NewsFox :: Reviews :: Add-ons for Firefox for Android

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Seji on May 9, 2014 · permalink

I've recently migrated from Opera to Firefox (after dropping Presto engine and moving to Webkit by Opera Software) and I'm looking for add-ons to mimic Opera functionality with Fx. Newsfox is very good, feels almost Opera-like. :)

One question, though - does Newsfox refresh feeds when Firefox starts (which would be excellent) or do I have to start Newsfox to make it work? Somehow I'm unable to figure that out, no notifications come with browser start and I see feeds refreshing after I launch Newsfox manualy. Thanks!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.2.1-signed).

by Andrey Gromyko (Developer) on May 9, 2014 · permalink

You have to start Newsfox, for example, you may add it to the list of tabs to open upon launch (if I'm not mistaken).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by G2M_AGENT on April 18, 2014 · permalink

最好的RSS订阅插件！

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.2.1-signed).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Cris on March 27, 2014 · permalink

The best Feedreader for Firefox! Using since 3 Years!

Feature Request: Filter News by words. Dont need read some repeating news from my feeds, would be very nice to filter them out!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.2.1-signed).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by acdenh on March 24, 2014 · permalink

I have one major issue with this add-on: it is not possible to copy urls from the item list.
I need to copy urls in bulk into another program.
This should be trivial to implement, and should have been years ago.
It does not even need to be in the context menu, a keyboard shortcut would be good enough.

EDIT: So there is already a workable solution to this problem but the option is buried in about:config.
Find newsfox.advanced.copyToClipboard and set the value as 2.
The article URL will now be copied to clipboard every time you open one.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.2.1-signed).

by Andrey Gromyko (Developer) on March 24, 2014 · permalink

Thank you for your comment. Please, use issue tracker to add your request for enhancement: https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?product=newsfox

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Oxa Whitney on March 18, 2014 · permalink

After updating Newsfox the other day, clicking the NF icon produced a message about the icon being deprecated; use new icon. So I substituted the new icon for the old, only to discover that the new icon is twice as wide as the old one and takes up twice as much space on the toolbar. WTF!?

Followup: I'm talking about the NewsFox icon in Firefox, not the buttons within NewsFox.

Update: OK. I figured out the problem. At the time I updated, "none" was already selected as the text option for buttons. As already described, updating resulted in a double-width NewsFox icon (the extra width apparently for displaying the number of unread items). I went in to options, changed the button text option to "unread", then changed it back again, and the double-width icon had changed to its normal size. Still, half the time the icon has a blue background, and half the time it doesn't.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.2.1-signed). This user has a previous review of this add-on.

by R Pruitt (Developer) on March 18, 2014 · permalink

Go to Options - General - NewsFox button text and select "none" and the width will disappear.

Most people wish to have either the #new or #unread displayed, so that is the default.

Update: The blue background means that NewsFox has found an RSS feed on the page. All the possible features of the button are at http://newsfox.mozdev.org/rss/2008.html#nf34.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by apfelsine on Feb. 12, 2014 · permalink

can you replace iframes like iframe#buildContent and other weird stuff with regular elements to make it easier to style your addon with userstyles?

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.1.1-signed). This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by mackun on Feb. 11, 2014 · permalink

I've been using this plugin since like forever.
Tried changing but always comes back like an addict,
the one and only option I would love to have is the ability to change the fonts.

previously I was using stylish (another plugin) to alter the fonts in newsfox. but after this latest update 1.0.9.0.1
it doesn't seem to work anymore.

the ability to add css files into the installation folder in the past
was really appreciated.
But if options were built directly into the plugin, that would be aweome!

Cheers

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by longuste on Feb. 10, 2014 · permalink

The display of new/unread articles next to the button can be disabled completely in the settings, BUT
this setting is not applied when firefox is restarted. pls fix. thx in advance

Edit#1
The setting itself is remembered and applied correctly. When setting the option to do not show the numbers the space next to the button disappears. This is the wanted behaviour. Then when restarting the browser from now on still no number is shown, but an empty space is still there.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.1.1-signed).

by R Pruitt (Developer) on Feb. 10, 2014 · permalink

I can't find anything wrong with the NewsFox code.

I just try it a couple times until it works.

I have reported this bug: https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25694

Edit#1
Your edit#1 is fixed in version 1.0.9.0.2.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by SeCher on Feb. 7, 2014 · permalink

Nice add-on. But why do you set so much empty space to the right of the icon? It's looking somewhat strange on the panel.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.9.0.1.1-signed).

by R Pruitt (Developer) on Feb. 8, 2014 · permalink

The number of new/unread articles can be displayed next to the icon. Making and removing space based on the number of unread/new articles is a no-no and we want to leave room for at least 1000 articles.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Marcello GT on Feb. 3, 2014 · permalink

Thanks for an awesome add-on! I use Newsfox (v. 1.0.9) several times a day everyday; it has become indispensable!

Try as I might looking for answers through the web and support resources, I could not find anywhere an option to download more than 25 feeds at a time for each channel. Is there a solution or setup option for that?

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!

PS: I might be able to help translating NF for PT-BR..

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.8.4.4.1-signed).

by R Pruitt (Developer) on Feb. 3, 2014 · permalink

I'm not sure I understand your question. It should download all the articles(items) for each feed.

You could email me(R Pruitt) at the address at http://newsfox.mozdev.org/team.html.

We would definitely be interested in having pt-BR again. There shouldn't be too many strings to translate as we used to have such a translation. We used babelzilla.org - email me about this as well if you are interested and don't feel like just jumping into Babelzilla.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by lid111 on Feb. 2, 2014 · permalink

Дополнение - супер, перебрал много читалок RSS в попытке перейти с Opera на Firefox, и вот нашел самое гармоничное и корректно работающее с моим портативным вариантом браузера.

Единственное "но" - как-то странно работает вот с этой лентой: http://feeds.feedburner.com/nirsoft/voiG. Сколько не удаляю новости - ничего толком не удаляется, сколько раз подряд не обновляю - добавляются новые строчки... беда. У Оперы во встроенной читалке с этим проблем не было.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.8.4.4.1-signed).

by Andrey Gromyko (Developer) on Feb. 2, 2014 · permalink

Спасибо за комментарий. На основании описания проблема добавлена к проверке: https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25690

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by aidrabmol on Jan. 23, 2014 · permalink

Simply the best.
Sometimes I tryed use IE or Chrome and ever I back because they don't have something like NewsFox.

For my only a suggestion: Possibility of change screen distribution. I would like three vertical panes...

Congratulations!!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.8.4.4.1-signed).

by R Pruitt (Developer) on Jan. 23, 2014 · permalink

If you mean like the French flag, separating lines vertical, then check options > general > horizontal panes.

If you mean like the Spanish flag, separating lines horizontal, then you're currently out of luck.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Seva on Jan. 10, 2014 · permalink

Options in these addon is very nice!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.8.4.4.1-signed).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Gore on Nov. 3, 2013 · permalink

Невозможно увеличивать шрифт. Каша.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0.8.4.4.1-signed). This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by akuto on Oct. 29, 2013 · permalink

Best RSS reader I've seen.

Thanks for fixing the bugs introduced by Firefox 25 so quickly in Newsfox 1.0.8.4.3. I hope it gets uploaded to addons.mozilla.org soon.