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  1. Scroll bar in list mode too narrow

    Please make the scroll bar to the right in list mode a bit wider. Now it is hard to get the mouse pointer easily to the right spot. I use a 1680x1050 screen resolution on a laptop.

    Thanks for a good reader!

    9 votes
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  2. Let me move feeds into hidden folders

    When I have "Show only those folders/feeds that have unread items" checked, I can't move new feed subscriptions into hidden folders.

    When I try to drag a feed into a folder, all the hidden folders should be temporarily displayed.

    9 votes
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  3. Improve keyboard next/previous subscription or folder

    When I press shift-j or shift-k after I empty a feed and it disappears from the list of feeds, instead of starting from the top of my feeds list, it should start from where it left off. I only show unread feeds, so maybe it works properly when that is off.

    9 votes
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  4. Notification after hitting the "add to Pocket" hotkey

    Would be nice to show a msg like "Article sent to Pocket" after hitting the "f" hotkey for "Add to pocket"... I found myself sometimes repeatedly hitting the "f" key just to make sure that the article is sent... Thank you! =)

    9 votes
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  5. Do not reset cursor in "show unread only"

    When current feed disappears from the menu, do not reset the cursor. Instead, jump to the next feed or avoid hiding the feed until you move off of it.

    9 votes
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  6. Publicly share/export folders

    I am a web developer that has been using Google Reader as an RSS feed aggregator, that then provides specific aggregated feeds to display on websites. To give an example, I have aggregated about 30 different feeds providing news about the media in Greece. I then take the single, aggregated folder from Google Reader, and using a script on my website, all of the articles from that folder are displayed, in a customized format that matches the design and layout of the site.

    I'm not a professional, so some of the technical terminology and understanding may elude me, but through…

    9 votes
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  7. 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
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  8. More frequent feed updates

    Please prioritize more frequent updates over archiving ancient articles (which I still don't understand why people would really need). RSS is designed to inform people of news, not record history. Many of my time-sensitive feeds are showing up 12-24 hours after the original post was released (I know bc I see it on other readers 12-24 hours earlier). And not just a handful of feeds; it's a substantial percentage. I know the more updates costs more money, but I hope that resources are being prioritized for higher update frequency.

    Note: I am speaking about average performance over the last month.…

    9 votes
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  9. Mute post

    "Mute" button should allow user to avoid getting any comment notifications for a specific post.

    8 votes
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  10. Make sure you have a business model which is profitable and if that includes advertising, so be it.

    None of us want a repeat of what we have gone through with the Google Reader fiasco this past week. Google failed to capitalize on their system by not bothering to directly generate revenue from what they were doing. I am not convinced you can exist without a profitable business model so if that means you need to incorporate advertising on your pages, please do so. Advertising could certainly and easily be tuned to the type of feeds we are using so I see the potential as enormous. Given your now massive user base, the potential for income for you…

    8 votes
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  11. Extract text - show full article inline

    Show full article inline after pressing a button to do so.
    Fetches full article and displays it on your site.

    8 votes
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  12. allow the feed label to be hidden/moved

    When viewing multiple feeds in the list view (e.g. when looking at All Items or a folder containing multiple feeds) it is hard to scan down the list as the green feed labels are all different sizes, meaning the feed titles aren't all left aligned.

    An option to hide the labels, or move them to the right (i.e. end of the line) or have them all set to the same length would be nice.

    8 votes
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  13. Create a way to manage folders.

    When I am on a feed, and I want to remove it from a folder, there isn't a way to do this. Or, if I want to create 5 new folders, there isn't a way to just create them. The dragging and dropping method isn't working for me, the way the how to says it should. Have a manage folders page, where we can manage all the items and folders, like the favorites page of our browsers.

    8 votes
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  14. Show subscriber count and posts per week

    One nice feature of Google Reader is you can tell how popular a feed is (or whether you've clicked the wrong one by accident) based on subscriber count. Also, if you show posts per week, I know I won't subscribe to one that inundates me with articles. Thanks.

    8 votes
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  15. Fix dead feeds

    Under dead feeds, there are 5 feeds which say they have been updated 9 months ago, 3 months ago, etc. However, I also have feeds which were only updated 3 years ago which are not showing up under dead feeds. Seems like this feature is not working correctly.

    8 votes
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  16. 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
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  17. 'Mark All As Read' option in Search

    I use the search function as a way to filter undesirable posts, but unfortunately the 'mark all as read' option isn't available in the search mode. It forces me to manually click on each and every article I want to delete from my feed. It's impractical and tiresome.

    Please make 'mark all as read' possible within the search function.

    8 votes
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  18. Allow for interface customization

    Either provide some flexible options (colors, fonts, text size, etc.) or open source it for modification. I find the default interface a bit hard on the eyes and would like to tweak, at the very least, colors and text sizes.

    8 votes
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  19. Offical mobile app

    8 votes
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  20. allow an option to not show a feed in the 'dead links' section

    I am subscribed to feeds that are very infrequently updated. I'd like to be able to mark a feed so that it won't show up in my dead feeds list.

    8 votes
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