retain Article/Post Formatting
Old Reader doesn't even maintain some obvious formatting, such as text wrapping around left aligned images. Google Reader did this very well, retaining the original formatting of articles/posts. The Old Reader makes the very barest of efforts.
6 votes -
collasp and expand for left side bar a la google reader
collapse and expand for left side bar a la google reader
7 votes -
Leave folders expanded/collapsed as they are left
Save the expanded/collapsed state of each folder regardless of browser or resolution.
The suggestion "Collapse folders as the default view" may be officially "Completed" but it is still lacking. Mobile is not the only resolution would benefit from this.
As a user commented in that suggestion, the folder state should remain just as the user left it.
As another commented, it is annoying to collapse them all down first.
Do you prefer to have your folders collapsed by default?
4 votes -
A quick way to switch between show all feeds and show only those with unread items
Google reader used to have this. It is much more convenient then going to a different page, changing an account setting, going back again to do whatever you wanted to do with your feeds, then loading up the settings page again and changing the account setting back. Please consider fixing this. Thanks very much for the hard work.
5 votes -
Ablity to hide article attachments or set not to display them inline
On some feeds, there are inline images in news body, but also same images are attached to news item as attachment. TOR displays those images in news body, as it should, but also displays same image as inline attachment to article. In result, I can see something that looks like duplicate images in articles.
Example feed: http://gazeta.pl.feedsportal.com/c/32739/f/576334/index.rss
8 votes -
Push notifications
It would be awesome if old reader would send push notifications to mobile phone so you would get feed news as soon as they happen (or at least as soon as reader checks them).
Or maybe add some sort of API for it. After quick glance, I can see it can only retrieve data by polling.
15 votes -
1 vote
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"Keep unread" checkbox
Please add a "keep unread" checkbox to each feed item. If selected, the item should be kept unread even if "Mark all as read" is used or "Scrolling through posts marks them as read" is active and the item is scrolled through.
This is a feature Google Reader unfortunately never had, but the old version of Bloglines had it and it was missed by many users when old style Bloglines was no more. It would be a great addition to The Old Reader.
21 votes
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