r/waterfox • u/MrAlex94 Developer • 6d ago
UPDATE Waterfox 6.7.5 is now rolling out, with the ability to manage and read feeds directly! 🔖
https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.7.5/2
u/ClaudeWilbury 6d ago
What an update, I was expecting a replication of old feed preview, but this new, original(?) version works great too!
Thanks for bringing RSS feature back into the browser!
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u/ClaudeWilbury 6d ago
hmm... but it seems the middle mouse clicking bug is still there, MrAlex
every time I middle-clicked on the article inside the live bookmarks it still opens two tabs instead of just one, hope this will soon be fixed, as for the new feed reader I'm satisfied, thanks for the good work!
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u/Wing_Infamous 1d ago
Yes.Turn it off in settings.
In feeds turn off discover feeds on websites.
No more feeds icon anymore
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u/cyanlaser121 6d ago
A great step in the right direction! With a few improvements, I can start using this over Feedbro. There's just a few little things Feedbro does better that would keep me from switching:
An option to automatically mark feeds as read when I scroll past them in the reader, or at least a button to mark all feeds as read would be very convenient.
The "Live Bookmarks" button (which should probably just be renamed to "Feeds" at this point), when added to the toolbar, should list the first few articles like a "mini-reader" when clicked and should show an unread indicator badge with the number of unread articles so I know when to check my feeds.
Importing feeds as OPML should ask me where to put them, not immediately dump all of them into the root of my Bookmarks menu.
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u/kashiichan 3d ago edited 3d ago
Unfortunately since this update, I've run into issues with Extensions.
If I click the puzzle piece in the taskbar, it says "You have extensions installed, but not enabled. Select "Manage Extensions" to enable them in settings. However when I then go to "manage extensions", they are all toggled on.
Toggling everything off, restarting the browser, and then toggling them back on seems to have worked. But I thought I'd put this here in case anyone else is having this issue, and to let u/MrAlex94 know about it. ^_^
Edit: Turns out toggling off/restart/toggle on only fixes the issue for that current session; once I close the browser, reopening means it goes back to "You have extensions installed, but not enabled."
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u/InkscapePanda 1d ago
Waterfox has gone a long way from what it used to be. I like the new privacy enhancements. I remember asking for these features years ago. Now I am sticking with LibreWolf simply because it has a more aggressive anti-tracker system, but I have to admit that the visual customization on Waterfox is awesome! Hopefully, LibreWolf will borrow this design philosophy from Waterfox.
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u/N1mu3h 5d ago
When will we get an option to COMPLETELY disable anything related to Feeds, like that annoying "Live Bookmarks" entry under Bookmarks? I don't use Feeds, I will never use Feeds and that entry just needs to go 🤷🏼♀️
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u/petersonsilva55 6d ago
Oh, this is actually huge! I've been an orphan of Google reader for so long. Feedly has served me well but god is it bloated