feed me
18/12/2011 feed me has been temporarily removed from the marketplace. Due to personal reasons I am unable to further develop or support feed me for the immediate future. However, I do hope to have a new version back online towards the end of the first quarter of 2012.Thanks go out to all of the people that have supported feed me over the last 10 months.
When I first got my HTC Mozart I looked for an rss reader but couldn't find one that suited. RSS Central from Adam Dawes came close, but still didn't quite have the structure I was looking for. I always like to look at my subscriptions in groups. If I am tracking two or three blogs related to the same thing then I don't want to have to look at all three seperately. I just want to look at the newest entries from all of them together. So I got to work, and feed me is the result.
I will continue to actively work on feed me (see the bottom of this page for coming features) so please give feedback about any missing features or possible improvements.
Zune link: feed me
Ad supported version: feed me (free)
Description:
feed me is a fast, easy to use ATOM, RSS and RDF reader that organizes feeds in groups for easy browsing. feed me offers full support for YouTube feeds with HD video playback and allows you to import feeds from your Google Reader account. Offline browsing of previously downloaded feeds is supported and will automatically enable online functions as soon as your connection is re-established.
Supported languages:
Key Features:
Trial:
The free version and the trial are ad supported. There are no feature restrictions.
Known issues:
Tips:
Change log:
Version 1.12 (Released on the 29th of September 2011):
Version 1.11 (Released on the 23rd of September 2011):
Version 1.10 (Released on the 31st of August 2011):
Version 1.9 (Released on the 24th of August 2011):
Version 1.8 (Released on the 21st of July 2011):
Version 1.7 (Released on the 6th of July 2011):
Version 1.6 (Released on the 26th of May 2011):
Version 1.5 (Released on the 28th of April 2011):
Version 1.4 (Released on the 9th of April 2011):
Version 1.3 (Released on the 2nd of April 2011):
Version 1.2 (Released on the 25th of March 2011):
Version 1.0 (Released on the 22nd of February 2011):
Known issues:
None
Coming soon:
Until I have the blog set up, you can follow any progress on twitter
I am working on a comments feature for the site. Until this is complete please send any comments to mail@forty3degrees.com.
When I first got my HTC Mozart I looked for an rss reader but couldn't find one that suited. RSS Central from Adam Dawes came close, but still didn't quite have the structure I was looking for. I always like to look at my subscriptions in groups. If I am tracking two or three blogs related to the same thing then I don't want to have to look at all three seperately. I just want to look at the newest entries from all of them together. So I got to work, and feed me is the result.
I will continue to actively work on feed me (see the bottom of this page for coming features) so please give feedback about any missing features or possible improvements.
Zune link: feed me
Ad supported version: feed me (free)
Description:
feed me is a fast, easy to use ATOM, RSS and RDF reader that organizes feeds in groups for easy browsing. feed me offers full support for YouTube feeds with HD video playback and allows you to import feeds from your Google Reader account. Offline browsing of previously downloaded feeds is supported and will automatically enable online functions as soon as your connection is re-established.
Supported languages:
- English
- German
Key Features:
- Live tile shows new article count
- Add YouTube feeds1
- Watch YouTube videos in HD
- View or listen to podcasts while browsing other articles
- Download podcasts for offline viewing (with pause/continue)
- Tweet or e-mail articles, post to facebook or send the link in a SMS
- Add articles to Instapaper or Read it Later
- Allow feed me to run under the lock screen (allowing feeds to be updated when the phone is locked)
- Supports all windows-125* and ISO-8859-* encodings
- Feed groups with optional ‘all’ and ‘unread’ views
- A Google feed search for adding new feeds
- Import feeds from Google Reader using folders as groups
- Backup and restore settings to our server
- Filtering of views using the title and/or content
- Feeds are only downloaded if they have been updated2
- Optional automatic update on start-up
- Favorites for bookmarking items
Trial:
The free version and the trial are ad supported. There are no feature restrictions.
Known issues:
- The cache setting 'keep unread articles' does not work properly
- In certain situations you may get duplicate entries in the download list. If this happens then you will not be able to delete your downloads.
Tips:
- Long press a group to edit, refresh or delete
- Long press a feed when editing a group to edit or delete, or just tap the feed to edit
- The behaviour of the back button when viewing an article can be changed in the settings
- Pinch-to-zoom is enabled when viewing articles
- Turn on thumbnail images for lists in the settings
- You can turn off the ‘all’ or ‘unread’ views in the group settings
- Refreshing while viewing a feed will only update that feed. When the ‘all’ or ‘unread’ views are selected, then all feeds in that group will be updated
Change log:
Version 1.12 (Released on the 29th of September 2011):
- Fixed a few minor bugs
Version 1.11 (Released on the 23rd of September 2011):
- Podcasts playing when the app is cloased are automatically resumed
- Added instapaper mobilizer support for articles and links
- Moved 'Mark all read' to tha AppBar
- Improved image management
- Improved error handling and cache management
Version 1.10 (Released on the 31st of August 2011):
- Scroll down in YouTube feeds to dynamically load more videos
- Duplicate articles from different feeds (e.g. from BBC Home and BBC World) are merged together in the all and unread views
- Fixed a bug that caused a random crash wehn updating a feed on the article list page
- Fixed a bug that prevented favorites from being opened
- Fixed some more random bugs that were introduced with the new cache system in version 1.9
Version 1.9 (Released on the 24th of August 2011):
- Greatly imporved loading times and stability
- Added an option to change the live tile image
- Added a option to set the startup page
- Fixed signing in to Google Reader with passwords containing certain special characters
- Fixed video playback after changes made by YouTube
Version 1.8 (Released on the 21st of July 2011):
- Added new view mode for articles
- A single image is displayed
- All embedded YouTube videos are shown inline
- Shows the article content as text
- allows swiping to the next/previous article
- Tap at the bottom or top of an article to jump to the next/previous page
- Double-tap to show/hide details for the counter and feed title/author - Full-screen view in landscape mode
- Header, application bar and status bar are hidden
- These elements can be displayed for a short time by tapping the appropriate edge of the screen - Choose your theme (light, dark or use the current OS setting)
- Added a setting for the number of list items initially loaded
- Added a star icon to favorites when images are used in the article lists
- Fixed bug where app crash if images where shown for certian feeds
- Fixed a navigation bug in mango beta (0x80020006)
- Fixed bug where app may be terminated by the OS if application resume took to long
- Fixed bug where returning to the app after reading the last unread item could cause a crash
- Fixed bug where enabling cache-management without setting the expiry time left the expiry time set to zero days
- Removed ads from all pages except the ItemPage
Version 1.7 (Released on the 6th of July 2011):
- Option to show images in the article list
- Full import from Google Reader importing folders as groups
- A preview image is now shown for embedded YouTube videos
- Sorting of feeds and groups
- Improved cache management
- Smoother scrolling
- When sending a link in a SMS the link is shortened with bit.ly
- Removed the limit to the number of feeds shown on the live tile
- Accounts can now also be set in the settings page
- Improved article layout to give the article content more room
- Open link moved to the appbar
- Show/hide details for the counter and feed title/author - Improved loading of articles and fixed a rare bug when opening an item
- Fixed bug in latest mango beta (see here)
- Fixed a bug updating a feed in the group view (only occurred when an articles title changed)
- Fixed a bug when entering certain invalid feed URLs
- Added tutorials page (linked in the welcome message and in the about page)
- The same feed can now be added to multiple groups without being downloaded multiple times
- Improved feed support
- Added support for xhtml content
- Changed fallback ID to use the date as well so that all items were displayed on certain feeds that do not use IDs for the articles
Version 1.6 (Released on the 26th of May 2011):
- Post articles to your facebook wall
- Add YouTube feeds1
- Watch YouTube videos in HD
- View YouTube videos embedded in an article or web page
- Listen to podcasts in the background while browsing other articles
- Hide read articles (in the group settings)
- Fixed error when the log file reached the predefined size limit
- Fixed error when resuming the app to certain pages in the settings
- Fixed error when deleting a lot of text from text boxes in the feed settings
Version 1.5 (Released on the 28th of April 2011):
- Download podcasts. You can also pause the downloads and restart them later (they are automatically paused when leaving the app).
- Added new page transition animations (these can, however, be disabled in the settings)3
- Added a logging feature to help troubleshoot live tile issues.
- Added a new icon for podcasts.
- Improved the usability of the accounts page in the settings.
- Improved loading time when viewing full articles.
- Improved display of attached images. Now all *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg and *.gif images are shown.
- Fixed the display of javascript for certain articles
Version 1.4 (Released on the 9th of April 2011):
- View or listen to podcasts
- Add articles to Instapaper or Read it Later
- Allow feed me to run under the lock screen
Version 1.3 (Released on the 2nd of April 2011):
- Added Twitter integration
- Improved support for (almost) all European and Middle Eastern enodings (see the above list)
- Fixed support for ATOM feeds
- Enabled javascript in article view to allow certain feed content to be displayed
- Eixed error when pressing the back button as a group is loading
Version 1.2 (Released on the 25th of March 2011):
- Live tile showing new article count
- Added support for windows-1250, windows-1251 and windows-1252 encoding (thanks to Adam Dawes for windows-1251)
- Improved scrolling performance
- Added Google Reader support when adding new feeds
- Added a backup/Restore function for feed settings
- Added a 'new items' pivot to the main page so you can easily check new content
- Improved cache management
- Changed feed refresh to check the Last-Modified http header so that only content that has changed is downloaded1
- Added support for attached images (see here for an example)
- Added support for dublin core elements so certain feeds are correctly displayed (in the last version the publish date was sometimes missing)
- Improved support for RDF feeds
Version 1.0 (Released on the 22nd of February 2011):
- Initial Release
Known issues:
None
Coming soon:
- Google Reader Sync: initially a one-way sync from Google to feed me, this will later be extended to two-way
- More predefined groups that can be optionally added
- OPML import
- All the standard YouTube feeds are supported as well as user uploads and searches. You can also enter any version 2 feed manually (see the documentation here: Developer's Guide: Data API Protocol – Video Feed Types
- This only applies if the web-server sends the correct header
- Credit goes to the following post for providing the basis for the tranisition animations: WP7 Page Transitions Sample - There was still a lot left to do but without this they would have been a lot more work to implement.
Until I have the blog set up, you can follow any progress on twitter
I am working on a comments feature for the site. Until this is complete please send any comments to mail@forty3degrees.com.