Change the copy from Read / Unread to "Mark as Read"

[guest20]

I have read the 'opinionated document"

For context: I've just come back from a 4 week vacation without reading news on my miniflux instance, and I guess I forgot what Read/Unread means while I was away.

In English, "Read" by itself is both a verb and an adjective. It's meaning is only made clear when other words are around it.

In these two sentences:

• "This has been read"
• "Mark as read" ... the same 4 letters indicate opposite states. You only mark it as read if it has not been read.

If it says "read" next to it in miniflux, it's not read.

Additionally the "tick in circle" and "dot in circle" icons in the ui are the opposite of the actual state of the entry - the tick appears on items that are not marked as read, that is, the icon shows the state after the button is activated rather than displaying the current state.

I propose:

• displaying the read status independently, not as part of the action button (either bold text or a clear icon for not read)
• making the copy for the action buttons "Mark as read" and "Mark as unread"

This might upset some folks, so maybe it needs to be guarded behind a user preference or something?

[moonagic]

I rather agree with you that the current setting does create ambiguity for users.

[miniyou]

I fully agree: it bothered me many times, I just never made an issue for it 😛 I never feel confident about whether I managed to reach the correct state.

As a detail, I don't think this warrants a config value.