Hi!
We are announcing Feedreader version 3.06. It's available for download from here.
What's new and changed in Feedreader 3.06
- Opening folders is instant now. In previous versions FR always updated unread counts if folder was opened
- Feedreader is more responsive then updating feeds.
- Feedreader now memorizes opened folders. So you can have multiple folders open and on next startup they will also be open.
- New state of feed available. If there are new items since last time you opened feed, it's icon will have small star in it.
- Feedreader now defaults to one feed update process.If you want multiple feed update processes then it's possible to change this in program connection options.
- Progress is visible when feed update is active.
- If sending article by email all recipient addresses will be saved during the session (easy to send another article to same recipient)
- If emailstyle.xsl exists in stylesheet folder then it's used as style when sending articles by email.
- New options in notification window (how long notification window is displayed and also possibility to use fade in and out in notification window).
- Possibility to mark all news in notification window as read.
- Possibility to turn off automatic marking of newsitem read then viewing it. If you turn of automatic marking then you can use keyboard shortcut Control+q to mark article(s) read.
- New feedreader.ini setup string : dbdirectory=???. If you would like to store main database in some other folder then you can use this definition to tell Feedreader where your database is located
- Fixed bug - Google Mail Atom feed does not work.
- Fixed bug - In earlier versions you just could not create really advanced filters (multiple levels). Now it should be possible
- Fixed bug - Now it's possible to use unicode characters in smartfeed definitions.
- Fixed multiple bugs - Unread count calculating.
- Fixed multiple bugs – Memory leaks.
Window focus changes with embedded videos
This isn't a new problem in 3.06 but I held fire reporting it in the hope it might be fixed in this release :)
When reading I generally use classic layout and scroll through the feeds in the upper window and open anything by double clicking if it takes my interest.
I've found certain feeds (generally with embedded youtube videos) change the focus from the top pane to the bottom one, so your scolling then scrolls the bottom pane instead.
I get this a lot with the Jalopnik feeds, e.g. http://www.jalopnik.com/index.xml which I don't recall adding so is probably one of the default feeds when you install feedreader. Also Motoring File http://feeds.feedburner.com/Motoringfile currently has one entitled "Truth About Cars Drives the 2006 MCS" which changes focus with no embedded video.
Maybe it's just the way I read, keyboard rather than mouse, but it's a bit of a pain keep moving focus back to the top window to continue article reading.