Unread 1.5
April 27, 2015 ∞
We’ve been hard at work on Unread 1.5 and are delighted to release it today. It is now available to download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
We’d like to thank our friends Glen Gray and Jim Rutherford for their help getting this major update to you.
Readability View
This has been, by far, the most common feature request we’ve received for Unread.
Articles that are truncated in RSS feeds or linked from sites like Daring Fireball are now much easier to read. On the article screen, swipe from right to left to bring in the options menu then tap Readability View to load the full text of the article into Unread’s native interface.
This feature is particularly nice when reading at night since Readability View respects your chosen theme and won’t shock your eyes by opening a bright webpage.
Native Sharing
Unread was originally built before iOS 8 was released and Jared went to extraordinary lengths to integrate the app with services like Facebook, Twitter, Instapaper & Pocket. In iOS 8, Apple opened up integration between apps and services using the share sheet and we have fully embraced that in Unread 1.5.
It is now easier than ever to send links, article snippets and images to any other app on your device, whether to save articles for reading later or publish on your social network of choice.
Landscape Support on iPhone
This has been a frequent request since the iPhones 6 and 6 Plus were released. Every screen in Unread is now optimised for both portrait and landscape orientations.
1Password Integration
If you use 1Password, and you should, signing into your accounts in Unread just got a lot easier. Unread’s integration with 1Password’s share extension means you can now autofill your login details without leaving the app.
We’ve also integrated 1Password into the web browser so you can quickly sign in to any paywalled sites you’re subscribed to.
Accessibility
We are very proud that despite having a unique and custom UI, Unread has always been 100% compatible with VoiceOver. We are very grateful to Scott Howell, one of our beta testers, for helping us out with accessibility testing.
Since iOS 8, third party apps can provide custom actions that can be performed on selected content. In Unread, VoiceOver users now have quick access to actions for any article, like Mark Read, Star, and Share. These actions are available from article lists or the full article by swiping up and down when VoiceOver is enabled.
We will blog about this in more technical detail so that other developers can add support to their apps.
Lots More
We fixed the image cache so it no longer grows enormously. Swiping back from the web browser is now completely reliable. You can read our complete release notes to see what else has been updated.
One Less Thing…
We spent a lot of time not making a Watch app. We love our new wrist computers but they are not the place for reading articles.
You can update to 1.5 from the App Store now. We put a lot of work into this free update. If this makes you happy, please consider tipping us in the app and leaving us a nice review on the App Store. And if you haven’t tried Unread before you can download it for free for iPhone or iPad and try it today.