Feeder 3.2 Release Notes Archive
Version 3.2.7
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
August 8, 2016
Changes
- Ensure certain podcast media files (M4As, MP4s and QuickTime Movies) whose metadata Feeder changes are exported for streaming.
- Fixed an issue saving a custom template in the item editor.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when publishing with Amazon S3.
- Ensure the selected Amazon S3 bucket is saved when the app quits.
- Fixed a problem where the publish confirmation would be shown when using a the menu shortcut key, even though the option is off.
- Ensure the width of landscape table columns is saved.
- Updated FTP software.
Version 3.2.6
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
July 8, 2016
Changes
- Fixed a problem publishing to Amazon S3 buckets in some regions.
- Added support to create S3 buckets in Frankfurt, Mumbai, Seoul and Tokyo.
Version 3.2.5
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
June 28, 2016
Changes
- Fixed an issue where a draft could be removed when the window is closed if no changes were made.
- The last library view (feed, items, drafts or settings) is now restored when the app restarts.
Version 3.2.4
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
June 21, 2016
Changes
- Fixed a problem where items with some enclosure files may wrongly be saved as drafts.
- Fixed a layout problem in the portrait list when switching between feeds with different view settings.
- Fixed a problem that may prevent Feeder from working on future versions of OS X.
Version 3.2.3
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
June 9, 2016
Changes
- Fixed a problem where a password may be requested when downloading an HTTPS feed.
- Fixed a problem where multiple editor windows could be opened for drafts after restarting the app.
- Fixed a problem cancelling feed downloads.
- Updated FTP software.
Version 3.2.2
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
May 24, 2016
Changes
- Fixed a problem tabbing between some fields in the editor.
- When using File > Save to save a draft that isn't already in the feed, a confirmation alert is shown.
- An explanatory tooltip is now shown when hovering the mouse over the status icon for items with a draft or unpublished changes.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a blog is unavailable.
- Updated FTP software.
Version 3.2.1
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
May 17, 2016
Changes
- Fixed a hang that could occur when saving some items.
- Fixed tabbing between the sidebar and item list.
- Fixed an issue where draft editing windows may not be restored on reopening the app.
- Fixed saving some Sparkle details in a draft.
- Fixed an issue where a password may be shown fetching enclosure attributes from the web on OS X 10.11.5.
Version 3.2
Requirements
OS X 10.10 or later.
Released
May 16, 2016
Summary
- Drafts for new and edited items.
- Editor improvements.
- Updated support for publishing and sharing to social media.
- Accessibility improvements.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
Drafts
- New and existing items will now be automatically saved as drafts while edited, and their content will not appear in the feed until saved.
- A new Drafts view lists all drafts.
- When closing an editing window, selecting “Save as draft” will save the changes as a draft. Unselecting this will save the changes to the feed and remove the draft.
- Items already in the feed with drafts will show a draft icon next to them.
- Editing an item in the feed with a saved draft will edit the draft.
- Drafts are not validated until you choose to save them to the feed, allowing for partially complete items.
Item Editing
- Feeder can now zip file packages that are to be uploaded as enclosures. Previously it would only do this for Sparkle appcasts.
- The Editor menu now has submenus for Unique ID, Enclosure, iTunes Artwork, Media RSS Thumbnail and Sparkle which replicate the menus seen by clicking the gear icons in fields.
- Sparkle version fields now span the width of the editing window.
- Fixed an issue where iTunes Duration would not be autosaved.
- Fixed a problem fetching the length of enclosures from some web servers.
Landscape List
- The landscape list now shows columns other than title in dark grey text.
- The publication date is now formatted for improved readability.
- Fixed an issue where the publishing status for items would not be updated.
Sharing
- Improved the appearance of long URLs when manually sharing to Facebook.
- Updated support for Facebook.
Publishing
- For clarity, the “FTPS” protocol is now shown as “FTP with SSL/TLS”.
- Improved the appearance of progress on the server browser panel.
- When clicking the progress indicator in the sidebar, the Activity window is now shown.
- Added an option to Advanced preferences to enable detailed publishing server logging.
General
- It’s now possible to create a new item with an enclosure by choosing New Item With Enclosure from the File menu.
- Accessibility improvements.
- The dimensions and type of the feed image is now validated more strictly.
- Feeder will add .xml to the server filename of downloaded feeds whose original has no extension.
- Fixed a problem auto-detecting the settings of Blogger blogs.
- Fixed an issue creating items with AppleScript.
- Fixed an issue with the appearance of the New Feed Panel.
OS X Changes
The following areas of the app have been updated to work on future versions of OS X:
- Publishing to Amazon S3.
- Publishing with WebDAV.
- Sending pings.
- Facebook sharing.
- Twitter sharing.
- bit.ly URL shortening for sharing to Twitter.
- Downloading feeds.
- Reloading feeds.
- Fetching enclosure attributes.
- Thumbnail generation.
- Working with WordPress and other MetaWeblog blogs.