Unread 4.1 adds article actions for GoodLinks and Omnivore, new settings around clearing read items, and more. This update is available now from the App Store.
New Article Actions: GoodLinks and Omnivore
This update adds new article actions for GoodLinks and Omnivore.
You can invoke an article action in any of the following ways:
- Using the context menu on an article in an article list.
- Using the context menu of a link in an article.
- Using a toolbar button on Mac. Article action toolbar buttons are not present by default. You can add them to the toolbar by choosing Customize Toolbar… from the View menu.
- Using the swipe left menu from inside an article on iPhone or iPad.
- Using a keyboard shortcut on Mac or iPad with a hardware keyboard.
The keyboard shortcut for GoodLinks is Control-G (^G). The keyboard shortcut for Omnivore is Control-O (^O).
Like other premium article actions, these require a subscription to Unread’s premium features.
The GoodLinks article action requires that the GoodLinks app be installed. On iPhone and iPad, the GoodLinks article action works by opening GoodLinks. GoodLinks will open briefly, and it will then bring Unread back to the foreground. On Mac, the GoodLinks article action works by opening GoodLinks in the background.
The Omnivore article action sends links directly to Omnivore via its API.
I updated Unread’s privacy policy, adding links to the GoodLinks Privacy Policy and to the Omnivore Privacy Policy.
Clear Read Items Settings
This update adds a setting to enable clearing read items automatically when manually refreshing. When an article list should only include unread articles, either because you are in the list of unread articles or because Hide Read Items is enabled, articles stay in that list even after they are marked read – until you perform a Clear Read Items action. If this setting is enabled, Unread will clear read articles automatically when you manually refresh the account by selecting Refresh from the View menu on Mac, by using the Refresh toolbar button on Mac, by selecting Refresh from the swipe left menu on iPhone or iPad, or by pulling to refresh on iPhone or iPad.
On Mac there is also a setting to automatically clear read articles on Mark All Read. When this takes effect, marking all read will result in an initially empty article list.
On Mac, these options are under the General pane of the Settings window. On iPhone and iPad the new setting is on the Read & Unread settings screen.
Additional Improvements
- The prompt offering to apply a display mode change between feed text, webpage text, or both to all articles from a feed is now displayed more prominently on Mac.
- Under the Advanced tab of the Settings window on Mac, there is now a setting around whether to mark an article read when opening it. By default this is enabled.
- This update fixes bugs around the display of emoji from feeds generated by WordPress.
- This update fixes a bug around the layout of images inside blockquotes on iPhone.
- This update adds fixes around article list images for articles from uploadvr.com.
- This update fixes a bug that prevented some images from loading.
- This update fixes a bug around keyboard focus when using the Unread Articles, All Articles, etc., menu items on Mac.
- This update adds a Certificate pinning setting to the Advanced pane of the Settings window on Mac. This is enabled by default. When enabled, Unread uses certificate pinning when making requests to Unread Cloud and to the webpage text service. This provides an additional layer of security, but it results in requests failing when used in combination with some antivirus software and on some corporate devices. I recommend leaving it enabled unless you have specific reason to disable it. Unread for iPhone and iPad always uses certificate pinning when making requests to Unread Cloud and to the webpage text service.
- For customers not subscribed to Unread’s premium features, the main window toolbar on Mac now has an Upgrade button making it easy to upgrade. Similarly on iPhone and iPad the swipe left menu of several screens now has an Upgrade menu item making it easy to upgrade. Neither appears when already subscribed to Unread’s premium features.
- The first time Unread is opened on iPhone or iPad after installing this update, it will display a news alert about the availability of Unread for Mac.
This update is available now from the App Store. If you enjoy using Unread, please consider purchasing a subscription to its premium features.
