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News Explorer Changelog

What's new in News Explorer 1.20.4

Oct 23, 2023
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with macOS 14, when using the ‘Add to News Explorer’ share extension in Safari.
  • Fixed a parsing issue with feeds without ‘lastPubDate’ and with articles dated in the future.
  • Fixed an issue with feed articles containing HTML without any closing tags with forward slashes.
  • Fixed an issue with HTML images with referrer policy sub tags.

New in News Explorer 1.20 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Added native support for Mastodon feeds, including beautifully rendered ‘Toots’.
  • Replies, parent posts and cards of Mastodon posts are automatically downloaded.
  • Mastodon feeds can be added via the Search New Feeds or Add New Feed dialogs.
  • Unfortunately, Twitter integration has been removed due to recent Twitter API limitations.
  • Already downloaded Tweets remain available in the app and iCloud.
  • Improved reliability of initial sync with iCloud.

New in News Explorer 1.11.3 (Nov 2, 2022)

  • Fixed some compatibility issues with macOS 13.0 Ventura.
  • Added support for full-screen video playback when using macOS 12.3 or newer.

New in News Explorer 1.11.1 (May 19, 2022)

  • Full text search now includes the title, summary, original content and reader view text.
  • The Reddit parser now supports search feeds.
  • Improved detection of videos with the Reddit parser.
  • Opening the website of a subreddit opens now the correct page.
  • Improved handling of offline feed deletions.

New in News Explorer 1.11 (May 3, 2022)

  • Data snapshots dramatically speeds up synchronisation with iCloud when syncing on a new device or a device that hasn’t be used for a while. Snapshots are automatically saved to iCloud on a daily basis, as part of the standard sync procedure. In addition to this, we also improved traditional initial syncing performance.
  • Other new features:
  • New Slideshow context menu item in the Feeds list.
  • Reddit feeds are now parsed by a dedicated parser.
  • Articles marked as Favorite are now stored forever.
  • Option to show the app icon in the menu bar as status item.

New in News Explorer 1.10 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • Improved adoption of macOS 11 Big Sur user interface style.
  • Support for Twitter Search, List, Home and Mentions feeds.
  • Improved image processing in articles.
  • Date headers are now being refreshed on day change.
  • Fixes a bug that could result in reappearing read articles and notifications.

New in News Explorer 1.9.17 (Jan 13, 2021)

  • Fixed compatibility with JSON Feed version 1.1
  • Improved handling of feeds with improperly updated Last-Modified response headers
  • Improved parsing of non-standard Twitter Cards metadata

New in News Explorer 1.9.14 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • App icon has been updated for Big Sur
  • Fixed display of intermediate alerts in Big Sur
  • Improved sidebar performance
  • OPML import now retains original feed sorting
  • Google fonts has been replaced by Betamagic hosted fonts
  • Restored Apple Silicon support

New in News Explorer 1.9.12 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Restored favorites counter badge in the sidebar
  • Dock icon in Big Sur style when using macOS 11, this can be changed in the Preferences
  • Improved unread counters update logic
  • Improved handling of opening articles from Notification Center widgets

New in News Explorer 1.9.11 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • You can now group articles on feed, instead of date.
  • Tweets with Twitter Cards are now properly displayed.
  • You can now select custom fonts in the Reading settings.
  • Option to automatically delete notifications of read items.

New in News Explorer 1.9.10 (Jun 22, 2020)

  • Fixes a crash with iCloud sync

New in News Explorer 1.9.9 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • You can now set a default primary view for all feeds.
  • The database of the app can now be backed up and restored.
  • Twitter feed options are now synced across all your devices.
  • Added support for importing iTunes podcast feed links.
  • Restored iCloud sync when using more than 1000 feeds.

New in News Explorer 1.9.7 (Nov 10, 2019)

  • This update contains the following new features:
  • Video podcasts are now properly recognised and displayed.
  • While syncing, a status bar with progress information is displayed.
  • Added 'Import OPML File' action to the sidebar plus button menu.
  • The Share menu has been extended with the following menu items:
  • ’Open in Safari’ and other popular web browsers.
  • ‘Copy Link’, copies the current article link to the clipboard.

New in News Explorer 1.9.6 (Oct 9, 2019)

  • Added support for Auto Dark Mode in macOS Catalina.
  • You can now subscribe to YouTube playlist feeds.
  • Implemented a warning for insufficient iCloud storage space.
  • Added confirmation dialog when importing more than 20 feeds.
  • Added support for application logging.

New in News Explorer 1.9.4 (Jun 12, 2019)

  • Font collection for Article viewer has been extended with 26 new fonts.
  • The new fonts are selected for their excellent legibility characteristics.
  • Option to combine serif body font with sans serif titles and headers.
  • Improved support for titleless articles commonly found in micro blogs.
  • Removed warning when there is no internet connection when syncing.
  • Added support for running cookieless YouTube videos in full screen.

New in News Explorer 1.9.3 (May 24, 2019)

  • Updated Mercury Reader and Arc90 Readability libraries
  • Fixed disabled Favorite button when using Reader view
  • Repaired the missing image tooltips in the article reader
  • When using Reader view for a PDF link, the PDF document will be opened
  • Fixed a bug related to changing displays when using the System theme
  • Added support for shortcut keys Command + [ and Command + ]
  • Pressing Esc will now only close full screen if there is nothing else to close
  • Improved support for malformed image links
  • Added support for redirecting when rendering Reader view
  • Improved management of web view and network processes

New in News Explorer 1.9.2 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • Solves a bug that sometimes resulted in missing images in the original feed article.
  • Added thumbnail extraction for articles without valid website metadata.
  • Added support for image links without a host name, so called relative links.
  • Menu item View Options will no longer be shown when a Twitter feed is selected.
  • Fixed the View Options item in the context menu of the sidebar.

New in News Explorer 1.9 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • Feed level article view options:
  • You can now set a preferred article view modus for each individual feed.
  • For example Mercury Reader view ‘CNN’, Feed Article view for ‘MacRumors’ and Website Article view for ‘Dezeen’.
  • Long press the Reader view button to select a primary view.
  • The Mercury Reader view engine now works locally.
  • The Arc90 Readability performance has been dramatically improved.
  • Poster article list view:
  • The article list can now be set to ‘Poster’ view, in addition to the existing view options.
  • Poster view shows a preview image under the header and summary of each article.
  • The height of the preview image can be adjusted in the Preferences panel.
  • Improvements, tweaks and fixes:
  • Automatic detection and correct display of RTL languages.
  • Timeline view supports now the same article views as the article list.
  • Unread and read items can now be stored forever instead of a limited period.
  • Long words in the article viewer are now being hyphenated, if the language of the feed is known.
  • Countless other small tweaks and fixes.

New in News Explorer 1.8.15 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug with marking items as unread
  • Fixed an issue with playing videos on some websites
  • New security setting 'Start videos and audio manually'
  • Improved validation of Atom feeds

New in News Explorer 1.8.14 (Nov 1, 2018)

  • Fixed an image extraction bug that may cause a crash with some feeds.
  • Fixed an app icon unread badge update issue when using ‘Mark All as Read’ in the Timeline view.
  • Added a setting for the new automatic image resizing feature introduced in 1.8.12.

New in News Explorer 1.8.12 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • Improved support for Mojave, including Dark Mode and Accent Colors when using the System theme.
  • New behavior options let you open articles in separate windows, and optionally in full-screen modus for maximum focus.
  • Support for merging all separate article windows in one tabbed window.
  • Built-in sharing option for Twitter.
  • New font-weight and line-height settings for the body text in the article viewer.
  • Fixed non-working 'Add to Reading List' sharing option in Mojave.
  • The Touch Bar has been extended with a settings popup, for easy access to thumbnail size and more.

New in News Explorer 1.8.10 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • The article list now supports thumbnail display!
  • The image size and alignment of the article list thumbnails are adjustable.
  • Thumbnail retrieval of feed articles has been further improved and extended.
  • The number of preview lines and the font size of the article list are now also adjustable.
  • New context menu item to copy the URL of the selected article.
  • ARTICLE VIEWER:
  • The article viewer supports now an adjustable title font weight and size, plus optional display of the separator line under the title.
  • Based on this, the article viewer uses now a more modern bold font as title header. Can be reversed in the Preferences panel.
  • When you hover over a link in the article viewer, a status bar line is shown with the target URL.
  • Improved support for podcast feeds, with display of audio controls for attached audio files.
  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • The new Feed Manager let you select the feeds to be presented in Notification Center.
  • New context menu items in the sidebar, to copy the feed URL or icon image.
  • Support for mouses with dedicated back and forward buttons.
  • Improved support for reading 'problematic' JSON and RSS feeds.
  • FIXES:
  • Marking all unread items as read in the Latest news filter will now only affect items within this filter.
  • OPML import will now also accept files with a XML extension.
  • Improved support for detecting the author of feed items.

New in News Explorer 1.8.8 (Apr 24, 2018)

  • WHAT'S NEW:
  • Behaviors preferences tab with lots of new useful settings
  • Articles are now also searchable via Spotlight Search
  • Strongly improved sidebar, with unread badges on folder level
  • Sharper text in the in-app browser thanks to subpixel anti-aliasing
  • Implemented Next and Previous menu items for articles, with short cuts J and K
  • The feed icon can now be adjusted via feed context menu
  • In-app browser options like private in-app browsing
  • Option to delete the in-app browser cache
  • Support for opening YouTube video's full window, in all feeds
  • Support for the system sidebar icon size setting
  • Option to cancel syncing when the apps is terminating
  • Option to automatically limit ui updates during sync, based on CPU usage
  • Option to block updates during feed downloads
  • Option not to automatically focus the viewer when using the Enter key
  • Timeline items can be opened with the spacebar, or with shift + spacebar, to open the Reader view
  • Added a Folder Manager, accessible via the Window menu
  • IMPROVED:
  • Support for opening bookmark links
  • Improved resizing of the article list
  • Enhanced correction of incorrectly encoded feeds
  • Added support for feeds with dates with two digits year numbers
  • Extended support for RDF feeds
  • Feeds with too many white spaces in URLs are now also supported
  • An activity indicator is now visible during the rendering of the Reader view
  • Improved persistence of the last selected folder in the Add new feed dialog
  • TWEAKED:
  • Feeds are now downloaded in order of type and last publication date
  • Simplified the Mark as Read and Mark as Favorite context menus
  • Handling of key presses in the in-app web browser has been extended, to prevent problems with input controls
  • When there are more than 10 operations during closing of the app, the sync is canceled
  • Animated change of global content filter
  • Updated Readability engine
  • Images in article viewer are now only using 100% width when the image is large enough
  • Improved twitter setting, it shows now the correct status, even when there is no any twitter feed defined
  • Removed support for force touch in the articles list and Timeline view
  • Share menu will now try to share the current presented URL
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed a printing issue which resulted sometimes in an empty output
  • Solved a crash when exporting to PDF via the print dialog
  • Fixed the ‘Download replies’ Twitter setting

New in News Explorer 1.8.4 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • The article width can now be adjusted in the Preferences panel.
  • Added support for Smart zoom in the article viewer.
  • Improved support for opening relative links in articles.
  • Improved navigation with the space bar key.
  • Fixed a full-screen bug when using the System theme.
  • Fixed a bug with unfavouriting an article with an active Favorites filter.
  • Fixed a bug with disappearing read items during a sync session
  • Image extraction supports now urls with query parameters.
  • Images based on relative links are now properly displayed.
  • Improved support for feeds without unique article identifiers.

New in News Explorer 1.8.3 (Dec 18, 2017)

  • The URL context menu in the article viewer has been extended and improved
  • New option ‘Auto correct invalid feeds’ which improves compatibility with some invalid configured feeds
  • Added VoiceOver options to skip feed and time info in the articles list
  • User-agent sensitive feeds are now correctly downloaded
  • Fixed rendering of inline code within 'pre' and 'code' tags
  • The image extraction algorithm has been improved and extended
  • The built-in Readability engine has been updated
  • The poster image returned by the Mercury engine is now displayed, when applicable
  • The Preferences panel has been reorganised

New in News Explorer 1.8.2 (Nov 11, 2017)

  • Support for using the app without iCloud sync has been restored.
  • Fixed the external login option for Twitter.

New in News Explorer 1.8.1 (Nov 10, 2017)

  • The new instant iCloud sync algorithm has been further improved.
  • New option to download liked Twitter tweets.
  • Added support for relative links in feed items.
  • An issue with the 'Use iCloud synchronization' setting has been solved.

New in News Explorer 1.8 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • Enhanced iCloud sync with instant sync between active devices.
  • Read items are now displayed with configurable transparency.
  • New downloaded items are now immediately visible in the item list.
  • External link support in the standard article view and Reader view.
  • Additional fixes for macOS High Sierra.

New in News Explorer 1.7.1 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Improved iCloud sync algorithm to handle data conflicts.
  • The refresh button in the Timeline view acts now as a sync button.
  • Improved support for context menu actions based on a clicked row.
  • Added support for Modified date field in JSON feeds.
  • Twitter profile images are now rendered with a higher resolution.
  • Updated Readability engine
  • Re-downloading a feed will now also refresh the feed icon
  • Compatibility improvements
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements.

New in News Explorer 1.7 (Jul 25, 2017)

  • Integrated authentication for the Twitter feed engine
  • Integrated support for sharing with Instapaper and Pocket
  • Customisable keyboard shortcuts for sharing services
  • New 'Mark Above as Read' and 'Mark Below as Read' menu items
  • Extension for Safari and other browsers to add feeds to News Explorer
  • Added support for fullscreen YouTube playback
  • Option to show imageless items in Timeline
  • Single key shortcuts to toggle between Read and Unread, and Favorite and Unfavorite.
  • New menu item plus keyboard shortcut to toggle between all themes
  • Support to move a subscription to another folder via context menu
  • Add feed dialog will now also detect and handle Twitter account names and URLs
  • The periodical iCloud cleaning is now done on a separate operation queue
  • And several bug fixes and countless other small improvements

New in News Explorer 1.6.1 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • JSON feeds are now properly detected during OPML import
  • Fixed a bug with feeds containing duplicate items
  • Fixed a bug with opening external links
  • Improved support for increased contrast accessibility setting.
  • Handling speed of 'Mark All as Read' has been improved
  • Improved handling of items with equal identifiers belonging to different feeds
  • Improved sync of Twitter metadata
  • Extended date format support
  • Solved a potential bug with unread counting

New in News Explorer 1.6 (May 23, 2017)

  • Added support for the new JSON Feed syndication format.
  • Implemented HTTP Conditional GET to minimize network traffic.
  • Automatic detection of copied URL's when adding new feeds.

New in News Explorer 1.5.1 (May 13, 2017)

  • Added support for YouTube channel URL’s ending with an identifier
  • Fixed a duplication issue with legacy YouTube feed data
  • Twitter feeds within OPML files are now properly imported
  • Enhanced refresh of the sidebar after Mark All as Read
  • Enhanced handling of feed icons with problematic sources
  • Last used source and target folder are now saved in the Search new feed and Add new feed dialog
  • Improved validation when adding Twitter hashtag feeds
  • Clear command works now as intended after manually marking items as read
  • "Open next subscription" is now the default for setting "After marking all as read"
  • Improved the performance of the Mark All as Read action in folders and smart filters
  • Improved generation of title and summary for Tweets in Twitter feeds
  • Several other bug fixes

New in News Explorer 1.5 (May 3, 2017)

  • Support for Twitter news feeds, including pixel perfect rendered tweets.
  • Built-in support for replying, retweeting and liking of tweets in the new Twitter feeds.
  • Both Twitter user feeds and hashtag feeds are supported, including optional download of retweets and replies.
  • Improved support for YouTube subscription feeds.

New in News Explorer 1.4.7 (Mar 6, 2017)

  • Press Home or Alt + ArrowUp to select the first news article.
  • Press End or Alt + ArrowDown to select the last news article in the list.
  • Improved space bar navigation.
  • Improved HockeyApp implementation.