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New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by losvedir »

rudyfink wrote: post #68

A few thoughts after a some use: I was part of a community of people I liked, and now, after I clicked a button, that was gone. I miss those people already. I don't recall anything on the text that clearly said "oh yeah, stuff will be gone, including your friends, and we meant to do that." If I want to share now, I have to do so publicly with the Internet or click a "share" button way in the upper right and then buil…

Who were these friends? I've always been very confused by the interface, and would sometimes see little notes "2 people liked this", but I had no idea who they were!

Were they email contacts? Did I accidentally friend some people on a Reader-specific social network at some point?

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by andybak »

dlib wrote: post #107
hosh wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The +1 is public +1 which not all of us want to do.

Indeed, very annoying. I want to share stuff with my friends and love the granular approach I can now take but if it means I publicly have to +1 it. I have no idea how public that is, can people see a list of all things I +1'd? Can friends?

The non-public sharing is in the top right of your screen.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by barrkel »

anigbrowl wrote: post #105
po wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My problem with the new Reader is the lack of visual indication of read vs unread items. Yeah, I had a few people complaining in my twitter timeline and I thought, "Everyone always bitches when something new gets rolled out. It can't be that bad, come on." I logged in and I wasn't impressed but it was he lack of read vs. unread that pushed me over the edge. Here's the main kicker of that: What's the point of marking…

Unread is black on white. Read is black on grey.

What? Where in the item is this grey background for Read state? When I toggle the "Keep unread" checkbox, there is no discernible change in the item.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by gorog »

thesethings wrote: post #37

The no-sharing/discovery thing has hit me hard. If anybody out there has a social RSS reader start-up, feel free to reply to this and advertise your service. I will drag my friends to it along with me. (Yes, I use Twitter, Instapaper, news aggregate sites, etc. Yes social software has changed how i would otherwise discover links/news. But I still need an RSS reader, and the passive sharing in old Google Reader is a l…

I'm happy with Netvibes. It has a widget view like iGoogle and a Reader view like Google Reader. I find the latter to be better now. It integrates with Facebook and Twitter, if it's the kind of social stuff you want. It won't push what others like to you, however. That's what Twitter is for.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by vilhelm_s »

Dear Google,

here is what my screen looks like after the redesign: http://imgur.com/ppg4o

Notice that about a third of it is used up by various chrome.

Now, I realize that every Google employee is issued two wall-sized hi-res screens the moment they step up to their desk, and quickly forgets what it was like to work using mere 21st-century technology. And if they ever use a laptop, it is always a sleek Chromebook which shows you a full-screen view of the web and a tiny, exquisitely designed window titlebar in a tasteful shade of blue.

But for those of us still stuck outside the bubble, it sure would be nice to have a way to collapse some of that whitespace....

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by thewordis »

vilhelm_s wrote: post #115

Dear Google, here is what my screen looks like after the redesign: http://imgur.com/ppg4o Notice that about a third of it is used up by various chrome. Now, I realize that every Google employee is issued two wall-sized hi-res screens the moment they step up to their desk, and quickly forgets what it was like to work using mere 21st-century technology. And if they ever use a laptop, it is always a sleek Chromebook whi…

Hit the 'f' key to collapse all the chrome. Mouse-over to get the title bar, including navigation.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by barrkel »

barrkel wrote: post #113
anigbrowl wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unread is black on white. Read is black on grey.

What? Where in the item is this grey background for Read state? When I toggle the "Keep unread" checkbox, there is no discernible change in the item.

If someone would just point out where this grey background is, rather than downvoting me, that would actually be helpful.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by thesethings »

thesethings wrote: post #47
andybak wrote: post #21

Took me a while to realise that you had to click the share button in the far top right to share the currently viewed item. The physical separation between the item you're sharing and the screen element you have to click to share it strikes me as rather counter-intuitive.

I don't think this button exists if you've resisted the G+ vortex (I know, I know, a separate discussion :D...).

Just wanted to clarify that this wasn't a joke. If you're not in G+, you can't share this/don't have this button. (Whereas non-G+ members could have shared in Google Reader.)

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by thesethings »

rmccue wrote: post #108
p4bl0 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't agree more. At least they allow us to download our data as JSON file. I used the sharing feature a lot . I just downloaded my shared-items.json file and it is 56.3MB large! I already tried Tiny Tiny RSS and NewsBlur but I don't really like them. There's rssLounge left, I'll try it tomorrow if I have enough time. Does anyone knows another one of these opensource webapp feed aggragator? For now, I'll continue s…

I develop one called Lilina which aims to be themable and pluggable, and offers APIs to that effect. I'd love to have feedback on it and see if it suits your needs. http://getlilina.org/

Thanks so much for posting, checking it out.

Re: New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing

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Post by anigbrowl »

barrkel wrote: post #117
barrkel wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? Where in the item is this grey background for Read state? When I toggle the "Keep unread" checkbox, there is no discernible change in the item.

If someone would just point out where this grey background is, rather than downvoting me, that would actually be helpful.

On the headline for each feed posting. For example:

  Blogs.    Posts.
  -------+---------
  blog1  | Unread post    (b on w)
  blog2=>| Old post.      (b on g)
Here you're reading blog2, there are two posts, one unread.
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