Mr. Reader - Updated

My favorite RSS reader application has been updated today. Mr. Reader brings a new feature for supporting browser bookmarklets.

What's New in Version 1.11.2
NEW FEATURES:

• Browser Bookmarklets support added. More infos: http://www.curioustimes.de/mrreader/bookmarklets/

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Tap on folder behavior can be changed in the Miscellaneous settings: display articles or open folder
• Theme Editor: The color and style (bold + underline) of links in the article view can be set
• Accessibility improved (VoiceOver)
• 'Launch 1Password' added to most login dialogs (only when 1Password v4 is installed)
• Service Templates: New tag/placeholder [AUTHOR] introduced to insert the article author if available
• Added a button to insert the article author in the Twitter, App.net, Buffer and Toodledo dialogs
• Added a button to insert the original URL to the Twitter, App.net and Buffer dialogs. For most users it was unknown that the original URL (instead of the shortened URL) could be inserted with a tap and hold on the 'Link' button.
• Replaced the insert value buttons (Source, Title, ...) in the Twitter, App.net and Buffer dialogs with a keyboard extension. I was running out of space displaying all of this buttons.

FIXES:

• Twitter: Upgraded to the Twitter API v1.1. v1.0 retires in March 2013.
• Twitter: Now I'm updating the t.co link lengths once a day by asking Twitter. Previously it was hard coded. Did not thought that Twitter will change them that often. ;-)
• App.net code migrated. There are some API changes that will take effect on March 20, 2013
• Posterous removed. The Posterous API is broken since December 2012 (500 Internal Error), and it will turn off on April 30, 2013
• Article View: The sharing menu button no longer uses the selected text. Was a relict and responsible for a unwanted behavior when some text was selected but no service configured to process it (opened Safari).
• Article View: Now the header values (title, author) can be selected for example for copy & paste or the text selection actions
• Article View: No more text on the right side of an image if it is larger than 3/4 of the current set article width
• Zoom Image: My Thumbpad could be used while the Zoom Image dialog was in display. It did not show the buttons, but the functionality was executed. :-(
• Articles Table: After a rotation the shadows at top and bottom were occasionally not displayed in full length
• Error message added when the image saving failed due to missing access rights (iOS Settings App -> Privacy -> Photos)
• Portrait mode: A tap on the unused space in the folders/feeds table toggles the articles table position. But it was in an undefined state when you moved the articles table manually at this time.
• Article View (only iOS 5): Tapping a link to open a installed App (via App URL scheme) did not open the App and a error message was shown (e.g. Drafts action import URL's).
• Used the wrong 'return' key description in the multiline message fields of the Twitter, App.net and Tumblr dialogs (was 'Done')
• Articles Table: Fixed the ugly cut off of the last line when you used multiline titles and a small row height

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You may also like these other post related to Mr. Reader:
http://totalipad.com/app/mr-reader-for-ipad/
http://totalipad.com/10-great-ipad-rss-feed-reader-apps/
http://totalipad.com/favoriteapps/
http://totalipad.com/episode37a/

Episode 37 - RSS reading apps (part 1)

I figured I would try something different this week, normally I only upload this podcast as an audio podcast but I figured I would try to screen-cast as I recorded the audio and upload that screen-cast to YouTube and Blip.tv. I am hoping to get feedback and maybe a few more subscribers to not only my YouTube channel but also to my podcast in iTunes.

Part 2 is here: http://totalipad.com/episode37b/

This is only part 1. I am in the process of uploading the rest of this podcast where we discuss Google Currents. I will update this post with a link to part 2 as soon as I get the video edited and processed.

If you only want the audio portion of this podcast, you can download that HERE

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Find out more about Mr. Reader here: http://totalipad.com/app/mr-reader-for-ipad/

Watch my Mr. Reader video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XLv8n1JCo

10 great iPad RSS feed reader apps

I love reading news on my iPad, Mr. Reader is probably the single most used application on my iPad. Some people claim RSS is dead but I disagree, without RSS feeds popular application like Flipboard or great podcast applications like Downcast or Instacast would not exist. Honestly I think Flipboard saved RSS if anything, yes it was dying and Flipboard brought it back to life, so to speak. Now there are a ton of apps that try to mimic what Flipboard does on the iPad. While Flipboard is a wonderful app that I use every day it is not my favorite RSS reader, that is a toss up between Mr. Reeder or Reeder.

I put together a list of the 10 best RSS news apps on the iPad. 5 paid and 5 free apps. Try all the free apps to find what will serve your needs or choose wisely and pick one of the paid applications. All of the applications use Google Reader, they also include social sharing so you can read links and share with your friends on Twitter, Facebook and a few other places.

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Paid Apps
Mr. Reader - Oliver Fürniß

Reeder for iPad - Silvio Rizzi

Feeddler RSS Reader Pro - C.B. Liu

Cappuccino News Reader - Bloop (Currently iPhone only, but works great on iPad in 2X)

NetNewsWire for iPad - NewsGator Technologies, Inc.




Free Apps
Flipboard: Your Social News Magazine - Flipboard Inc.

Zite Personalized Magazine - Zite, Inc.

Pulse News for iPad - Alphonso Labs Inc

feedly - DevHD

Google Currents - Google, Inc.



Have a great RSS application that you think I should have included on this list? Send me a message on Twitter @iCrizzo or email me.

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