FeedDemon 2.1 Release Notes

Changes in FeedDemon 2.1 RC2

Added: "Send To" functionality is now dynamic, so power users can add their own items to the various "Send To" menus. Check FeedDemon's User\Data\SendTo folder for details.
Changed: Search box moved back to browser toolbar
Changed: If you choose to have FeedStation start with Windows, it will now always start minimized
Changed: The "action icons" in Surfer style have been moved to the bottom of each item.
Fixed: Clicking a single item in a feed doesn't use that feed's newspaper style if one has been assigned to it
Fixed: Clicking "open in new tab" in newspaper opens should open in FeedDemon regardless of external browser setting
Fixed: Search box appears mid-screen if hidden in previous session
Fixed: After right-clicking an inactive feed or folder, the newspaper doesn't appear when clicking an item in the active feed.
Fixed: "Search Options" toolbutton shows wrong name in toolbar customization menu
Fixed: Bogus newspaper title link when a group is selected in the news item list (76450)
Fixed: FeedStation displays multiple login dialogs when checking "My Podcasts" if login is incorrect (76464)
Fixed: Maximized FeedDemon not correctly restored
Fixed: Hitting Enter in the newspaper doesn't mark the selected item as read
Fixed: Unexpected scrolling when navigating back in newspaper
Fixed: Embedded browser displays JavaScript error alerts even when "Suppress dialogs and error messages in browser" is enabled (76623)
Fixed: Clicking far top right of item in Surfer style doesn't select it (76636)
Fixed: Alt+Tabbing to another application when FeedDemon's browser has the focus doesn't restore the focus to the browser when Alt+Tabbing back to FeedDemon

Changes in FeedDemon 2.1 RC1

Added: Flags are now synchronized
Added: Hitting 'V' while an item is selected in the newspaper now opens that item's link
Added: 'J' and 'K' are now secondary shortcuts for next/previous item in the newspaper
Added: 'E' shortcut in the newspaper to open item's link in external browser
Added: Confirmation dialogs (mark feed read, unsubscribe, etc.) now include a "Don't ask me this again" checkbox
Changed: When "Mark feed read when feed changes" is enabled, only posts that were unread when that feed was selected will be marked read (previously, all posts were marked read, even if those posts were retrieved by an update which occurred after the feed was displayed).
Changed: The arrow key shortcuts in the newspaper now require that Ctrl is also held down
Changed: The newspaper shortcut to add to a news bin has been changed from 'N' to 'B'
Changed: Subscription and web search merged into single search box
Changed: "Mark current page read when I change pages" has returned
Changed: Hitting Enter while an item is selected in the newspaper now shows a newspaper showing only that item. Note that when the "Blue Vista" or "Expando" styles are selected, Enter will expand/collapse the item.
Changed: The ability to embed the Mozilla control has been dropped. Sorry to have to do this, but the Mozilla Control is no longer being developed, and it doesn't support the features added to newspapers in this version.
Fixed: Separators on filter menu draw incorrectly on Japanese Windows
Fixed: Web search results show in external browser when "Open external links in default browser" is enabled
Fixed: Item not marked read in news item list after hitting 'R' in the newspaper
Fixed: Connection test doesn't correctly check NewsGator login
Fixed: Using keyboard shortcuts to navigate a newspaper containing long articles scrolls the newspaper to the middle of the article rather than the top
Fixed: FeedStation shows inaccurate download count in tooltip after deleting active download (76137)
Fixed: Subscription list isn't anti-aliasing correctly when font size set to 120dpi (61071)

Fixed: When a folder is selected, Ctrl+D skips feeds in root subscriptions folder (76266)
Fixed: Subscribing to a feed that uses a temporary redirect subscribes to the redirected feed
Fixed: Blank newspaper title for empty folders
Fixed: Synchronization failures due to not detecting active connection (73823)
Fixed: Crash at startup when restoring window (2.1.0.7)
Fixed: Ugly borders in "Blue Vista" style when using IE6 (2.1.0.7)

Changes in FeedDemon 2.1 Beta 3a

Added: When the newspaper has the focus, the following shortcuts are supported:
- Up arrow = previous item
- Down arrow = next item
- Left arrow = previous page
- Right arrow = next page
- F = flag item
- S = send item to
- B = add item to news bin
- R = mark item read
- V = open item link
- T = open item link in new tab
- Enter = show item
- Ctrl+F5 = reload newspaper, adding any items retrieved since the newspaper was last shown and removing any items that no longer match the newspaper filter.
Added: Browser's border color changes when it has the focus.
Added: Ctrl+B sets the keyboard focus to FeedDemon's browser
Added: Ctrl+D marks the current newspaper page read and moves to the next page. If no more pages exist in the newspaper, then it moves to the next unread feed, unless the newspaper was showing a folder, in which case it moves to the next unread folder. (I know that sounds convoluted - but it'll make sense once you use it!)
Added: Ctrl+I shows favorites menu
Added: Ctrl+E focuses the instant search box (web search)
Added: Shift+Ctrl+F enables changing the newspaper filter
Added: Shift+Ctrl+S enables changing the newspaper style
Added: Surfer style enables marking groups as read
Added: "Show Search Panel" added to View menu (2.1.0.5)
Changed: Subscription and web searches moved to status bar
Changed: The keyboard shortcut for subscription search has been changed to F3.
Changed: Browser focus border lightened and changed from 3px to 2px (2.1.0.5)
Changed: Search controls moved from status bar to main menu (2.1.0.5)
Changed: Darkened item highlight color in "Blue Vista" style (2.1.0.5)
Changed: Ctrl+D now skips pages that don't contain any unread items (2.1.0.5)
Changed: The option to automatically mark the current page read when moving to the next page has been removed (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: Clicking "Refresh" when a newspaper is showing doesn't show items received since the newspaper was displayed
Fixed: Images in Lifehacker feed are resized
Fixed: Thumbnail image doesn't disappear when expanding summary post in search results
Fixed: OK button not enabled after clicking "Include in desktop alert" in feed properties
Fixed: Error if BlogThis.dat not found (75455)
Fixed: Post thumbnails shouldn't be shown when offline
Fixed: Hourglass cursor stays over subscriptions following update (68907)
Fixed: Long feed titles cut off in Surfer style when using IE7
Fixed: Page navigation not removed from newspaper after deleting all items in feed
Fixed: Hiding a topic on Popular Topics doesn't always work
Fixed: Marking a flagged post as read in the newspaper removes the flag color
Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts added in new versions aren't supported when user customized shortcuts
Fixed: Inconsistent handling of user-entered URLs in address bar (75805)
Fixed: Changing the newspaper sort order has no effect when the newspaper is showing a list of items selected in the news item list (75846)
Fixed: Can't type into web forms after focusing browser (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: Exception after changing XP theme colors (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: Ctrl+Wheel doesn't change text size when IE7 is installed (75868) (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: BR tags stripped from short descriptions when showing full posts in Surfer style (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: Ctrl+D doesn't reset tray icon (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: When grouping by title in Surfer style, titles containing a "+" character can't be collapsed (76060) (2.1.0.5)
Fixed: Exception when synchronization attempted while offline (2.1.0.5)

Changes in FeedDemon 2.1 Beta 2a

Added: Pagination is now supported in FeedDemon's newspapers. The number of items to display per page may be changed on the "Reading" tab in options.
Added: Ctrl+M shortcut for "Mark page read" and Shift+Ctrl+M shortcut for "Mark all pages as read"
Added: When summaries (excerpts) are displayed in the Surfer or Blue Vista newspaper styles, a thumbnail is shown next to the post if it contains an image
Added: "Search Subscriptions" dialog (Tools|Search Subscriptions, or Shift+Ctrl+F)
Added: Subscription search results are now shown using a different style
Added: Significant performance boost to searching subscriptions
Added: Newspapers now highlight keywords in watches and subscription search results (this can be disabled from the Reading page in options)
Added: "Blue Vista" style has been redesigned to enable quickly toggle between the summary and full content of a post
Added: Ctrl+A now selects all items in FeedStation's queue
Added: Enclosures are now shown with "Open" and "Download" links in newspapers
Added: Smarter detection of clicked feed links
Added: Options|Appearance now enables changing the newspaper font
Added: "Sort in reverse" toolbutton (2.1.0.3)
Added: "Next unread folder" added to View menu (2.1.0.3)
Added: Confirmation before marking all pages read (2.1.0.3)
Added: "Configure BlogThis Tools" added to Tools menu (2.1.0.3)
Changed: Newspaper filter and style moved from newspapers to browser toolbar
Changed: The icon at the top left in Surfer style now marks all pages in the newspaper as read (previously marked the entire feed or folder as read)
Changed: The "Send To" menu now includes "Default Blog Publishing Tool" at the top level instead of buried in a submenu (74101)
Changed: "Use larger font in newspaper" moved from Reading to Appearance tab in options
Changed: "Browser position" moved from View menu to Browse menu
Changed: The display of excerpts (summaries) in the newspaper is now smarter
Changed: "Mark page read on change" now defaults to being disabled (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: Searching from the "Subscriptions Home" page fails with Chinese characters
Fixed: "Delete Post" missing from Surfer style
Fixed: Cryptic error message when attempting to switch to an outdated newspaper style
Fixed: "Invalid fdaction hyperlink" error when clicking cleanup wizard link
Fixed: When excerpts are displayed, <li> elements run together
Fixed: Inadequate stripping of style elements from feed content
Fixed: MRSS thumbnails not supported in Soapbox feeds
Fixed: Incorrect sizing of MRSS thumbnails when thumbnail height/width not included in feed
Fixed: Favicon retrieval shouldn't display login dialog when HTTP 401/407 encountered
Fixed: "Control has no parent window" exception after resizing main window and clicking dropdown
Fixed: Export dialog doesn't include root folder (74801)
Fixed: Subscription search skips feeds excluded from watches
Fixed: Search results disappear when changing view style (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: Tray icon not reset after marking newspaper as read (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: Clicking filter dropdown above news item list changes filter, even if none selected (75319) (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: Keyword highlighting not applied for exact matches (75318) (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: News item list doesn't sort RE: replies with their "parent" post when sorting by title (75317) (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: Style and filter toolbuttons hidden if toolbar customized in previous version (75315) (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: When a feed or folder has a specific style assigned to it, choosing a different style from the style selection has no impact (75313) (2.1.0.3)
Fixed: No change in newspaper when an item is selected in the news item list and both "Open External Links in Default Browser" and "Go directly to an item's link" are enabled. (2.1.0.3)

Changes in FeedDemon 2.1 Beta 1

Added: Popular topics - select "Popular Topics" from the Browse menu or click the "Popular Topics" toolbutton on the toolbar above FeedDemon's browser
Added: In order to tighten security, FeedDemon's newspapers now completely disable script (details).
Added: "Blue Vista" newspaper style
Added: YouTube Video Search added to keyword searches in subscription wizard
Added: Integration with Windows Live Writer
Added: "HTTP Logging" added to connection settings (72955)
Added: "Increase newspaper font size" added to Reading tab in options (44691)
Added: Performance improvements in synchronization process
Added: Connection test now checks NewsGator login if it exists
Added: "Manage Folders" added to synchronization options (73975)
Changed: "Synchronization Options" moved from main options dialog to Tools menu
Changed: The setting to go directly to an item's link when the description is empty (Options | Browsing) is now disabled by default
Changed: Newspapers now use a shorter date/time format
Changed: Gradients were removed from newspapers due to IE7 disabling ClearType when gradient filters are used
Changed: Selecting "open post in new tab" now marks the post as read
Changed: Right-clicks on "fdaction" links are now intercepted before IE's context menu appears
Changed: DTDs are now removed from feeds before parsing
Fixed: FeedDemon doesn't alert to subscription changes at startup unless at least one synched feed has new content
Fixed: FeedDemon fails to prompt for proxy login when HTTP 407 encountered (72671)
Fixed: If you pause FeedStation and then delete the last remaining download, when FeedStation is closed it still warns that downloads are active (72601)
Fixed: When automatic unsubscribe is enabled for a feed during the subscription process, the feed is immediately removed it's empty
Fixed: FeedDemon reports subscription changes when subfolder has same name as FeedDemon folder (72981)
Fixed: If a feed is marked read right after items in it were marked as unread, those items will come back as unread during the next update
Fixed: FeedStation fails to download podcasts from poweruser.tv (72050)
Fixed: FeedStation remains in system tray when user attempts to start a new instance
Fixed: FeedStation sorts by the full URL rather than just the filename after the "File" column is clicked (72670)
Fixed: FeedStation fails to rename redirected podcasts (72231)
Fixed: Recently read items returning as unread after marking feed(s) read
Fixed: "Search subscriptions" doesn't support Chinese characters (60694)
Fixed: Bogus location with the same name as computer created after activation (73408)
Fixed: Incorrect information on "Edit Blog Publishing Tool" dialog (73952)
Fixed: FeedDemon displays OPML import dialog after browsing to a page with a Grazr panel
Fixed: Feed's TTL not supported after adding feed (73844)
Fixed: Corrupt cached feed prevents correct unread count (73368)
Fixed: Subscription wizard doesn't re-use login supplied to preview (73488)