Ok, so lets say you want to keep Google Reader as your back end, but want a new front end (ala the various apps on iOS). Is there a good alternative online front end (open source or paid) that can replace Google's front end, but still offers things like "mark unread"?
Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
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Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#52I use google reader everyday at work on Internet Explorer 7.0 ( bank-mandated browser, don't ask ). Worked fine until this new layout change. Today I login. It says "Your browser is not supported" ! Hmmm...never happened before. Now I get 3 vertical scrollbars, 1 horizontal scrollbar and lots of whitespace. 3 vertical scrollbars to scroll thru an article ? Which one do I scroll ? There are weird color artifacts - lik…
I think painful decisions like this are one of the only ways that we will force stuck in the mud IT departments to make changes.
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#53I use google reader everyday at work on Internet Explorer 7.0 ( bank-mandated browser, don't ask ). Worked fine until this new layout change. Today I login. It says "Your browser is not supported" ! Hmmm...never happened before. Now I get 3 vertical scrollbars, 1 horizontal scrollbar and lots of whitespace. 3 vertical scrollbars to scroll thru an article ? Which one do I scroll ? There are weird color artifacts - lik…
Install Chrome Frame. It doesn't require administrator privileges.
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#54GR stopped working for me on Chrome (works on Safari). Weird
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
So, how long until we can try it out? I'm happy to be a beta tester for you. :)
The current status is: app design and mark-up (html + less) 90% done, front end (js with backbone) 40%, back end (node.js + mongoDB) 20%, product page design and mark up 70%.
I'm so happy you feel like testing it :) you (or anybody that wants to) can contact me. My gmail is jackjackbach.
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#56I can't read the OP because of the extremely bright yellow makes it feel like my eyes are on fire. Is it just me?
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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?
I added these to ~/.mozilla/firefox/random.User/chrome/userContent.css and restarted firefox. I wrapped the changes in a `@-moz-document domain("www.google.com")`, just in case.
Shame a CSS hack can't get the sharing features back!
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you aware of the keyboard shortcuts? "f" toggles fullscreen mode "2" toggles list mode "?" shows all shortcuts
Yeah, I am aware of them. The problem is I want to just click the item and have it open in my browser, rather than show me a summary or embedded view of it. That is not possible with Reader.
The arrow item to the right of the story title will open it in a new tab. Is that what you are after or am I missing something?
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#59I use google reader everyday at work on Internet Explorer 7.0 ( bank-mandated browser, don't ask ). Worked fine until this new layout change. Today I login. It says "Your browser is not supported" ! Hmmm...never happened before. Now I get 3 vertical scrollbars, 1 horizontal scrollbar and lots of whitespace. 3 vertical scrollbars to scroll thru an article ? Which one do I scroll ? There are weird color artifacts - lik…
It's broken in IE7? Ok, so I've found one thing I like about the new Reader.
Re: Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout
#60The redesign of Reader looks like it was done by a junior designer who got the memo that "white space is good" but didn't understand that little blobs of white all over the frickin place are not actually that good. Reader is now a mess of disconnected bits floating aimlessly in space. It's gone from being quite serviceable to quite disfunctional.
That is the new style for the entire Googleverse. It came straight from the top, not a rogue designer.