Comments on: NewsGator Web Edition http://www.rassoc.com/gregr/weblog/2004/01/14/newsgator-web-edition/ Musings on just about everything. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Greg Reinacker http://www.rassoc.com/gregr/weblog/2004/01/14/newsgator-web-edition/#comment-1083 Greg Reinacker Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:57:09 +0000 http://www.gregrphoto.com/rassoc/gregr/weblog/2004/01/14/newsgator-web-edition/#comment-1083 Actually what you describe (the marking posts as read) should definitely be possible, and has actually been requested already on the NewsGator forums. It's on the list for a post-v2.0 release. Actually what you describe (the marking posts as read) should definitely be possible, and has actually been requested already on the NewsGator forums. It’s on the list for a post-v2.0 release.

]]> By: milbertus http://www.rassoc.com/gregr/weblog/2004/01/14/newsgator-web-edition/#comment-1082 milbertus Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:31:16 +0000 http://www.gregrphoto.com/rassoc/gregr/weblog/2004/01/14/newsgator-web-edition/#comment-1082 One thing that keeps coming to mind whenever I hear talk about NGOS is that it'd be great for NewsGator Outlook to still download the news item, but to not have Outlook mark it as unread if I've read it, say, via NewsGator Web Edition. <br> <br>I like the fact that I can use NewsGator to build up a repository of all the posts I've ever read (which is handy for searching through later). If I were to use Web Edition, I'd definitely want NewsGator Outlook to still download the item, but to get the full affect of the Web Edition, I'd want the item in Outlook to be initially marked as unread. <br> <br>However, I can understand if this isn't possible due to limitations with Outlook. If it downloads an item (whether mail, NewsGator, or something else), of course it's going to mark it as unread, because it's a new item. One thing that keeps coming to mind whenever I hear talk about NGOS is that it’d be great for NewsGator Outlook to still download the news item, but to not have Outlook mark it as unread if I’ve read it, say, via NewsGator Web Edition.

I like the fact that I can use NewsGator to build up a repository of all the posts I’ve ever read (which is handy for searching through later). If I were to use Web Edition, I’d definitely want NewsGator Outlook to still download the item, but to get the full affect of the Web Edition, I’d want the item in Outlook to be initially marked as unread.

However, I can understand if this isn’t possible due to limitations with Outlook. If it downloads an item (whether mail, NewsGator, or something else), of course it’s going to mark it as unread, because it’s a new item.

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