As promised, the latest update for feed7 is now available on
Marketplace. Current plans are that this is the last update for
Windows Phone 7.0 devices as I am already working day and night on
the coming update for Windows Phone 7.1 also known as "Mango". Each
and every device out there today will get the update to Mango, so
don't worry - every current customer will receive an update to
version 2.0 as soon as Mango is out.
Now back to this update. Here are the most important new
features and fixes you will find in this release:
Application Bar color now changeable
Some people loved the orange color
of feed7's AppBar … but also some didn't. And most of them were
using AMOLED devices with very colorful screens. On such devices,
the orange was a too strong contrast to the else very color-reduced
and dark interface when using the dark Windows Phone 7 theme.
Anyhow, in a very theme-aware application like feed7, it was
time to make also the AppBar respect the user-selected theme. But
for everybody who loved the orange - or just wants another color
for the AppBar - you can change this color now in settings. The
theme color will be default (and is recommended - if you change
your theme, of course feed7 will also change its AppBar color).
Auto-Sync on startup
A very frequent and legitimate wish:
why do I always have to press "sync" manually on every app startup?
The long answer is: because a sync impacts performance and also
limits your options until it is finished. You won't be able to add
new feeds or change settings, for example. So having auto-sync on
every startup can also be annoying.
But of course there is no reason to not offer a setting for
that. feed7 1.8 has just that. But by default, it's
deactivated.
Unstar all
Already noticed that since the last update (version 1.7) feed7
changes the AppBar buttons while swiping through the different
lists (folders, unread items, …)? You got an "unstar all" on top
level that way, but only if you are in the unread items list.
This has been extended in this version and you now also have an
option for "unstar all" when you are in any starred items list.
Useful if you are using starring heavily for temporarily marking
interesting articles (for later reading for example).
It looks like this:
A fix for Mango users
Many of you are already using the Mango Beta on your devices.
Due to some breaking changes, feed7 wasn't able to authenticate if
you changed your password since your Mango update (or freshly
installed feed7 and had to enter the password for the first time).
This is fixed in this release … kind of a mini Mango update.
Release notes
For all other changes, please read the following release notes
for this update:
feed7 1.8 Release Notes:
Fix: Due to incorrect handling of some article
unique IDs, some feed's articles could not be opened
Fix: When using web sync mode, some older/special
feed formats weren't supported
Fix: Users that already used WP7 7.1 (Mango) Beta
couldn't store the password correctly anymore
Fix: Last sync info gets persisted earlier now so
sync skipping is now more effective when enabled
Fix: Backward out animations are now always
working
Fix: Opening a context menu always caused
erroneously a navigation afterwards
Added: Unstar all in starred lists
Added: Custom color settings for AppBar
Added: Setting to automatically start a sync on
app startup
Changed: Updated 3rd party components and changed
parts of the app to benefit from their new features
Changed: Some preparations for Mango/feed7 2.0
update later this year