The Old Reader Notifier

A tool to keep up with your The Old Reader account. RSS made easy!
What is The Old Reader Notifier?
The Old Reader Notifier is a Firefox add-on that allows you to stay updated with your The Old Reader account. It provides a toolbar icon to notify you about unread RSS items. You can also subscribe to pages quickly and receive desktop notifications. The add-on offers keyboard shortcuts and can be registered as an RSS Feed Handler. It is a direct replacement for the old Chrome extension.

Add-on stats

Users: 150 ▼ -3
Rating: 4.83 (6)
Version: 1.5.3 (Last updated: 2021-01-21)
Creation date: 2017-08-19
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • *://theoldreader.com/
Size: 81.34K
Email: ka*****@ya.ru

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The Old Reader Notifier (v1.5.3)
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Add-on summary

The Old Reader Notifier provides a toolbar icon to notify you about unread RSS items in your The Old Reader account.

Optionally, you can have context menu items to quickly subscribe to a page and desktop notifications about new items.

On the TOR website, this add-on provides a [b] keyboard shortcut to open an item in background.

Recommended extra steps:

  1. Registering TOR as an RSS Feed Handler at the bottom of TOR Tour page.
  2. Installing the Awesome RSS extension to easily detect feeds.
This extension is a port of the Chrome extension and is a direct FF57+ replacement of the old "The Old Reader Notifier" by Tomek Wasiak.

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

The Old Reader Notifier requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

The Old Reader Notifier has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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