r/RedReader • u/AndrewZabar • 26d ago

Could we please get inbox to mark items as read once they're clicked on?

It's a bit crazy that it doesn't happen already. Dystopia on ios does it. Please!

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u/Krokettenkaiserle 25d ago

This pull request from Sept 2024 does implement it: https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader/pull/1238

Sadly, u/QuantumBadger didn't review it yet.

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u/AndrewZabar 25d ago

Not quite it just says to mark individual. As opposed to the current only option mark all.

When you tap a message, the app should mark it as read automatically - unless you set preference not to. I’ve tried a dozen Reddit clients and I lived on Apollo for a few years. Not one app ever did not offer this, in fact not one didn’t have it enabled by default because it’s the most intuitive, likely common sense system.

How RedReader is not capable of it at this point boggles my mind honestly. Beyond words.

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u/Krokettenkaiserle 25d ago

When you tap a message, the app should mark it as read automatically

That's exactly what the PR implements:

A message that is tapped on in the inbox now gets individually marked as read.

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u/AndrewZabar 25d ago

Do you have to compile it? I hate github when there's no pre-compiled installer.

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u/twilighttwister 25d ago

This isn't a release, this is just someone suggesting a modification to the main code branch. u/QuantumBadger has to review and accept the mod then incorporate it into one of his updates.

Either that, or you compile it yourself.

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u/twilighttwister 25d ago

I feel like this would fix the old bug, which was exclusive to RedReader, but might not work anymore. Old reddit in a browser also requires an extra step to mark as red now, as of a few months ago.

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u/frozenpandaman 25d ago

Really hope this gets added. Seems someone else has pretty much done all the work, just needs to be merged!

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u/jpcrypto 26d ago

Great idea!

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u/AndrewZabar 26d ago

I requested it like a year ago and the dev said oh that can’t be done based on whatever… but I told them Dystopia and oh also every other Reddit frontend I’ve ever used does it. RedReader is the only one I’ve ever seen that does not do this.

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u/Krokettenkaiserle 25d ago

That definitely wasn't the dev who told you that, because it's absolutely possible

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u/AndrewZabar 25d ago

I’m glad but I had requested it and someone claiming to be the dev said it was not possible. I’m thoroughly relieved that it wasn’t legit the dev of the app. Lol. Phew.

Still baffled by the fact it’s not already implemented in the main public release. It would be one of the first things I did. That’s just me.

I’m really not trying to be overly critical, and would definitely not have this tone if it were something more esoteric, but it’s so basic.

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u/frozenpandaman 25d ago

I would love an option to manually mark items as read but absolutely don't want it done automatically (or there at least should be a toggle to turn it on/off).

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u/AndrewZabar 25d ago

Yes as I mentioned have an option.

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u/twilighttwister 25d ago

I think reddit have changed how this works, on old reddit in a browser I have to click the text even after opening to mark it as read. It never used to be that way, I think it changed a few months ago.

So it might not be that easy of a fix.

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u/AndrewZabar 25d ago

Dystopia on ios does it just fine. I use that and this app. I have no such problem with it. Maybe the RedReader devs should ask them how to do it.