Feature requests
559 results found
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Per-feed and per-folder display settings
Some of the settings (view unread vs. view all, feed display order, etc.) appear inconsistent in whether they apply to ALL feeds (i.e. they are global settings) or just the currently active feed. For example, there are certain blogs where I would like to have the older posts display first, so I can read it sequentially if I miss a post or two, but other blogs where I would like the NEWER posts to display first. Sort order appears to be a global setting, though, so I have to switch back and forth each time I change which blog I'm…
273 votes -
Let me download all my data
Not just the OPML file, but all data about what I read/shared/liked/etc. I want an escape hatch a la Google Takeout before I trust another web service with my data!
200 votes -
Add a way to like/star items in the list view
That way, I can quickly sort through the headings while clicking on potentially interesting items, then go to the Liked section to read them all in one place.
237 votes -
Tags On The Old Reader
Tags: General
Being able to tag items from feeds to separate them into folders for quick reference in the future (ie: watch, listen, read, etc...)549 votes -
336 votes
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Share folders of feeds publicly: like Google Reader Bundles
Google Reader had the ability to share folders of feeds publicly (as "Bundles") so users could share unique content sources by topic area. This curation allows new users to quickly get plugged into a topic, and can help experts/social media managers to discriminate sources to interested parties.
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Subscribe to sites that don't have feeds (page2rss/feed43)
Google Reader added this function briefly, and then removed it.
I'd be fine with you just using third-party sites like page2rss or feed43. All I'm asking is that if we paste a URL into the Subscribe box, and if you can't find a feed for that page, instead of just turning the box red (which is not a very good form of feedback, by the way), it will offer to subscribe to changes of that page via one of these sites instead, with everything filled in as automatically as possible.
92 votes -
Refresh all feeds
There should be a "Refresh all feeds" button.
197 votes“Refresh all feeds” button can only work in a reasonable amount of time for users that have a very small number of feeds (10-15 at most). An additional requirement will be for RSS feeds that are refreshed to serve their XML files very quickly.
Please keep in mind that voting for this feature, you automatically vote for imposing a very low limit of feed count per user.
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Make font size user-adjustable
I have somewhat poor vision, and often bump font sizes up in Chrome using the CTRL+= shortcut. Unfortunately, on The Old Reader this makes the sidebars and top navbar unnecessarily huge (http://d.pr/i/JcoK). For some reason, this also causes the j,k keyboard shortcuts to function strangely (two or three keystrokes necessary to go to the next story).
Can we have a simple preference to set the font size?
65 votes -
Import all entries contained in a feed
Most of my feeds provide 100 articles at a time, but "the old reader" only imports 20 of them. This has actually prevented me from becoming a regular user of your service. Please import all items contained in a feed.
60 votes -
Rename feed from feed page
I know you can double click on the feed name in the sidebar, but with lots of subscriptions I don't want to have to go hunting for it, I'd rather just rename it inline on the feed page.
2 votes -
Variable sidebar width
Users should be able to resize sidebar using drag&drop.
163 votes -
Be able to set the starting page.
When I start the application, maybe I want it to always show first a certain feed, or maybe I want it to show a specific folder, or "All items".
55 votes -
Active article (for j/k keys) should be independent of scrolling
Let's say there are 10 articles on display in list view.
I click on 5 and read it.
I scroll up to view the headlines of all the articles.
I press 'j' to move to the next article (the 6th article).
The Old Reader goes to article 3, because I scrolled up.
Please make this like Google Reader, where 'next' means 'next'.
9 votes -
Change folder from the feed
Change what folder a feed is part of from the feed, no dragging/dropping required.
Since I have updated my settings to hide feeds/folders with no unread items I can't move a new feed to that folder until a new post shows up there or I change my settings. A dropdown with the available folders available from the feed would solve the problem.25 votes -
156 votes
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Show a "Mark as unread" button at the top of the RSS article
Show a "Mark as unread" button at the top of the RSS article
when scanning the new articles, sometimes I end up opening an article that I decide to read later, which is often the case for long articles. I then want to mark the item as unread to avoid it gets lost, but to do so I have to scroll down to the end of the article, which may be several screens long.
Having an easily accessible "mark as unread" button at the top (say next to the posting date/time) would really make life easier (at least for me).13 votes -
Different colors for folders/feeds
Users might want to choose different colors for their folders and feeds.
84 votes -
Support Authenticated Feeds
Some feeds require that you log in to access the feed. I know google reader did not support this feature but it would be nice.
Some current work around's include freemyfeed, but I'm having issues getting that working.
33 votes -
Collapse article you're not interested ASAP wherever you want, even in the middle of an article
When you're in the middle of article, and you show no interests on it. You want to collapse the article, back to the list view to overall rest of article, but when you try to click top-middle position to collapse it, you realize you've to scroll page up, so you can collapse it with its title. Or you've to scroll page down, expand next title and collapse it again to have an overall view. And these useless scroll up/down, expand/collapse is really crazy.
3 votes
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