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Feeds Jumps to Version 1.94

Mike (admin) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:32:26 +0000

We just sent an update to Apple a few minutes ago. This update fixes the iOS 4 issues with popups (username/password entry and tags) and also fixes the feed list now showing new items. We also managed to stick a couple new features in there. You can now save a bookmark to Delicious along with tags and Instapaper Mobilizer can be used to view web pages in Feeds. Enjoy your fancy new iPhone if you got one!

Feeds and Google Reader Authentication

Mike (admin) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:21:19 +0000

This one goes out to anyone who is having problems logging in with the newest version (1.91) of Feeds. The only people who will be affected are those that have a Google login that is both for Google Apps and regular Google services. We just submitted a fix to Apple. To remedy the situation you will need to open the Settings.app and change the new ‘Login Type’ setting to Google. This will force Google to not use your Google Apps account which should get you logged in properly. Thanks for your patience.

Update (04/07/10): Feeds just changed status to ‘In Review’.

Update (04/07/10): Feeds just went live. Anyone who was having login issues post here if they are resolved.

Feeds Version 1.91 Available Now

Mike (admin) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:54:48 +0000

Not much changed in this version but it is very important that you update ASAP. Google will be changing the way logging in to Google Reader works in “early April”. If you are using an older version of Feeds you will not be able to sync with Google Reader. Besides that, there is a new setting for the posting of links to Instapaper, ReadItLater and Twitter. Be sure to set your preference before proceeding.

Tweets and Feeds New Versions In Apple’s Hands

Mike (admin) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:42:19 +0000

After a long 2 weeks of iPad preparation (more on that later) we managed to get an update for both Tweets and Feeds out to Apple. Feed’s update is a small one but an important one.

It includes a big fix for posting links to external services:

Added a new setting for link posting (Instapaper, ReadItLater and Twitter). If you use any of these services please open the Settings.app and choose your preference.
Refresh interval will now work even if you don’t use Google for syncing

Tweets got a whole boatload of new features including:

Seamless Twitlonger support for tweets larger than 140 characters
Video upload to yfrog added
bit.ly added as an option for URL shortening
Removed ‘Open to Launcher’ in favor of ‘Open to’ with a choice of Mentions, DM’s, Launcher and Timeline
Added an option to ‘reply to all’ when there is more than one person mentioned
Names in tweet streams will now resize with the font size setting
Posts will show up instantly if posting when on your home timeline
Links with no ‘http://’ will now get turned into touchable links

Enjoy the updates and to all you early iPad adopters we’ve got a new Universal (iPhone and iPad for one price) application that will *hopefully* make launch (depending on Apple of course). If the iPad isn’t for you, fear not as the app will work equally well on the iPhone/iPod touch.

Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple

Mike (admin) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:55:57 +0000

The long awaited update to Feeds is heading out to Apple tomorrow morning. Not too much as changed in this one but there were two handy items…well, for most people just one handy item. The second item is aimed at Feeds blind users and those with accessibility requirements.

First up, accessibility. We added a new toggle to turn ON/OFF accessibility features. We will add more as our blind users let us know what makes using Feeds a better experience for them. This release will remove the date field so that Voice Over doesn’t waste your time reading the date for every item and you can get to the important information faster.

Next is the long awaited search feature. You can now filter your loaded articles on the fly. This one has come in handy for use while testing a lot. Sometimes you want to pull up an article you read earlier in the day and now all you need to do is remember a word or two from it. Below is a screen shot of the search.

Apple has been pretty good with the updates lately so hopefully this one gets through fast.

Feeds Version 1.8 Off to Apple for Review

Mike (admin) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:30 +0000

We sent off the newest build of Feeds to Apple for review. Hopefully it will take them less than a month to get this one out. This version contains the following:

You can now add a note to any article (if using Google Reader)
Fixed a crashing bug when deleting a folder
Fixed the ‘Get 20 more’ issue when show only unread was turned ON and it didn’t actually return 20 more

Enjoy!

UPDATE (12/11): In record time Apple has finished reviewing the update and it is now live. This marks by far the quickest update we have ever received clocking in at just 5 days. 2.5 weeks was the previous record and it has most often been over a month. Maybe Apple doesn’t hate us as much as we thought…or maybe they just forgot to tell the new guy to stick our updates on the back burner for a few weeks before looking at them.

Feeds Version 1.73 sent to Apple

Mike (admin) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:57 +0000

A fairly minor update was just sent to Apple a few hours ago. Fixed in the update are:

unread count issue when marking an item as read
an odd issue that comes up when portrait only is set and you hold your iPhone sideways while navigating to the article view page

Edit: Just a short 21 days after we submitted the update to Apple version 1.73 has officially gone live in the App Store. You should get update notifications in the App Store shortly.

Feeds Users not Using Google Reader for Syncing – OPML Export

Mike (admin) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:33 +0000

This one goes out to all our users who have been around since the early days of the App Store. A long, long time ago Feeds didn’t sync with Google Reader and instead did all syncing through our servers. Once we added Google Reader support a HUGE majority of our users ditched the old way of syncing and in a way, so did we. All new features were made for Google Reader syncing only unless it was dead easy to add for old style users.We have highly recommended for a long time now that all old style users get on the Google Reader bandwagon. There are those that still have a ton of RSS feeds in the old world and don’t want to go through the torture of adding them to Reader manually. Lo and behold, this is no longer needed. We whipped up an OPML exporter for ease of transition to the Google Reader world. All you need to do is export your Feeds OPML file, import it into Google Reader and enjoy all the new features.

The OPML exporter is located at: http://ifeeder.prime31.com/export/opml/DEVICE_ID_GOES_HERE

Just replace the DEVICE_ID_GOES_HERE part with your deviceId and you will magically get an OPML file that *should* work with Google Reader. Enjoy!