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Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by petedoyle »

tung wrote: post #14

I dislike the new layout mostly because it wastes a lot of vertical space, particularly the fixed top part. Here's the user style I use to neutralise it: #top-bar { height: auto; } #search { padding: 8px 0; } #lhn-add-subscription-section { height: 48px; } #viewer-header { height: 48px; } Adjust numbers to taste.

Thank you, that helped a lot. Here's my version if anyone is interested...

Additional changes: 1) Made the left hand navigation slightly grey to offset so much white. 2) Made the list of articles have less padding (more "compact", less "bloaty" :) ) 3) Removed the "Home", "All Items" and "Explore" links (I never use them and just wanted it clean)

CSS: https://gist.github.com/1333174

Screenshot (Before): http://cl.ly/083j2i3i0o2r1r2W3e1C

Screenshot (After): http://cl.ly/0s0g2X1r0T1U3V2q1b2Z

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by sabret00the »

pplante wrote: post #9

I like using Reader to manage my feed subscriptions, but nothing more. I don't want to share my content on any social network. Nor do I want to view the content in an iframe. I would prefer to just click the row of the feed item and have it open in my browser like normal links. So for me the gui updates are sort of mixed. I agree its wasting a whole lot of screen space, but overall I like that it shares the same look…

I've been using Brief (http://brief.mozdev.org/), it's something that Firefox should fold into the browser, but they won't. There's a limit to what I want to share with Google.

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by jackbach »

pplante wrote: post #9

I like using Reader to manage my feed subscriptions, but nothing more. I don't want to share my content on any social network. Nor do I want to view the content in an iframe. I would prefer to just click the row of the feed item and have it open in my browser like normal links. So for me the gui updates are sort of mixed. I agree its wasting a whole lot of screen space, but overall I like that it shares the same look…

I'm working on this concept: http://forr.st/~wnA

Key features are:

- In the browser

- Twitter like articles stream (just post titles)

- Nice UI

- Pin to read an article later

- Star to bookmark an article

- Organize in folders

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by nextparadigms »

tung wrote: post #14

I dislike the new layout mostly because it wastes a lot of vertical space, particularly the fixed top part. Here's the user style I use to neutralise it: #top-bar { height: auto; } #search { padding: 8px 0; } #lhn-add-subscription-section { height: 48px; } #viewer-header { height: 48px; } Adjust numbers to taste.

I have that issue with the new version of Google Docs. You get just a little more than half the screen to actually write inside the doc. The rest is all "chrome". They should at least make all that disappear and appear on demand.

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by otaku888 »

They ruined a really impressive web application. Thanks to a HN recommendation I've fully gone over to Tiny Tiny RSS http://tt-rss.org/redmine/ which is quite similar to the old reader in many ways and self hosted. Click Settings > Import/Export, download OPML, then import OPML. Away we go.

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by carbon8 »

Regarding sharing, on the mobile (or, at least, iPad) interface, the only sharing option I can see is the basic +1, which, as far as I can tell, isn't seen by anyone unless the go to a user's google plus profile and click the tab. As a result, I can longer share in any meaningful way via my primary consumption device.

Edit: to add, there doesn't appear to be any way to view my +1 items on my iPad, since the google plus mobile interface apparently lacks that section.

Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout

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Post by lacerus »

petedoyle wrote: post #21
tung wrote: post #14

I dislike the new layout mostly because it wastes a lot of vertical space, particularly the fixed top part. Here's the user style I use to neutralise it: #top-bar { height: auto; } #search { padding: 8px 0; } #lhn-add-subscription-section { height: 48px; } #viewer-header { height: 48px; } Adjust numbers to taste.

Thank you, that helped a lot. Here's my version if anyone is interested... Additional changes: 1) Made the left hand navigation slightly grey to offset so much white. 2) Made the list of articles have less padding (more "compact", less "bloaty" :) ) 3) Removed the "Home", "All Items" and "Explore" links (I never use them and just wanted it clean) CSS: https://gist.github.com/1333174 Screenshot (Before): http://cl.ly/…

What is the easiest way to load these changes? Do you add them to your custom.css or use an add-on?
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