Feeder 1.4 Release Notes

Latest Version - 1.4.10

Released

December 12, 2007

Changes

• Fixed a problem where switching between feeds that had stylesheets and feeds that did not would cause Feeder to not show the details of the newly selected feed in the Info drawer.
• Fixed a problem where clicking links in the preview would sometimes not work on Leopard or Macs with Safari 3.0 installed.
• Fixed a problem where the editing state of an item's description would be lost after saving the item (build 221 only).
• Updated SFTP publishing software.

Version 1.4.9

Released

November 1, 2007

Changes

• Feeds published with this version now include the atom:link element as recommended in the RSS Best Practices Profile and validated by FeedValidator.
• Now shows Tiger or Leopard icons as appropriate.
• Fixed a problem where HTML paragraph tags could be added around a closing tag that implies a paragraph on the last line of an item's description.
• Fixed a problem on Leopard where 24 hour times would always be interpreted as AM.
• Fixed a problem that would prevent the "Where" field in the Info view from updating when a feed's filename was changed.
• Now requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Version 1.4.8

Released

September 24, 2007

Changes

• Fixed a problem where uploading mutliple files via SFTP would cause the application to crash.
• Leopard compatibility changes.

Version 1.4.7

Released

September 18, 2007

Changes

• Fixed a problem where publishing to older Windows-based servers using SFTP would result in a "insufficient privileges" error.
• Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when publishing on Intel Macs.
• Fixed a problem that could cause the circular progress indicator in the sidebar to not animate correctly.

Version 1.4.6

Released

August 14, 2007

Changes

• Added the ablility to empty Feeder's web cache - Empty Web Cache in the Feeder menu.
• Fixed a problem where templates would not be duplicated correctly for feeds using the Sparkle or Dublin Core extensions.
• Updated the library used for SFTP publishing - includes fixes and improved logging functionality for identifying issues.
• The Remove feed button is no longer in the default toolbar.

Version 1.4.5

Released

July 10, 2007

Changes

• Fix to ensure the correct publish status of future items is shown.
• Fixed a problem where future items could be included in the uploaded feed when publishing on the same day those items are due.
• Ensured the correct enclosure icon is shown for certain enclosure URLs.
• Fixed a problem where Feeder would not always recognise uppercase file extensions on media enclosures.
• Ensured the dimensions fetched with the Insert Image sheet consider the DPI of the image.
• The New Item placeholder will no longer be shown for feeds where the original file cannot be found.

Version 1.4.4

Released

May 1, 2007

Changes

• Feeder no longer caches the responses received when fetching the attributes of enclosures and images.
• The field being edited now remains active after an item has been saved.
• Fix to ensure the character being typed in HTML mode is shown in the correct text or tag colour.
• Fixed a problem where item editing windows could not be closed with the Command-W keystroke immediately after an item had been saved.
• Fixed a problem where the enclosure preview would show the wrong filename for enclosures redirected through the Podtrac service.

Version 1.4.3

Released

March 20, 2007

Changes

• Fixed a problem where dragging an item from one feed to another could replace the items in the target feed if it hadn't already been loaded.
• Fixed a problem where the artwork could be drawn incorrectly in the iTunes preview if the artwork specified is a landscape image less than the minimum dimensions.
• Fixed a problem where null characters were not stripped out of text pasted from Dreamweaver, invalidating the feed.
• Fixed a problem where PermaLink could be checked for feeds where Unique IDs were set to be generated automatically, if PermaLink was checked in the feed's template, causing an error.

Version 1.4.2

Released

February 22, 2007

Changes

• Added the ability to publish to .Mac Public and Web folders.
• Fixed a problem where the tags of QuickTime movies with accented characters could be truncated.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when reading a podcast feed with invalid iTunes Duration tags.
• Fix to ensure a feed is saved immediately when an item from another feed is dragged to it.
• Fix to ensure enclosure files are not uploaded for items with future publication dates where the feed is set to not publish future items or to publish automatically.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when sending pings for a feed with no Feed URL specified (this would only happen if "Update URL After Publishing" is unchecked).
• Fixed a crash that could occur when publishing using File Export on Intel Macs.
• Feeder now uses Growl 0.7.6.

Version 1.4.1

Released

January 30, 2007

Changes

• Fixes a crash that could occur when publishing using File Export on Intel Macs.
• Added Edit > Copy HTML to the menu, for copying an item's description with HTML paragraphs and line breaks.
• Added the ability to disable the automatic formatting of paragraphs and line breaks to Editor preferences.
• Added <em> and <strong> tags to the Insert HTML menu.
• Minor improvements to Help files.

Version 1.4

Released

January 15, 2007

Changes

User Experience

• Improved toolbar icons and updated user interface.
• Sections in the Info drawer can now be hidden or a per-feed basis (Tiger only).
• Use the spacebar to scroll through previews while focused on the item list.
• The enclosure details are now always visible when previewing items.
• Moved commands to show the Publish Log and Servers window from the View menu to the Window menu.
• A placeholder is now shown when no items exist in the feed.
• A placeholder is now shown in the Info drawer when no feed is selected.
• Added support for Growl notifications when publishing.

Item Editing

• Paragraphs and line breaks are now added automatically to the Description and not shown in the editor.
• Improved removal of HTML tags when inserting text from the Description in the iTunes Subtitle and iTunes Summary fields.
• Item publication dates will now only be updated if the item is not published or if the item is scheduled for future publishing.
• Added a keyboard shortcut Command-* for the list item tag.
• If a file is dragged to a feed to be used as an enclosure, Feeder ensures the enclosure field is shown in the editing windows.
• Enclosure uploads can now be removed or set to upload in the editing windows rather just than the edit upload sheet.
• Added a preference to disable automatic spelling check in Editor preferences.
• More options are now shown on the item preview contextual menu.

Publishing

• Feeder now publishes feeds in the background, so the main window is no longer blocked by the progress sheet.
• Feeds can be set to publish automatically if items' publication dates are in the future.
• Feeder can be set to wake the computer from sleep to publish feeds in its Publish preferences panel.
• Failed scheduled jobs can be set to retry at set intervals.
• You can now choose whether future-dated items should be included in the feed when it is published in the Publishing section of the Info drawer.
• Publishing progress is shown in an Activity window that appears automatically and in the sidebar.
• The publication status of items is shown in the main window. This can be disabled in the Settings / Publishing section of the Info drawer.
• The first time after a feed has been published or its URL has changed, Feeder will offer open the feed. The Feed URL can also be copied from the alert shown.
• Sent pings are now logged.

Sparkle Appcasting

• Added support for Sparkle appcasting extensions. For existing feeds, these can be activated in the Extensions section of the Info drawer.
• There is now a "Sparkle Appcasting" template exists for new or existing appcasts.
• Feeder will preview the release notes as they will be displayed by Sparkle when the Sparkle extensions are in use.

General

• Added support for the Dublin Core creator tag.
• Added support for the media attribute in stylesheets.
• Feeds can now be opened and imported into Feeder in the Finder.
• Basic AppleScript support.

Fixes

• Fixes a problem where .Mac passwords for non-default accounts would not be saved.
• Fixed a problem where the software update frequency pop-up would always be disabled.

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