Feature requests
632 results found
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Make img title/alt text readable on mobile
When reading XKCD in theoldreader on iPad I can't see a way to make the img title text visible. Google Reader added a little + button which showsthe alt text, it would be great to have this in theoldreader as well. Thanks!
563 votes -
fix discrepancy between unread-posts-counter and displayed feeds
The last few days, two of my feeds have had a (1) next to them, and thus the "all items" feed has had a (2) next to it. But none of them display any unread items. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/jeGiJnC.png
144 votes -
minimize google account access levels requested for login
If i look in my google profile, at the list of services authorized to access my account, most if not all sites that uses open ID for login only require 'Sign in using your google account'.
Your site requires more - 'Google+ You'.
If you truly only need openid login (you have marked http://theoldreader.uservoice.com/forums/187017-feature-requests/suggestions/3743312-allow-me-to-authenticate-via-google-without-giving as completed, after all) please only require that level of access. It is good that you stopped requiring access to contacts, but not enough.3 votes -
Adding feed reader to Firefox
By adding a javascript button wqith the below instead of having to set it up manually as suggested to do in your tips&tricks:
navigator.registerContentHandler("application/vnd.mozilla.maybe.feed",
"http://theoldreader.com/feeds/subscribe?url=%s",
"The Old Reader");https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Adding_feed_readers_to_Firefox
15 votes -
Multi-Column View
Having a multi-column view to quickly scroll through feeds was something I loved in the Sage extension for Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/sage/). It was sorely lacking in Google Reader until I found a user style for it (http://userstyles.org/styles/21444/google-reader-multicolumn-expanded-view). Having at least two, but ideally as many columns as defined by user preference, as an option in Old Reader would make quickly skimming large feeds a lot easier.
3 votes -
Do not strip background colours of feeds
For example for the RSS feed of wikipedia's recent changes, the changes to each wiki article are highlighted through the use of colours.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atomHowever, background colors are stripped to conform with the theme of the old reader, but making it difficult to see what has actually changed.
Please add the setting to disable this.
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Auto translate posts
I have some feeds where some posts are in languages other than English thus can't read them. I'd find it extremely useful if I could have those auto translated to a language that I can read so that I can understand what is going on. This needs to be done on a post by post basis as each post is potentially a different language, rather than at the feed level.
23 votes -
Allows feeds to be in multiple folders
In Google Reader I had multiple overlapping categories, and feeds duplicated between categories. Unless I'm missing something, TOR restricts feeds to a single category.
51 votes -
Allow me to search all the way back.
This is what Google Reader did really well, and I feel a Google Reader substitute should do. I would pay for this (https://theoldreader.uservoice.com/forums/187017-feature-requests/suggestions/3743628-charge-for-the-darn-thing-if-it-keeps-it-from-goin).
Google Reader saved every item it showed from the moment you subscribed to a feed. This allowed me to use GReader as a research tool. The Old Reader has stated it will only ‘store up to several hundred of posts per feed’. (https://theoldreader.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/146276-how-many-posts-per-feed-do-you-store-) That’s just not enough.
Some feeds I follow get over 30 updates per day. Think websites like The Next Web and MetaFilter. How many days will The Old Reader save?…
1,359 votesThis is for the most part now available with Premium accounts. We store posts up to 6 months old, and the title and body of the post will be in the search index for premium subscribers.
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a tab for seeing the original post
This helps a lot for feeds that don't include the full-text in the feed. Or don't post things like user comments in the feed. Instead of clicking on the post to open it in a new window/tab it'd be nice if once can just click on tab under the post to switch from "feed view" to "original view".
9 votes -
Fetch and show the post's (author's) tags from the source
This is something I saw on newsblur and it's very helpful in deciding whether or not to open the full-text of a post when its title is not enough.
So the line for the list view will look like:
[post title][tag 1]...[tag n]2 votes -
View unread + liked posts
I often use the star/like feature to mark read posts that I want to refer back to. I would like the option to see all the posts that are relevant to me (that means unread as well as liked) when viewing a feed.
The liked posts view is unfortunately pretty worthless to me as it shows me all liked posts. Without the context of the feed there are just too many posts here for me to find anything or get any sort of overview.
9 votes -
Subscribe by clicking Chrome extension button.
When a site has an rss feed, the extension button should show for example a plus, to let you know that the site you are on, has a feed that you can subscribe to.
Then you should be able to right click the button and select subscribe directly.
53 votes -
Open source code
It's a trend now.
Seriously, I want some improvements that I can make, so if code will be open, I think community can make a lot of work for this service.
Also some people do not want to give information about their interest to third partry companies, so they can host their own reader.
And no one will be able to close it out like Google Reader.672 votes -
Make the top nav more compact to create more room for reading.
One of my biggest pet peeves of Google Reader is the limited amount of space actually dedicated to reading room. I always wondered why they didn't implement the same options that Google Docs has, where you can toggle between a compact tool bar and the normal tool bar.
I know you guys are pushing to get other stuff done, but this would be awesome to implement down the road!
539 votes -
Provide feed items longer than Google Reader
A clear reason to switch from Google Reader to The Old Reader would be if it were not just familiar but actually better than its predecessor. Therefore I suggest you allow at least 3 months worth of feed items. Google Reader allowed only one month and it was often a major pain.
1 vote -
Multiple sharing channels
GR featured channels/folders/tags you could make public via RSS.
E.g. you could have channels named "science news" and "health" which you would be able to syndicate further to sites like FB.
(It would be AWESOME to have it here. This feature was the only thing keeping me on GR.)
13 votes -
use a bold typeface for folders. And not a grey colour either. You know, just to make them stand out a little bit more....
At the moment, folders heading just kinda recede in the background.... It would be nice for that not to happen.
1 vote -
Dont show feeds on All Items when they are in a closed/colapsed folder.
When you close a folder from feeds, they sould not be seen on the All Items.
It's a good way to see multiple feeds, keeping those that you don't want to see at the moment away.
7 votes -
[List view] Add button to open a post in a new window
I would appreciate it very much if there were a button available for each post in the list view such that it would allow me to open the post in a new window/browser tab. Upon clicking this button, the post should be marked as read.
124 votes
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