ReaderMini.com version .3 is up!

It still has a ways to go before 1.0, but it’s a great way to browse your Google Reader feeds on the Nokia 770.
Release Notes are here:

Changes in Release .3 – 1/2/07

• Thanks to Jonathan Greene, Gregory Auld, keesj (in #maemo on freenode) and fietske (on Google Groups) for feedback/suggestions.
• Fixed: Mark read/starred/shared buttons no longer stack up.
• Fixed: Feed List no longer loses items.
• Fixed: Nokia 770 users can drag scroll the feed contents.
• Feeds now default to hidden if they are stale (no unread items).
• New Layout. Handles browser resize (including 770’s full screen mode) wonderfully.
• Fixed: Buttons are bigger, in general, for touch screen use.
• Font has changed to Bitstream Vera Sans where supported. Degrades to Arial if not supported.
• Fixed: When an item is marked read, the unread count for the feed is decremented.
• Fixed: Feed categories are now alphabetical.
• Fixed: Action words now, for feed item buttons (star,share,read).
• Lots of divs have been set up with classes and ids in preparation for beautification.
• Release Notes and Known Issues appear when the application is launched.

Changes in Release .2 – 12/??/07

• Fixed: Items now link back to their original articles.
• Feed List and Feed Contents are in their own independantly scrolling areas.
• Fixed: Feed Contents area resets to the top when a new feed is opened.
• Demo account set up. Use x@gmail.com / x to login.
• Fixed: Page Reload/Refresh now works as expected.
• Mark Read, Share, Add Star buttons added for each item.
• Red/Grey dots in the header show active AJAX connections.

TODO:

• Mark All as Read button for the current feed.
• Mark All as Read button next to each feed in the feed list. inspiration
• Bug: Read, Starred, Shared buttons do not work in reverse to mark an item as unread, unshared, not starred.
• Next/Prev buttons.
• Add a FAQ Page, including info about the API (mention Niall) also: authentication, goals, contact, other apps,.
• Subscribe to feed button / dialog.
• Bug: Deal with auth and command token timeouts.
• Bug: AJAX requests don’t start the internet connection on the 770. Pop a dialog or put a request in an iframe.
• Bug: Image handling in Opera on the 770 might leak. After browsing several feeds with lots of images, images stop showing up. Workaround: refresh the browser. Solution: Find a way to clean up the images.
• Option to view unread items only.
• Next/Prev Page buttons.
• Override the cursor keys for next/prev hotkeys?
• River view for categories.
• UI is not clean enough.
• Add Icons to feed item buttons (star,share,read/unread).
• Feed List should be drag-scrollable on the 770.
• Browser compatability warnings. Pop a dialog if AJAX fails.
• Add a Favicon.
• Incorporate some of the great ‘reading feeds on a touchscreen’ discussion points at this post (where’d that link go?).
• HTTPS login.
• “Blog This” button.
• “Del.icio.us This” button.
• Tag functionality.
• Degraded mode for browsers that can’t handle dojo and ajax.
• Gregarius backend – no reason that ReaderMini shouldn’t integrate with other Aggregator software.
• Sliding feed list so more real estate goes to feeds.
• Keyboard shortcuts for non touch screen browsers (Sony Mylo)
• Outlook preview pane theme.
• Theme support.
• Get rid of “author unknown” text in some feeds.
• Show user email address.
• Optimize the updating of feed unread counters.
• Set the feed list to have overflow horizontally hidden rather than wrapping. Do a mouseover for the number of unread.