Bug 173326 - Akregator should show unread item count in the Feed column[ by default]
Summary: Akregator should show unread item count in the Feed column[ by default]
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: akregator
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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: 176382 190474 191296 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2008-10-23 00:24 UTC by Simon80
Modified: 2010-12-17 17:49 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Description Simon80 2008-10-23 00:24:23 UTC
Version:           1.3.1 (using 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27-7-generic

In the KDE 3 version of Akregator, feeds showed the number of unread items next to themselves, and feeds with unread items were displayed with bold text, as in [1]. With the version I'm currently using, unread feeds are hard to spot, because the boldness is gone, and the number of unread feeds is moved away from the name, in its own column.

[1] http://akregator.kde.org/images/akregator-ss1.png
Comment 1 Franz Häuslschmid 2009-02-15 11:42:23 UTC
This is still the case in 1.4.0 (using KDE 4.2.0, openSUSE packages).  I really would akregator to behave like KMail of KDE 4.2.0 in that respect: Entries in the tree view, that have new items, are displayed using a bold font at all events.  If you chose to have no extra column, that shows the number of unread messages, that number is attached to the item text in parenthesis.
Comment 2 Christophe Marin 2009-03-08 23:28:33 UTC
*** Bug 176382 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christophe Marin 2009-04-23 23:22:55 UTC
*** Bug 190474 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Christophe Marin 2009-05-02 13:28:02 UTC
*** Bug 191296 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Georg 2009-09-15 14:17:39 UTC
kmail does a similar job and shows unread messages in parentheses.

Is it possible to share some code here?
Comment 6 Jaromir Smrcek 2009-11-10 20:43:08 UTC
This is the one thing i notice IMMEDIATELY after upgrading to new akregator - it's also the only thing that makes me not to use the new akregator, sorry but this is unusable!
Comment 7 Jaromir Smrcek 2009-11-10 20:44:09 UTC
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 8 Syam 2009-11-11 01:57:02 UTC
As of now, Akregator does show feeds having unread posts in *bold*. The only pending gripe is that the number of unread posts are still shown in a separate column.
Comment 9 Simon80 2009-11-11 03:37:45 UTC
I think it would be best to implement the past behaviour (unread item count displayed in the same column) by default, since it is easier for the user to discover that they can add a separate unread column than for them to discover that when they remove the unread column, the count is displayed in the first column.
Comment 10 Jaromir Smrcek 2009-11-11 17:09:55 UTC
The problem is not really the separate column, but the fact that:
1, it is not using a special color
2, ZERO is shown

If either of those would be chanded, the usability will be back to normal. But the current state - there is a column filled with numbers of the same color is really unreadable.
Comment 11 Georg 2009-11-11 18:03:41 UTC
I think it _is_ a problem with a separate column.

Despite the two things you mentioned I see several problems:
- the width of the unread column (table head)
- number of unread messages could be far away of feed title (long titles and short titles) -> hard to read
Comment 12 Stefan Endrullis 2009-11-11 18:11:24 UTC
I agree. All 4 points outline regressions in the new akregator. I also prefer the classical view like in akregator of KDE3.
Comment 13 Simon80 2010-04-14 20:33:55 UTC
I'm editing the title in the hope that it will make this bug more meaningful. If I could edit the summary, I would probably do that as well.

I propose (as before) that when the "Unread" column is disabled, the unread item count should be displayed in brackets next to the feed name, as in KDE3 Akregator. To facilitate the usage and discovery of this feature, the Unread column should also be disabled by default. I see no harm in leaving it in, but I suspect that there are very few people who would prefer it.
Comment 14 Christophe Marin 2010-12-17 17:49:16 UTC
Fixed yesterday in trunk.

SVN commit 1207042 by gateau:

Nicer subscription list columns

- By default, only show title column
- If unread column is not visible, append unread count to title column

 M  +39 -0     subscriptionlistdelegate.cpp  
 M  +3 -0      subscriptionlistdelegate.h  
 M  +13 -5     subscriptionlistview.cpp  
 M  +1 -0      subscriptionlistview.h