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RSS Menu Changelog

What's new in RSS Menu 3.3.1

Sep 29, 2022
  • Fixed an issue that could cause RSS Menu to use a lot of memory
  • Fixed a bug when exporting to an OPML file
  • Fixed a bug when importing an OPML file
  • Fixed a bug that would not update the UI when importing an OPML file
  • Significantly reduced the amount of memory and CPU usage
  • Article preview in menu will only show if the article has content

New in RSS Menu 3.3 (Sep 25, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug when detecting a feed from a URL
  • Fixed a bug when selecting one of the legacy menu icons
  • Fixed a bug that would fail to load certain feeds
  • Updated parser engine to be more efficient
  • General performance updates

New in RSS Menu 3.2.1 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Fixed a crash with some feeds

New in RSS Menu 3.2 (Jun 21, 2021)

  • You can now add feeds or groups from within the menu
  • Fixed a bug when saving an article where the Feeds Browser would not update the article's cell
  • Fixed a bug where the Today collection would only show read articles
  • Fixed a bug where the Today collection would have the articles sorted in the wrong order
  • Fixed a bug when adding a separator
  • Fixed a bug when dragging and dropping a separator
  • Small update to the Feeds Browser interface
  • Updated parser engine
  • Other smaller updates

New in RSS Menu 3.1.4 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • You can now select the url when editing a feed item

New in RSS Menu 3.1.3 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with some feeds that would cause RSS Menu to stop working correctly

New in RSS Menu 3.1.2 (Jan 17, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue where some preferences would not set
  • Feeds Browser and Preferences window are now forced to the front when RSS Menu is a background app

New in RSS Menu 3.1.1 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • Added an option to toggle showing the Feeds Browser on app launch (in Preferences -> Feeds Browser)
  • Added an option to toggle a warning when opening more than 5 articles at a time (in Preferences -> Menu)
  • Fixed a bug that did not mark an article as read when selecting the Open All Unread option

New in RSS Menu 3.1 (Jan 12, 2021)

  • Added option to hide RSS Menu from the Dock
  • Added Open All Unread to global menu, feed menu and group menu
  • Added preference to enable/disable collections in both menu and Feeds Browser
  • Reorganized Preferences panes
  • Fixed a bug where Preferences would not stick
  • Fixed a crash when marking all articles as read/unread

New in RSS Menu 3.0.1 (Jan 10, 2021)

  • Fixed a potential crash during startup on macOS Catalina
  • Fixed a potential crash when loading some feeds.

New in RSS Menu 3.0 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • RSS Menu is no longer a background only app
  • Added search for article's titles
  • Added collections for Today, Unread Articles, Saved Articles and Imported Feeds
  • Selecting a group will show the articles of its children
  • Selecting a group or collection will show the source of the article
  • Article preview font size can now be customized
  • Much improved Feeds Browser
  • Much improved menu
  • Much improved Drag & Drop
  • Dock icon now shows the amount of unread articles
  • Lots and lots of bug fixes
  • Updated to support JSON feed 1.1

New in RSS Menu 2.7.4 (Jan 20, 2020)

  • Added "Launch on login" preference

New in RSS Menu 2.7.3 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue with some feeds to allowing to open the article

New in RSS Menu 2.7.2 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • fixed a bug that would not allow you to select and delete a group or seperator
  • titles in the article preview are now html escaped
  • closing the Feeds Browser when playing media will stop the media

New in RSS Menu 2.7.1 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue when importing a feed through a web browser

New in RSS Menu 2.7.0 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Added alternate feed menu icon
  • Added in-menu article preview (you can turn this off in Preferences)
  • Added show all unread menu item for groups
  • Added a new preference pane for the Feeds Browser
  • Added an option to change the color of read and unread articles
  • Added an option to use bold text for unread articles
  • Added saving of articles for offline reading
  • You can now select if you want an article to open in the Feeds Browser or in the web browser
  • You can now select if you want a feed or group to open in the Feeds Browser or in the web browser
  • You can now select if you want all unread articles to open in the Feeds Browser or in the web browser
  • Fixed a bug that would not show notifications
  • Fixed a bug when importing feeds with the feed:// prefix
  • Fixed a bug that would not open a feed url when selecting the feed in the menu

New in RSS Menu 2.6.0 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • Fixed a potential crash with some feeds
  • Fixed a bug when having a deep hierarchy of groups
  • Fixed a bug with the forward and back buttons when viewing an article
  • Fixed a bug when using drag & drop
  • Fixed a bug when exporting feeds
  • Fixed a bug when imporing feeds
  • Improved menu updating
  • Improved loading of feeds library
  • Improved Feeds Browser
  • Updated menu actions
  • Added a way to detach the menuitem
  • Added option to toggle between an articles description or full web contents
  • Open all unread shows all unread articles

New in RSS Menu 2.5.1 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • Fixes a bug that would not load the old feeds library in some occasions
  • Other updates:
  • Updated to the latest SyndicatedParser engine
  • Added automatic feed discovery when adding just a url
  • Improved loading of feed icons
  • Improved parsing of feeds in general
  • Removed unused and outdated plugins
  • Improved user interface
  • Improved user experience
  • Improved feeds browser
  • Added support for dark mode
  • Updated icons and images
  • Feeds library is now saved in a more secure way
  • Added support for JSON feeds
  • Partially rewritten in Swift 4 and now using the latest macOS technologies
  • Articles and feeds now open in the built in browser (can be changed in preferences)
  • Added splash screen
  • Lots of bug fixes and enhancements

New in RSS Menu 2.3.1 (Jul 26, 2014)

  • fixed an issue where GReader would still show up for some users
  • the per feed option to disable images has been improved and made more logical

New in RSS Menu 2.3 (Jul 19, 2014)

  • fixed a bug that would not mark feeds as read/unread when updates where paused
  • text size preferences now work correctly
  • added a per feed setting to enable images
  • you can now opt out from Notification Center and use Growl instead
  • fixed a long standing bug where you could not rename feed groups
  • removed Start on Login as it is no longer supported in new versions of OS X
  • removed GReader plugin

New in RSS Menu 2.2 (Oct 30, 2012)

  • added Feeds Navigator for a better feed browsing experience
  • added support for Notification Center when running Mountain Lion, previous versions of Mac OS X use Growl
  • RSS Menu is now a Sandboxed application
  • Safari Integration is only available on Mac OS X 10.7.3 due to a restriction in the Sandbox
  • improved showing of notifications
  • improved Detached Menu window
  • Safari Integration: added show all bookmarks (like Safari Menu)
  • Safari Integration: feeds are now real feeds and will be updated by RSS Menu
  • GReader Integration: feeds are now real feeds and will be updated by RSS Menu
  • you can now set RSS Menu as the default RSS reader
  • improved text size
  • improved disabling of images in article preview
  • cleaned up notifications preferences
  • moved Text options to Appearance preferences pane
  • a feed URL will default to http:// if it is not provided
  • fixed a bug that would not go to the main feed URL when selecting the menu item
  • fixed a bug that would not parse certain feeds, also made the parser more compatible
  • fixed a bug where the title of an article would be in a wrong format
  • fixed a bug that would not save feeds when restarting the computer
  • fixed a bug when renaming feeds or groups
  • fixed a bug when counting feeds
  • fixed a bug that would display 2 lines of text in a menu
  • fixed Start on Login bug

New in RSS Menu 2.1.3 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • fixed a bug that would not go to the main feed URL when selecting the menu item
  • fixed a bug that would not parse certain feeds, also made the parser more compatible
  • fixed a bug where the title of an article would be in a wrong format
  • fixed crashing on Mac OS X 10.6.x

New in RSS Menu 2.1.2 (Feb 17, 2012)

  • fixed a huge bug that would prevent parsing some feeds and/or crash the application
  • updated to use the latest Growl framework
  • updated credits file

New in RSS Menu 2.1 (Feb 11, 2012)

  • fixed a bug that wouldn't parse all feeds
  • optimized overall performance
  • updated parser engine now uses libxml2 for even faster parsing
  • fixed a bug that would continuously show a dialog box when Safari Feeds integration was enabled

New in RSS Menu 2.0.2 (Dec 23, 2011)

  • added an option to not show images in article content preview submenu
  • added support for hierarchical GReader feeds
  • fixed bug with OPML export/import
  • fixed a memory leak when parsing lots of feeds

New in RSS Menu 2.0.1 (Sep 17, 2011)

  • fixed a bug that would cause a crash when browsing an article
  • fixed a bug that would cause a crash when parsing a feed
  • fixed a bug that would show a dialog box on startup about GReader
  • fixed an issue with GReader not updating the feeds added to the service
  • fixed a bug that would show a dialog box on startup about iTunes music folder not being found
  • you can now choose where the iTunes music folder is located

New in RSS Menu 2.0 (Sep 13, 2011)

  • Completely redesigned integration plugins
  • Added GReader integration
  • Added Twitter integration
  • Added Bonjour integration
  • Added support for publishing to Instapaper and ReadItLater services
  • New detachable menus: turn any feed or group into a window that stays open in the foreground
  • New interface to read the contents of an article when you hover over a menu item
  • New integrated media player for podcasts and video casts
  • New menu icon
  • Bug fixes and enhancements to existing integration plugins
  • Lots of enhancements to the menu updating system
  • Much improved RSS/Atom feed parser, does its job in the background
  • Many overall improvements to the application and user interface

New in RSS Menu 1.13.1 (Mar 25, 2011)

  • fixed a crash when speech notification was enabled
  • fixed a crash when fetching the icon of a feed
  • fixed an issue when manually adding a feed
  • fixed a bug that would not allow you to rename a feed
  • added better support for 64 bit
  • Preferences window shows up in all Spaces and in Exposé
  • enabling Integration is now faster and more efficient

New in RSS Menu 1.13 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • improved stability and performance
  • new folder icons in Feeds list
  • added delete button to remove feeds
  • fixed a bug with secure feeds
  • fixed many other bugs
  • now only available for Intel

New in RSS Menu 1.12 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • small bug fixes and memory leaks
  • only runs on Mac OS X 10.5 or higher

New in RSS Menu 1.11.6 (Sep 30, 2008)

  • Fixed a long standing bug that would prevent updating the feeds.

New in RSS Menu 1.11.5 (Aug 13, 2008)

  • Fixed a crash caused by a memory leak.
  • Fixed a bug that would not update the menu when a feed was removed.
  • RSS Menu will no longer make unnecessary network connections.

New in RSS Menu 1.11.4 (Aug 7, 2008)

  • Fixed a possible crash when retrieving the favicon of a feed.
  • Fixed a bug that would prevent RSS Menu from updating feeds.
  • Fixed a bug that would not remove cache files when a feed is removed.
  • Fixed a bug when editing the URL of a feed that would show the articles of the previous feed.
  • When parsing form cached data, the articles won't show up as unread.
  • Modified the way menuitems get enabled/disabled.

New in RSS Menu 1.11.3 (Jul 30, 2008)

  • fixed a memory leak when dragging a feed in the feedslist
  • fixed a memory leak when retrieving favicons
  • fixed a bug that would not retrieve some favicons correctly
  • fixed a bug that would stop a feed from updating after dragging it in the feedslist
  • fixed a bug that marked a URL as invalid after pasting it
  • optimized parsing of feeds, prevents many crashes and hangs
  • menu icons are now properly aligned
  • when an error occurs while retrieving data from a feed, the process gets cancelled
  • updated to Growl 1.1.4 and Sparkle 1.5b4

New in RSS Menu 1.11.2 (Mar 27, 2008)

  • fixed a bug that would prevent a feed from parsing correctly
  • fixed a bug that would cause problems when a favicon was being downloaded
  • fixed a bug that generated a huge amount of cached files
  • fixed a memory leak when downloading favicons
  • fixed a bug that would show notifications after quitting, even if no new articles were available

New in RSS Menu 1.11.1 (Mar 24, 2008)

  • fixed a bug that could cause a crash after adding a feed
  • fixed a bug that would not set an article as read
  • fixed a bug with the grayed out menu
  • fixed a serious bug when removing more than 1 feed (also caused when importing an OPML file)
  • fixed a bug that prevented the "Open All Unread" menu to work
  • fixed a bug that would make RSS Menu unstable when Notifications were enabled
  • improved the way favicons are downloaded
  • added a "Remove Caches" button to the Preferences
  • a feed, a group or a separator is now added below the selected row in the feeds list
  • external applications will now see RSS Menu as a feed reader
  • when adding a feed and an error occurs, its name will default to the URL of the feed
  • updated to Growl 1.1.2

New in RSS Menu 1.11.0 (Mar 10, 2008)

  • fixed a lot of bugs
  • improved Keychain support
  • improved perfomance and stability
  • improved drag & drop
  • final version to support Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)