Changes in FeedDemon 3.0 Beta 5/5a
* Added: Tags added in Google Reader are now synched with FeedDemon on startup
* Added: Performance improvements throughout FeedDemon (basically wherever the feed database is accessed) (beta 5a)
* Added: Author names, retweets and hyperlinks in Twitter status posts are now included in FeedDemon's prefetch (beta 5a)
* Fixed: FeedDemon misses some unread items when synched with Google Reader
* Fixed: Deleted feeds reappear if FeedDemon closed immediately after deleting them
* Fixed: Keyword continues to appear next to subscriptions after switching from keyword view (161560)
* Fixed: "Find Feeds" should be disabled when synched with Google Reader (161672)
* Fixed: Tools | Open FeedStation doesn't work
* Fixed: Missing program group icon for FeedStation
* Fixed: Numerous browser-related exceptions (esp. with pages containing embedded video)
* Fixed: "Resync Now" marks items read in Google Reader (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Check for new version fails when not synching with NewsGator (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Invalid thumbnail images in synched Yahoo News feeds (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Hitting J/K in quick succession focuses the wrong item in the newspaper (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Unsynched feeds are included in the update after hitting "Resync Now" (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Wrong # of steps show in startup wizard (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Date algorithms follow the ISO 8601 standard and always treat Monday as the first day of the week regardless of the Windows locale (beta 5a)
* Fixed: Short URL preview isn't disabled when working offline
* Fixed: Feeds marked read in Google Reader continue to display in "Unread feed/folder view" after synching
* Fixed: Poor vertical spacing of text inside <pre> tags
Changes in FeedDemon 3.0 Beta 4/4a
* Added: Synchronization with Google Reader. If you're already synching with NewsGator, you can convert to Google Reader by selecting Tools | Synchronization Options | Advanced | Convert Now. If you're new to FeedDemon, you'll be give a choice of synchronization platforms at startup. If you've been using FeedDemon without synchronization, the subscriptions report will include an "Enable synchronization" link.
* Added: "Reset feed title and homepage" button added to feed properties
* Changed: Watches and filers now appear beneath "Filters & Watches"
* Changed: ALT key no longer toggles the main menu (but you can still click any toolbar to hide it)
* Changed: Redesigned per-feed/per-folder prefetch options
* Changed: No longer creating separate program group for FeedStation icons
* Changed: FeedDemon's install is almost 30% smaller than before
* Changed: The default # of items per newspaper page is now 25 instead of 10
* Changed: Automatic backup now happens every 48 hours instead of every 24 hours
* Changed: Search results now use "surfer" style
* Changed: User name no longer shown in caption when synched with Google Reader (beta 4a)
* Fixed: Exceptions during prefetch
* Fixed: Deleting a folder containing a large number of feeds takes far too long
* Fixed: Unread count of selected feed is hard to read in unthemed subscription tree
* Fixed: Changes to a feed's home page URL are reset when the feed is updated
* Fixed: Subscriptions drawn using incorrect shell font size
* Fixed: Manual prefetch incorrectly says there are no items to prefetch
* Fixed: Vista's automatic horizontal scroll in the subscription tree scrolls too far
* Fixed: In rare cases, read items in synched feeds come back as unread if NewsGator detects them as being modified
* Fixed: Flickering in the subscription tree
* Fixed: Feed properties doesn't save changes to the feed's prefetch options
* Fixed: Custom newspaper style not reset when viewing filter
* Fixed: Ctrl+Arrow allowed as keyboard shortcut even though already handled by newspaper
* Fixed: Inaccurate progress bar during prefetch
* Fixed: Synched feeds in the root folder fail to convert to Google Reader (beta 4a)
* Fixed: Flags added when synched with NewsGator are lost after converting to Google Reader (beta 4a)
* Fixed: Shared items not set as default after converting to Google Reader (beta 4a)
* Fixed: Wrong context menu appears for Google Reader shared items (beta 4a)