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  1. Mark posts above currently displayed post as read (similar to "older than" but not by date)

    This is a little similar to https://theoldreader.uservoice.com/forums/187017-feature-requests/suggestions/4149552-list-view-bulk-action-mark-some-as-read, except that I think having to mark checkboxes on each post would be incredibly tedious for the use case I have in mind (especially on mobile). https://theoldreader.uservoice.com/forums/187017-feature-requests/suggestions/3803731-provide-a-partial-mark-as-read-mechanism-for-list is also somewhat similar, although that appears to have been "completed" in a way other than what I have in mind here.

    As described in the second post, I would like to be able to mark only part of a folder as read, with a behavior similar to "Mark all as read Older than..." feature, but without reference to a specific age of post, rather…

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  2. Fix The Register

    http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/07/three_cubes_problem/
    is what I get for the feed from theregister.co.uk, but go... does not exist.

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  3. URGENT: Amendment needed to page on your website

    Good Afternoon,

    Following up from my previous email, regarding the broken PDF on your website.

    URL- https://theoldreader.com/profile/bc368d756691d406d3cd7625

    Under the anchor - Nobel Prize

    The link still appears to be broken. I strongly recommend this is replaced with the following
    https://selectra.co.uk/sites/selectra.co.uk/files/pdf/chemistry2013.pdf

    As I'm sure your aware a broken link leads to

    1. User frustration
    2. It gives the impression you don't do regular housekeeping
    3. It can harm the credibility of the website
    4. It can hurt your SEO and page rankings

    Please let me know when this has been completed. A member of our team will be making a follow-up…

    1 vote
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  4. phpbb

    Ajouter les flux rss the old reader sur un forum phpbb de notre choix (sous réserve d'en être membre ou admin)

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  5. URGENT: Amendment needed to page on your website

    Good Afternoon,

    I hope this email finds you well.

    It has come to my attention that your website contains a link to a pdf about The nobel prize in chemistry, that has become erroneous. This link no longer works as the website no longer exists meaning the relevant information is no longer apparent as it was before. I have seen insight data and am now aware that your website was included in the list of referrers.
    As a matter of urgency, I would like to request that you update this link as soon as possible.

    The link on your website…

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  6. Some information is missing

    From RSS feeds of JACS journals some articles are missing.
    For example:
    http://feeds.feedburner.com/acs/jacsat
    from 20 articles on the cite mentioned above, 6 are missing when I check The Old Reader cite.
    So, it seems that some information is not transferred or transferred incorrectly. I am not sure if it is the case for all scientific cites or only for JACS journals.

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  7. Different colour for read & unread feeds

    Please provide a different colour for read and unread feed to differentiate them more effectively

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  8. Implement activitypub to allow people from the fediverse to follow my shares

    With ActivityPub protocol being accepted as a W3C standard, it would be a good idea to have it in the old reader.
    ActivityPub is implemented in a range of softwares like Mastodon, Pleroma, PeerTube, Funkwhale, Misskey and Plume to name a few. More implementations are coming and it means friends on Mastodon or any of those softwares could follow my profile in the old reader for instance.

    There's some explanations on implementation details over here :
    https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/
    And here :
    https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/how-to-make-friends-and-verify-requests/

    And the w3c specs are here:

    https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/

    It would be very nice to have more friends being able to…

    11 votes
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  9. Add subscribe button when viewing a post outside your subscriptions

    When I'm reading an awesome post on the trending feed or shared by a friend (or anywhere else outside of my own subscriptions), I'd like to have a quick and easy way to subscribe to the posts' feed. It would be nice to have a subscribe button right next to the feed label, or at the bottom with the other buttons (star, mark unread, etc).

    This would make it easier to discover new things to read and stay up to date, all within the comfort of The Old Reader!

    6 votes
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  10. Out of service. Unread counter does not change while I am reading.

    2 votes
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  11. Multiple UI issues after latest update

    The reader has been resetting itself to Dark Mode periodically. It's a quick keystroke to change it back but it still seems like a weird issue. Happens anywhere from every couple of days to multiple times per day, no history clears or anything in between.

    The (?) button and the Support option under the user profile also seem to be broken. Both cause the page to hang, accepting no futher inputs.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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  12. why you didn't have your official app for ios

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  13. Unable to sign up

    I am unable to create an account - message says my email is already taken...??? Never seen your site before today. What?

    1 vote
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  14. A decent font that can be read in BLACK

    The new font sucks. It is unreadable.

    4 votes
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  15. Enable a "View starred only" Filter Option for Each Feed

    The user shall be able to filter a view to a single feed by starred items only.

    [1] A "View starred" button will be displayed to the right of the current "Refresh" and "Mark all as read" buttons while the user is viewing the feed. [see mockup: https://goo.gl/jAtqKY]

    [2] When the user selects the "View starred" button, the displayed items in the feed will only be the items the user has starred. In addition, the text in the "Viewed starred" button will change to read, "Unview starred".

    [3] When the "View starred" filter is active, the individual items displayed…

    6 votes
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  16. Allow to select all items in a feed as unread (batch unread)

    There should be some way to batch select all items in a feed as unread, perhaps in the /subscriptions page where there are already actions for each feed (i.e. rename/unsubscribe) in a drop-down next to each feed. That seems like a sensible place for it.

    Numerous times I have accidentally marked large feeds as unread, with no sensible way to mark them as unread again.

    5 votes
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  17. search folders

    being able to limit search to a folder would make everything perfect in the world

    5 votes
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  18. It would be great if there was a way to filter duplicate articles. I find myself seeing the same article several times

    It would be great if there was a way to filter duplicate articles. I find myself seeing the same article several times

    6 votes
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  19. Add Tag to Pocket Integration

    The Old Reader's Pocket integration is phenomenal. Simply hitting Star adds an article to Pocket queue. The only problem is that unless tags are added I have no way to telling if an article came from The Old Reader. It would be great if a tag is automatically added to the Pocket. Tag can be anything like theoldreader or user defined.

    6 votes
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  20. A way to "undo" Mark All As Read.

    I've accidentally hit it too many times. I know people complained about the "are you sure?" dialogue box-- which blows my mind, since I'd LIKE an "are you sure?" pop up-- but maybe a way to ctrl-z it would solve the same problem?

    35 votes
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