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Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Mike (admin)

Mike (admin) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:30:36 +0000

@Chris, does the RSS feed work properly in Google Reader? Feeds just pulls directly from there. We fixed the contact us page so if you would like please send the feed URL so that we can take a closer look.

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:14:57 +0000

I tried to leave this on the “Contact Us” link, but it said the message could not be delivered.

I have an RSS feed that I custom-wrote as an activity indicator for my web site. There are always 5 items in the feed, and they always have the same titles:
* Total Accounts
* New Accounts
* Expiring Accounts
* Visits
* Sales

Basically the problem is that these items never get updated on my iPhone with Feeds. They are always updated on the Mac’s Mail RSS reader, for example.

These items *always* have a new ID (auto-generated GUID) when you ask for the RSS feed, and they always have a “last updated time” that represents the current time, so these should show up as new items every time, but unfortunately they do not.

I hope you can fix Feeds so that it’s not so worried about the title of a Feed item, but looks at the other elements as well.

Chris

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Mike (admin)

Mike (admin) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:04:45 +0000

@Pete, glad you like Feeds! Feeds will cache all your RSS articles but not the websites they link to. We do integrate with both Instapaper and ReadItLater which are the best of the best for offline web browsing. Because they both exist and are so solid we opted to do what we do well: the RSS end of things.

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Pete

Pete — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:49:34 +0000

I have had Feeds for over a year and love it. The only thing that would make me love it even more is the ability to cache Feeds (like Byline does). This would enable me to read the whole stories when I am outside a Wi-Fi network.

Comment on Feeds 1.8 Sneek Peek (if Apple ever finishes reviewing the 1.7 update) by Mike (admin)

Mike (admin) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:40:52 +0000

@Lance Andrewes, we only called it minor because it only affect those who don’t use the ’show only unread’ option . Glad you stuck with Feeds. We do our best to fix any reported bugs within a day or two when possible.

Comment on Feeds 1.8 Sneek Peek (if Apple ever finishes reviewing the 1.7 update) by Lance Andrewes

Lance Andrewes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:29:10 +0000

Great to have the “Mark all unread” bug fixed in the latest update. You might have described the release as “Just a few minor bug fixes” but that bug was so annoying that I would have switched to another product if there was a better one. Thanks.

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Nate

Nate — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:41:22 +0000

It is working again. Thanks for the quick feedback and a great app.

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Mike (admin)

Mike (admin) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:21:32 +0000

@Nate, we actually didn’t change anything that could affect Reader integration. It looks like something changed on Google’s side of things. Feeds can’t seem to authenticate properly. I am monitoring the situation closely and it looks like Google got things fixed up. Give it a try now and see if it works.

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Nate

Nate — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:44 +0000

1.82 is out and it seems to break Google Reader completely. Is there a way to roll back?

Comment on Feeds Version 1.81 Ready for Apple by Stuart

Stuart — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:33:19 +0000

Thanks Mike. And the update is out on the App Store already. Pretty quick turnaround for once! Nice one Apple