Byline iPhone App Updates to 3.1

Byline is one of the best iPhone RSS reader apps put there. You can read our Byline iPhone app review here.

Byline is a featured packed RSS reader app with Google Reader integration. But, there were a few thorns in feature set and a few bugs.

The developer, Milo Bird, has listened to you have provided a slew of bug fixes and improvements over the previous version.

 Byline iPhone App Updates to 3.1

Here is a brief list of what’s new

- Moves “Mark All as Read” to the top left of the screen in edit mode.
- Allows one-touch “Mark All as Read” by swiping across the list name.
- Reverts swiping items in list view to immediately mark as read/unread.
- Inserts selected text when composing new tweets and notes.
- Shows a hint describing the new swipe gesture the first time an item is viewed.
- Marks items read when reading them in the “Starred Items” folder.
- Fixes a bug which prevented the “Starred Items” list from updating properly.
- Fixes a bug which resulted in incorrect unread counts after syncing.
- Fixes a bug which prevented the creation of notes linking to a web page.
- Fixes a syncing error when the title of the “Main Folder” contains a space or an unusual character.
- Fixes a bug which caused the visible item to change when rotating between portrait and landscape.
- Fixes a bug which prevented tapping the status bar from scrolling to the top in some situations.
- Fixes a bug which caused strange behaviour in edit mode during syncing or after removing stars.
- Fixes a bug which prevented the next or previous item from preloading in certain situations.
- Fixes an issue with rotating between portrait and landscape while viewing a full-screen video.
- Fixes an issue which prevented links copied in Byline from pasting in certain applications.
- Improves the display of titles in list view, especially for Japanese feeds.

I really like the improvements with Mark all as Read by swiping across the feed list. Another biggie for me, it inserts the selected text when sending tweets or notes.

So, what improvements matter to you? Did this update fix some of the bugs that were annoying you?


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  • http://www.TheWirelessWizard.com Scott Goldman

    This is probably a valuable update but I still find that “Reeder” is the best of all iPhone RSS tools. The features far outstrip those of Byline and the speed is considerably better. I’d recommend against this app and in favor of Reeder for anyone who is a serious RSS user and wants synchronization with Google Reader.