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  1. 405 Not Allowed

    Buenos días,
    Estoy intentando acceder a mi cuenta y me sale el mensaje 405 Not Allowed, ¿tienen algún problema de acceso?

    4 votes
    completed  ·  2 comments  ·  Admin →

  2. fix google authentication

    c'mon guys. it's been months since this stopped working.

    3 votes
    completed  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →

  3. fix the log in with Google option.

    I don't understand how it remains unavailable for so long. If you think no one is using this option, just take it down from your log in page.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Admin →

  4. manage folders

    I want to be able to rename/remove folders

    3 votes
    1 comment  ·  Admin →
    completed  ·  AdminThe Old Reader (Developer, The Old Reader) responded

    There are currently 2 ways to manage your folders. You can double click on the folder names on the left feed list and rename. This will work on everything except the “Subscriptions” folder, which you cannot change/remove.

    The second way is through the subscriptions management page here: https://theoldreader.com/subscriptions

    In this interface, instead of renaming folders, you can move all the feeds from the folder you want to rename to a new folder.

  5. Android

    It would be nice if there were an Android app after the iOS app is done. :-)

    3,524 votes
    61 comments  ·  Admin →

  6. Share to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others

    I think the current sharing functionality can be modified to allow both TOR sharing and other sorts of social sharing. Without knowing your business model, it's difficult to understand if this is against it, but I would expect many users to request this feature (which is already supported by Feedly).

    I have seen that you have declined a similar request a month ago. But I believe things have changed quite a bit after Google's announcement and you may want to revisit this topic.

    810 votes
    39 comments  ·  Admin →

  7. "Email" button

    • maintain a list of email addresses in user settings.
    • after user hits the Email button, we should show that list and send a link to the post to the chosen email address.
    • we could also make an input field in that list for user to enter any email address
    955 votes
    47 comments  ·  Admin →

  8. Lazy load images in collapsed items

    Currently when in list view and all items are collapsed, the post content and images are still loaded inside a hidden div - this means the browser is still downloading all those images though, chewing up bandwidth.

    I have a few RSS feeds that are just all embedded GIF files, and loading them all inside the hidden divs almost froze my browser (plust ook 20mb+ bandwidth)

    I propose you just lazy load the content in when a collapsed item is expanded.

    140 votes
    6 comments  ·  Admin →

  9. Password-protected feeds

    I would love to be able to follow the full RSS feeds for password-protected sites (e.g., Livejournal, where each individual users' feed can contain a mix of open and password-protected entries).

    11 votes
    1 comment  ·  Admin →

  10. How to delete account?

    How to delete account?

    1 vote
    2 comments  ·  Admin →

  11. Set maximum width and height for iframes (youtube and videos)

    I love the new theme, and the fact you're doing a proper app, but could you please not forget about the desktop users? :)

    It's not a biggie, but the videos are huge if I view the page in the browser... if you could add something like this to your css that would be great!

    div.content.clearfix > div > p > div > iframe {
    max-width: 500px;

    max-height: 281px;
    }

    3 votes
    0 comments  ·  Admin →

  12. Is there something that can be done about the rash of obvious spammers joining and friending people?

    I've had 6 people start following me this week who are obvious spammers, and there doesn't seem to be any way to avoid, dismiss, or report them.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Admin →
    completed  ·  AdminThe Old Reader (Developer, The Old Reader) responded

    We have removed this spammer. For future reference, you can require all new followers to be approved. In the settings page on the “Social” tab, check “Protect my shared posts”. We’ll continue to monitor for spammers and should the issue continue we’ll work on a solution.

  13. Do you have no keystrokes??

    If not, then... WHY NOT????

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Admin →

  14. Show shared item source (currently overwritten by sharer's username)

    Items I've subscribed to are displayed as:

    HEADLINE
    Source by Author

    Items that are shared with me are displayed as:

    HEADLINE
    Username by Author

    This means if my friend John shares an article from The Onion, I can't tell that it's an article from The Onion because it will look like

    PRESIDENT OBAMA RECALLS PICKLES
    John by Joe Smith

    instead of
    PRESIDENT OBAMA RECALLS PICKLES
    The Onion by Joe Smith

    The item's source should not be obscured. This is valuable information.

    9 votes
    completed  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →

  15. Add "1 day" to "mark items as read older than" drop down list

    I subscribed to some sites that are updated very often (mostly news sites). I still prefer reading those sites via The Old Reader instead of visiting them manually. But only the articles of today are interesting, so marking all articles that are not from today as read, would be a nice option.

    0 votes
    3 comments  ·  Admin →

  16. Don't "kill" sponsored posts (allow to be showed again with show all posts).

    Sponsored posts are quite targeted and useful (at least to me & till today;) but once are read they are missing and show all posts doesn't show them any more.
    I think will be no harm if they are treated same as posts (or keep them in a special folder for future reference)

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Admin →

  17. Make default scroll setting to "mark as read in Full View only"

    I'm assuming that most people (like me) who use List View don't want articles to be automatically marked as read when we scroll past a list to select what to read.

    For me, it's very disconcerting as it's very easy to just scroll through dozens of articles and lose track of what was read/unread.

    1 vote
    1 comment  ·  Admin →

  18. Read this article on RSS

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rss-dead-look-numbers/

    1 vote
    completed  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →

  19. Fix the 'b' keyboard command

    As of recently, pressing 'b' on the keyboard opens in new tab and not in new background tab.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Admin →

  20. Confirm button for "mark all as read"

    At least three times I've ruined my feeds by accidentally hitting "mark all as read". At the very LEAST there should be a " confirm" prompt - ideally the mark all as read button should be hidden in a menu instead of right where it can be easily fat-fingered and there'd be an undo function.

    10 votes
    1 comment  ·  Admin →
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