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RSS feed displaying all items as viewed.

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Previously I was running a version of Firefox 13 and upgraded today to 16.0.1 and since then all my RSS feeds display all links as read (orange icon instead of grey icon) which isn't a desired state for them to be in. Even if new things show up in the feed, they still appear orange and no change happens if I open the links.

Previously I was running a version of Firefox 13 and upgraded today to 16.0.1 and since then all my RSS feeds display all links as read (orange icon instead of grey icon) which isn't a desired state for them to be in. Even if new things show up in the feed, they still appear orange and no change happens if I open the links.

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Are you using the default theme?

If you have a custom theme then that theme nay not support the RSS feed status properly.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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I'm not running any themes beyond the default one, and running safe mode didn't change the behavior of the feeds.

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hello, i think the orange feed icon should indicate that an entry is unread & turn grey when it is accessed & showing up in the browser history.

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Feed items that you have read are considered as history, so you need to have history enabled and working and not be in Private Browsing mode to see a read change.