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Mac Release Notes

5.1.3 build 3018 - 9 Nov 2020

• Fixed a crashing bug that could happen with empty titles in the timeline
• Fixed a crashing bug that could happen when adding a feed

5.1.3b1 build 3017 - 6 Nov 2020

• Fixed a crashing bug that could happen with empty titles in the timeline
• Fixed a crashing bug that could happen when adding a feed

5.1.2 build 3016 - 31 Oct 2020

• Fixed a crashing bug in the timeline
• Fixed a background color bug in dark mode in the timeline
• Fixed a crashing bug updating the browser popup in Preferences
• Feedbin: fixed bug where credentials couldn’t be updated
• Feedly: fixed bug syncing feed name changes
• Feedly: fixed a bug adding a feed to a Feedly collection that has a + in its name
• On My Mac: increased performance downloading feeds in the On My Mac account

5.1.2b3 build 3015 - 29 Oct 2020

• Fixed bug where Feedbin credentials couldn’t be updated

5.1.2b2 build 3014 - 26 Oct 2020

• Fixed a crashing bug in the timeline
• Fixed a background color bug in dark mode in the timeline
• Fixed a crashing bug updating the browser popup in Preferences
• Feedly: fixed bug syncing feed name changes

5.1.2b1 build 3013 - 17 Oct 2020

• Increased performance downloading feeds in the On My Mac account
• Fixed a bug adding a feed to a Feedly collection that has a + in its name

5.1.1 build 3012 - 5 Oct 2020

• Preferences: restored ability to set default RSS reader
• Fixed bug where o key wouldn’t mark older as read
• Fixed a crash in the code that handles URLs with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed an Open System Preferences button in an alert that didn’t work
• Fixed a crash handling a specific type of really weird URL
• Fixed a possible hang when adding a feed to Feedly (and the feed isn’t found)
• Fixed some UI issues to do with adding a Feedly account
• Fixed contrast in footnotes indicator
• Fixed bug where duplicate accounts (same username and service) could be made
• Fixed bug where open in Safari in background might not open in the background

5.1.1a2 build 3011 - 1 Oct 2020

• Fixed a crash handling a specific type of really weird URL
• Fixed a possible hang when adding a feed to Feedly (and the feed isn’t found)
• Fixed some UI issues to do with adding a Feedly account
• Fixed contrast in footnotes indicator
• Fixed bug where duplicate accounts (same username and service) could be made
• Fixed bug where open in Safari in background might not open in the background

5.1.1a1 build 3010 - 22 Sep 2020

• Preferences: restored ability to set default RSS reader
• Fixed bug where o key wouldn’t mark older as read
• Fixed a crash in the code that handles URLs with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed an Open System Preferences button in an alert that didn’t work

5.1b2 build 3005 - 8 Sep 2020

• Articles with non-ASCII URLs can now open in browser
• Adding feeds with non-ASCII URLs now works
• Feeds view, timeline: fixed bug where multiple selection could result in showing only unread articles
• Help menu: NetNewsWire Help now links to the 5.1 help book
• Inspector: window title now matches name of thing being inspected
• VoiceOver: fix bug navigating into the Add Account table
• Fixed crash that could happen when adding an account
• Preferences: Removed non-working (due to sandboxing) feature for setting the default RSS reader

5.1a2 build 3004 - 1 Sep 2020

• Feeds view: fixed bug where unread counts might be misplaced at startup
• Timeline: fixed extra row of pixels in swipe actions
• Article view: tweaked some colors
• Toolbar: reader view button is now not blurry on non-retina machines
• Toolbar: review view animation looping fixed
• Inspector: fixed some layout/spacing issues
• Preferences: tweaked text relating to holding down the shift key
• Dock unread count: now asks for permission so it can show it

5.1d3 build 3003 - 20 Aug 2020

• Feedly syncing
• Reader view
• Notifications (configure per feed in the Info window)
• Sandboxing
• Multiple windows - File > New Window
• View > Hide Read Feeds
• View > Hide Read Articles (also a filter button above timeline for this)
• Clean Up command (to immediately hide read articles when hide-read-articles is on)
• Feeds view: remember expansion state between runs
• Timeline: more compact rows (source and date on same line)
• Timeline: sort menu on top
• Timeline: swipe actions
• Article view: shift-space scrolls backwards
• AppleScript: article now has a feed property
• Hold down shift to temporarily toggle open-in-browser in background preference
• Article > Mark Above as Read, Mark Below as Read
• Choose preferred browser (for viewing web pages)

5.0.4 build 2622 - 8 Aug 2020

• Performance enhancement: fetching articles is faster and uses less memory
• Changed the retention policy to match iOS
• Feeds view: fixed bug where multiple sequential deletes could mess up the current selection index
• Article view: dealt with Twitter change that caused Twitter embeds to get cut off
• Article view: properly size emojis that are actually graphics (from Wordpress, for instance)
• Article view: stop playing any audio if the window is closed
• Article view: don’t let line lengths get too long
• Article view: fixed display of BandCamp widgets
• OPML export: use an accessory view instead of an intermediate sheet
• Add Folder: disable Add Folder button when text field is empty
• Feed icons: get more icons from Feedbin; get favicons from some tricky cases
• Add Feed: now allows IPv6 literal URLs
• Feed discovery: give less weight to feeds with the word “podcast” in them, because they’re probably not what we want
• Refreshing: fixed bug where automatic refreshing might not happening after the computer wakes from sleep
• Preferences > Accounts: Renamed “Create” account button to “Add Account”
• Fixed bug where a Feedbin article could stay unread right after you select it
• Fixed bug where folder names with double quotes would have the quotes replaced with the HTML entity for quote
• When importing from NNW 3, the app now ignores script feeds (since we don’t have that feature yet)
• Fixed bug where, right after initial launch, the spacebar might not work to go to next unread article
• Pressing return now opens the selected article in your browser

5.0.4b1 build 2621 - 3 Aug 2020

• Changed the retention policy to match iOS
• Performance enhancement: fetching articles is faster and uses less memory

5.0.4d2 build 2620 - 9 July 2020

• Feeds view: fixed bug where multiple sequential deletes could mess up the current selection index
• Article view: dealt with Twitter change that caused Twitter embeds to get cut off
• Article view: properly size emojis that are actually graphics (from Wordpress, for instance)
• Article view: stop playing any audio if the window is closed
• Article view: don’t let line lengths get too long
• Article view: fixed display of BandCamp widgets
• OPML export: use an accessory view instead of an intermediate sheet
• Add Folder: disable Add Folder button when text field is empty
• Feed icons: get more icons from Feedbin; get favicons from some tricky cases
• Add Feed: now allows IPv6 literal URLs
• Feed discovery: give less weight to feeds with the word “podcast” in them, because they’re probably not what we want
• Refreshing: fixed bug where automatic refreshing might not happening after the computer wakes from sleep
• Preferences > Accounts: Renamed “Create” account button to “Add Account”
• Fixed bug where a Feedbin article could stay unread right after you select it
• Fixed bug where folder names with double quotes would have the quotes replaced with the HTML entity for quote
• When importing from NNW 3, the app now ignores script feeds (since we don’t have that feature yet)
• Fixed bug where, right after initial launch, the spacebar might not work to go to next unread article
• Pressing return now opens the selected article in your browser