Release Notes for Extension

V7.8.0
– This releases changes the local database use for storing feeds for no-account users. A migration might need to happen which can cause delays in

V7.7.5
– Fix display issue for posts on web reader

V7.7.4
– Fix some users not being able to delete feeds

V7.7.0
– New themes! Sand and Dark
– Fix crashes when importing OPML files
– Mark posts older than 7 days or 30 days as read
– Cleanup a lot of old code
– Fix minor bugs with ‘Are you sure you want to mark X posts as read?’

V7.6.14
– Improve how Feeder reconnects when starting Chrome
– Fix an issue when marking all as read in web reader

V7.6.13
– Fix a bug causing Windows to play a notification sound when clearly instructed not to

V7.6.12
– Fix incorrect link with Blogger feeds
– Fix window going into view when clicking a notification

V7.6.11
V7.6.10
V7.6.9
– Fixes relating to issues from migrated preferences.

V7.6.8
– Rewrite how preferences are stored for more stability and less issues with lagging of settings. This should fix a lot of weirdnesses some people have experienced

V7.6.7
– Try to fix issues with notifications on Windows 10 and when using Action Center

V7.6.6
– Add a method for debugging when something is wrong
– Set audio notification volume to 0.5.

V7.6.5
– Fix an issue where unread counts were lagging behind

V7.6.4
– Fix some cases where the number of unread would not update correctly when using the web reader

V7.6.3
– Fix some bugs with unread counts not updating correctly

V7.6.1
– Fix a bug where the context menu would be over confirmation dialogs
– Introduce an option to disable the “Are you sure you want to mark X posts as read”
– Slightly move the “NEW” and three-dot-menu to the right to be slightly less under the scrollbar

V7.6.0
– Give themes a fresh coat of paint.
– In this release we have removed the “old dark” and “old light” themes. It was not an easy decision. Read our blog post for backstory: https://feeder.co/blog

V7.5.1
– Make it easier to follow Youtube and Reddit feeds

V7.5.0
– Introduce Collections: A new way for Basic, Pro or Business users to organise posts. (To use collections you need to be connected to a Feeder account.)

V7.4.7:
– On new installs: Enable notifications by default. They can always be disabled under “Notifications” on the settings pages.

V7.4.6:
– Implement keyboard navigation inside the extension popup. R, to mark as Read, S to mark as Starred, T to switch tabs, Q to queue posts
– [beta] Bug fix for creating “Any Website” feeds

V7.4.5:
– Fix security issue on feed preview page
– Fix bug when double-clicking on feeds or folders in the list

V7.4.3:
– Make the link to the feed in the posts screen click area smaller, reducing chance of misclicks
– Try out a new Install screen

V7.4.2:
– Attempt fix for unreads not being uptodate in some cases

V7.4.1:
– Fix broken Open all unread in feed button

V7.4.0:
– Optimize extension for logged out users. Users with older harddrives should see a significant speed-up and a lot less ambient resource usage
– Speed up connecting the extension with your account significantly
– Fix a warning that could appear in Chrome
– A lot of minor bug fixes and code improvements

V7.3.8:
– A delicate nudge to get a review from you, our most precious users.

V7.3.7:
– Fix a bug where the subscribe button on a feed page would falsely report an error
– Fix a bug where old posts would keep being marked as read for logged out users
– Add an uninstall page, to gather feedback when we need it most

V7.3.6:
– Add a screen to display the status of the migration introduced in 7.3.5
– Make it more possible to display more user friendly error messages when trying to add feeds and it fails

V7.3.5:
– Fix a critical bug where logged out users would see duplicate posts. There was a bug in the migration between 7.2 to 7.3 that caused this. This release includes a migration to migrate from the buggy 7.3.4 branch, which on the first boot can cause a temporary high load on the CPU. If you have any problems please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@feeder.co We monitor that inbox more frequently than the Chrome Web Store comments.

V7.3.4:
– Fix a bug where synced preferences could override preferences not meant to be overridden
– Fix a bug from the latest version where marking all as read would not update the unread count
– Fix bug where display settings where not persisted on the ”All posts in folder”-feed
– Fix bug where context menu would not expand properly
– Attempt to fix a bug where users that were not logged out could see feed loss, or a Feeder that did not work properly. There is a lot of black magic involved

V7.3.0
– NEW! Choose to display only starred posts, only unread posts, or both! Makes it easier to spot new items
– Rewrite of how posts are checked for logged out users. Users should see a significant decrease in resource usage when checking for new posts
– Complete rewrite of how the post and feed lists are rendered. Now using React for a more stable and bug free experience.
– Bug fixes here and there

V7.2.2
– Make keyboard navigation inside extension popup not open posts when using down arrow
– Add keyboard shortcut to open extension popup
– Fix some issues with timestamps on posts causing them to appear at the top of the post list
– Fix a bug where syncing to Feeder account from login would take double time since it did it twice
– Fix imports for logged in users who have extension installed

V7.2.1
– Fix issues with keyboard navigation
– Fix issues with scrollbars when tabs have different zooms

V7.2.0
– Holiday theme! Yay!
– JSON feed support!
– Fix minor UI bugs with unread count being in the way

V7.1.5
– Fix an issue with previous fix where users with HIDPI screens on Windows would see a half-size extension window

V7.1.4
– Fix an issue with scrolling in the popup when zoom is enabled in Chrome

V7.1.0
– Now you can sort posts by oldest or newest first! Great for when you are following comics that come in chronological order
– Dates on posts!
– In the unread and starred posts list you now see the name of the feed
– Fix issues with scrollbar for certain scenarios
– Signup/login to your Feeder account directly from the extension window
– Improvements for switching between Pro and Lite

V7.1.1
– Work around bug in Chrome 62 that caused post list to vanish

V7.0.0:
For the first time since 2012, an updated and more modern look for Feeder! With 7.0.0 there are three new themes. It’s a big change, so we still have the old ones available under settings. Let us know what you think! We’re listening at support@feeder.co

V7.0.1 and 7.0.2
– Fix issues with scrollbars

V6.0.14:

The last release was a bit of a failure… We’re really sorry about that! We forgot to mention the fact that we rewrote some behind-the-scenes themes related stuff. Well what do you know, it had some issues. We’re fixing this in this release:
– Fix for really really old installations of Feeder extension with a really really old setting that caused the theme to not load properly. You rock for having stayed with Feeder for this long!
– Increase legibility in the dark theme
– Squeeze out EVEN MORE performance for Pro users when new posts are found by our servers.

V6.0.13
– Improve performance when syncing settings of your Feeder account

V6.0.12
– Fix potential issues when logging in to an account

V6.0.11
– Fix issue during low storage space conditions
– Fix network issue where some feeds would respond with error

V6.0.10
– Fix issue when adding certain feeds
– Fix issue with feeds not properly conforming to Atom standard but that can work anyway
– Fix issue when importing feeds with multiple levels of folders

V6.0.9
– Fix a lot of issues when running older versions of Chrome

V6.0.0-6.0.8
– Revamp the settings page to make it more intuitive and easy to find
– Rewrite large parts of the core of the extension to be more stable and easier to improve in the future
– … Fix bugs related to new more stable core

V5.6.5+6
– Fix a bug where posts would be starred randomly

V5.5.3+4
– Fix a bug related to setting update intervals

V5.5.2
– Fix some bugs related to some feeds
– Fix an issue where sorting of posts would be weird

V5.5.0
– Introducing a new way of subscribing to feeds! When you visit a confusing rss or atom XML page (what does that even mean?!) feeder helps you subscribe to a feed.
– Introducing in-app support for pro users! Now you can chat with us the creators if you ever need help, directly from within this extension
– Fix a couple of bugs with post and sorting
– Fix a couple of bugs with links to a feeds webpage
– Fix slow “Open all unread” for pro users
– Retina icon for hdpi screens

V5.6.0
– Minor background updates to improve stability

V5.4.0
– Introducing e-mail notifications for feeder pro users. Get feeder pro and support feeder!

V5.3.11
– Fix an issue related to browsing feeds for pro users on feeder.co

V5.3.10
– Fix a data loss issue that could occur when upgrading to pro (sorry about that!)

V5.3.9:
– Remove anonymous statistics thing

V5.3.5:
– Fix feed renaming issue

V5.3.1+2+3
– Fix critical crash bug
– Fix feedburner links

V5.3
– Sound notifications
– Feeder pro now supports local feeds
– Bug fixes and improvements

V5.2.4
– Remove affiliate links

V5.2.3
– Fix for options page being broken with no feeds
– Fix for Chrome deprecating webkitNotifications

V5.2.1
– Fixed popup height bug introduced in Chrome 30
– Other bugfixes

V5.2.0
– Retiring Google Reader.

V5.0.12
– Don’t want to see the red badge with number of unread posts? You can now disable it in settings!

V5.0.0
– Introducing feeder pro. With feeder pro you get:

* Syncronization between browsers

* Read from anywhere, without the extension installed, from http://feeder.co

* Optimized for your mobile device (no native apps… yet)

* And much more! Even more to come
– Greatly improved memory usage and performance in general
– General improvements

V4.1.7
– Fixes a critical issue caused by a bug in Chrome 25

V4.1.6
– Bug fix release

V4.1.3 (version bump to keep in sync with Safari releases)
– Fixed issues with Google Reader when using multiple accounts
– Fixes issues with context menu and small popup windows
– Fixed importer hanging
– General speed improvements and bug fixes

V4.0.0
– Completely new extension!

V3.3.18
– Added debugging link to error message.
– Made some changes in how posts are stored in preparation for the new version.
– Speeded up load time of the popup.
– Fixed an RSS parser error on certain feeds.

V3.3.15
– Future proof web intent handling
– Future proof export file handling

V3.3.13
– Fixes notification icon issue

V3.3.12
– Fixes an issue that occurred due to a bug in Chrome 21

V3.3.10
– Fixes some issues with New York times feed
– Fixes some ATOM issues

V3.3.8
– Bugfixes in importer and on options page

V3.3.7
– Added “Support us”-button to the popup, that will disappear forever once dismissed

V3.3.6
– Added “Support us”-button
– Removed Skimlinks

V3.3.3
– Fixes issue with “Open all”
– Added help box on how to reset notifications after denial of permissions

V3.3.2
– Fixes a force download issue that appears in Chrome 20
– Fixes some issues with scrollbars

V3.3.0
– Added support for OPML import and export!

V3.2.7
– Added “Open every unread post” to open every single unread post
– Added “Clear all unread posts” to mark every single post as read

V3.2.6
– Made the extension half the size by compressing some images

V3.2.5
– Added ctrl/command/middle click to open several posts at once
– Bugfixes

V3.2.4
– Smarter favicons
– Added webintents: http://webintents.org/

V3.2.3 – Minor bugfixes

V3.2.2
– Improved the starttime of the popup, thanks to Stefan Hanrath
– Added Skimlinks on a trial basis (can be turned off from Global Settings)

V3.2.1
– Added global and per feed notifications! On the options page you can either choose to enable notifications globally or on select feeds
– Restructured codebase to be better organized
– Fixed feed related bugs. Thanks to twitter.com/volton for finding and fixing one
– Fixed duplicate posts bug (finally!)

V3.1.1
– Fixed an issue in the importer
– Changed to correct support mail address

V3.0 & V3.1
– Updated the icon to fit RSS Feed Readers new identity
– Completely redesigned the manager. More beautiful than ever!
– Added a new theme called “Mint”
– Fixed some issues with the feed parser. Now tested against thousands of the most popular feeds!
– Fixed an issue with the importer
– And much, much more.
– And even more to come in the future!

V2.2
– Added scrollbars!
– Fixed some bugs in exporter

V2.1.4
– This should fix a bug that some people have been experiencing with “ghost” feeds causing red notices
– Added a warning to the export page stating which formats the importer supports

V2.1.3
– Fixed some bugs with some feeds

V2.1.0
– Added right-click context-menu to the popup
– Made the theme changes a bit more exciting
– Added export and import of feeds
– Added force update option to feeds, which will attempt to bypass the browsers cache
– Fixed stability issues and other bug fixes
– Loads more

V2.0.1
– The “You don’t have any feeds”-message should not appear when an error has occured

V2.0.0
– Added the ability to change a feed’s title
– Added the ability to specify the number of posts to display for each feed
– Changed the database backend to use a database instead of localStorage
– Fixed some misc. bugs
– Removed sorting with up/down arrows because the arrows were ridiculously small

V1.1.1
– Added sorting with up/down arrows
– Fixed bug with long feed titles.
– Created smarter “+ Add feed” to options (try it!)