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Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by armaanahluwalia »

ttonelli wrote: post #34
ChuckMcM wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me too, I am definitely in the market for a new RSS reader now.

I couldn't take it anymore. After living for a while with the Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus, which allowed me to simply hide some of the stupid white space, this last change made Reader essentially unusable. Today I switched to Bloglines, and I can keep using j, k, etc. I have to thank Google, however, for making my switch so easy with their export utility...

I don't know if this is considered blatent advertising or not. But I worked pretty hard on getting my chrome extension replacement for google reader done. I would love it if people would check it out. I made it because I couldn't stand the UI for Google Reader in the first place. I'm open to adding features like short cut keys ( fairly easy to implement) Please check it out at http://www.digi-dil.com/MESH

Re: My offer to Google Reader

#42

Post by wyclif »

magicalist wrote: post #4

I'm a long time, heavy user of Reader, but as a disclaimer: my usage consists of the letters j, k, m, and v, so I'll admit that I don't care at all about the lost social features, and my short cuts and usage patterns remain unchanged. This article seems no different than any other of the reader articles submitted in the last few days (especially the one by the other former googler that worked on reader). If his offer…

Don't forget the "f" key. Even more frequently used under the new design.

Re: My offer to Google Reader

#43

Post by jfsurban »

armaanahluwalia wrote: post #41
ttonelli wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I couldn't take it anymore. After living for a while with the Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus, which allowed me to simply hide some of the stupid white space, this last change made Reader essentially unusable. Today I switched to Bloglines, and I can keep using j, k, etc. I have to thank Google, however, for making my switch so easy with their export utility...

I don't know if this is considered blatent advertising or not. But I worked pretty hard on getting my chrome extension replacement for google reader done. I would love it if people would check it out. I made it because I couldn't stand the UI for Google Reader in the first place. I'm open to adding features like short cut keys ( fairly easy to implement) Please check it out at http://www.digi-dil.com/MESH

No way to import?

Re: My offer to Google Reader

#44

Post by wyclif »

jedbrown wrote: post #40
confusedreader wrote: post #5

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't really understand the huge community backlash to the Reader rework. I spend hours in reader every day, and it wasn't until they added in G+ that it actually became easy to share.The addition made it so I could share within a community I was already involved in rather then a few people in some disconnected Reader community. From my perspective they actually removed the useless…

I want a share-to-G+ that does not involve a public +1. And I want G+ to manage "unread" status so that I don't see the same things over and over. And keybindings in G+. The social features of Reader were not great, but we had an active group of about 30 people who shared research papers. Quite a number of new collaborations and papers were born in Reader comment threads. I see between 100 and 200 items each day, per…

I want a share-to-G+ that does not involve a public +1.

You can do that. Use "Share" in the upper right of the OneGoogle bar.

Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by wyclif »

confusedreader wrote: post #14
rkudeshi wrote: post #8

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How big is your display? I'm on a 13" MBP (1280x800) and there's significantly less space allocated to reading now, which is my greatest frustration.

24in Monitor. I could see how it might not scale down well, maybe they need to introduce the UI scaling features that Gmail has that might help with a lot of peoples issues. The userscripts I tried basically just removed a lot of margins and padding around content, so maybe those might suit you on a small display?

He's right. It definitely doesn't scale down well to small monitors and 13".

Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by [deleted] »

confusedreader wrote: post #5

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't really understand the huge community backlash to the Reader rework. I spend hours in reader every day, and it wasn't until they added in G+ that it actually became easy to share.The addition made it so I could share within a community I was already involved in rather then a few people in some disconnected Reader community. From my perspective they actually removed the useless…

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Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by wyclif »

kfury wrote: post #29
magicalist wrote: post #4

I'm a long time, heavy user of Reader, but as a disclaimer: my usage consists of the letters j, k, m, and v, so I'll admit that I don't care at all about the lost social features, and my short cuts and usage patterns remain unchanged. This article seems no different than any other of the reader articles submitted in the last few days (especially the one by the other former googler that worked on reader). If his offer…

First, a user script is a poor solution because it reaches a small minority of people, is limited in the functionality it can add, and would frequently not survive updates. It's a band-aid, and a poor one at that. Second, what makes you think I didn't send an email?

I heard from a reliable source that there were contractors behind the new design. If that's true, I'm stunned. They didn't put an employee on this project?

Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by armaanahluwalia »

jfsurban wrote: post #43
armaanahluwalia wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if this is considered blatent advertising or not. But I worked pretty hard on getting my chrome extension replacement for google reader done. I would love it if people would check it out. I made it because I couldn't stand the UI for Google Reader in the first place. I'm open to adding features like short cut keys ( fairly easy to implement) Please check it out at http://www.digi-dil.com/MESH

No way to import?

I'm currently using JSON to hold feeds but creating a JSON string from OPML should be lemon squeezy... Great idea. Thank you.

Re: My offer to Google Reader

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Post by jedbrown »

wyclif wrote: post #44
jedbrown wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want a share-to-G+ that does not involve a public +1. And I want G+ to manage "unread" status so that I don't see the same things over and over. And keybindings in G+. The social features of Reader were not great, but we had an active group of about 30 people who shared research papers. Quite a number of new collaborations and papers were born in Reader comment threads. I see between 100 and 200 items each day, per…

I want a share-to-G+ that does not involve a public +1. You can do that. Use "Share" in the upper right of the OneGoogle bar.

Oh, thanks.
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