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speeed.reader.v.1.faq

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Speeed Reader cache article images?  Speeed Reader doesnt’t support image caching at this time.

I am having issues logging in, how can I resolve this? Aside from ensuring your username and password are correct, on Windows phones in some regions your phone maybe “roaming” on another carrier’s wireless network.  There is a default setting in Speeed Reader that disables all data usage while roaming.  Go into the settings from the login screen to enable ‘Allow Data WhileRoaming’.  This should resolve your situation.

Where should I install Speeed Reader (device or storage card)? Please install Speeed Reader on the device.  There are issues when installing applications that require the .NET Compact Framework on the storage card.  The final install size is in the neighborhood of ~450KB so it shouldn’t be an issue on most modern devices.

How can I register my copy of Speeed Reader? If you have a registration key, go to Menu > About > Menu > Register…  Here you will be able to type in your registration key and register the application.

How can I check for updates? Speeed Reader has a built in function that will check for updates, download, and install them if the user (you) desires.  You can check for updates by going to Menu > Settings > Check for updates.  If an update is available, you will be presented with the option of downloading and installing the update.

How does article caching work? Article caching (when enabled) works by saving all the articles loaded in Speeed Reader onto your device (or memory card). You can save an infinite or finite number of articles.  However, your device’s hardware configuration will restrict this.  The more articles you cache, the more memory you will use.

The cache is located:

• Memory Card: \Storage Card\SpeeedReaderCache\<username>\
• Device: \Program Files\SpeeedReaderCache\<username>\

The article caching occurs after each FULL refresh.  Article caching allows two things a) offline mode b) quicker accesses to new content.  I will explain a) later.  When you have articles stored, after a fresh application start, Speeed Reader will load you’re a cache articles THEN download newer articles from Google Reader.  If you use Speeed Reader often, this will speed up downloads.

Offline mode works by disabling all internet access in Speeed Reader.  You can enable offline mode two ways.  The login screen -> Menu -> Login Offline or Settings -> Behavior.  A cache must exist before you can enable offline mode.  Remember, the cache is created only after a full refresh.  Once logged into the offline mode, Speeed Reader will present your tags to you.  You can navigate them normally and Speeed Reader will load each subscription as you click on them.  Don’t worry about the “0 Unread Articles”.  Trust they are there.  This will be fixed in a future maintenance release.

How does article search work? Article search can be started by going to Menu -> Search.  You can then input your search terms.  If you want to search multiple terms, please separate them by a comma.  Click the search button and Speeed Reader will begin searching all loaded articles on your device.

How does dynamic manual refresh work? In older versions of Speeed Reader, clicking refresh will always refresh all of your articles.  In v0.90, clicking refresh has different actions depending on what you are looking at.  For example, if you are viewing the CNN feed, hitting refresh will refresh only that feed.  If you are viewing your “Cars” tag, hitting refresh will refresh that tag.  If you are viewing a reading list, starred list, or share list, clicking refresh will refresh that list only.  Finally, if you are viewing all your tags, hitting refresh will execute a full refresh.

The login page changed, how can I save my login information and enable login automatically?  From the login screen, Menu -> Rememeber Me/Login Automatically

Does the developer see my username and password when I use Speeed Reader? No, it is simply used to authenticate with your Google Reader account.  The only parties using this information are the Google Reader server and Speeed Reader on your device.  If you choose to use the ‘Remember Me’ feature, the password is stored and encrypted on the device.

How do I view my Google Tag articles (Broadcast, Star, Reading List)? These articles have been moved to the menu.  From the main screen, Menu -> View.

What is the Mark As Read behavior?

• If you are viewing your tags: none selected -> mark all tags as read — tag selected -> selected tag marked as read
• If you are viewing a tag’s subscriptions: none selected -> mark all subscriptions (or the tag) as read — subscription selected -> selected subscription marked as read
• If you are viewing a subscription’s articles: none selected -> mark all articles (subscription) as read — article selected -> selected article marked as read

What is a reading list?  A reading list is a list of recent articles (set of 15 by default), sorted by date.  You can have a reading list that pulls from all your subscriptions, or a reading list that pulls from the subscriptions with a specified tag.

What is AppToDate?  AppToDate is a utility that can check for updates for applications that support AppToDate.  In order to use this functionality with Speeed Reader, you must have AppToDate installed (apptodate.org/get) and install Speeed Reader to the ‘Device’.

Settings

Appearance

• Page Size – the number of items that will be listed on a “page”.  If the number of items that exist for a give list is greater than the page size, additional pages will be created
• Enable List Transitions – when checked, this enables the transitions seen when navigating from Tags -> Subscriptions -> Articles, etc.  Some devices may experience slow transitions or users may just want this disabled.  Disabling this speeds up the application.
• Show Full Screen – will disable the top menu bar, bottom bar disabling will come in v0.91
• Show Progress Bar – Will show the progress bar at the bottom when checked
• Show Icons – Will show the icons next to each list item, unchecking this reduces the memory footprint

Behavior

• Refresh Interval – sets the interval between refreshes, can also be disabled
• Search Results – sets the number of articles that are returned when searching articles
• Login Automatically – when checked, Speeed Reader will attempt to login using the saved user credentials
• Show Reading List At Startup – when checked, Speeed Reader will load and display the Reading List once the application has logged in
• Always Use Default Browser – when checked, articles will load in your default external web browser.  This is highly recommended for Windows Mobile 6.5 users.
• Hide Read Items – when checked, will hide subscriptions with 0 read articles and read articles

Caching

• Artcicle Cache Location – Specify the location of the article cache (device or memory card).  You can also disable article caching here.
• Articles To Cache Per Feed – Specify the number of articles max that are cached per feed.
• You can delete the cache by going to Menu -> Clear Cache

Connectivity

• Download Size – the number of articles that will be downloaded for a subscription or reading list.  The higher this number, the longer the download will take.  Also, if you have a lot of subscriptions, setting this value to be very high may result in undesirable program behavior
• Download Images – when checked, Speeed Reader will download images (if any) for display in the internal browser
• Offline Mode – when checked, puts Speeed Reader into offline mode (no internet access)

Social

Add your Twitter account credentials to be able to share articles using your Twitter account

• Shorten URL – when checked, Speeed Reader, will change a article URL into a Bit.ly URL (so you can enter longer Tweets)