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Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by PixelRobot »

I thought some people would be interested in a way to get the data out of all those ugly JSON files where Google put all your old social data from Google Reader, so here's Good Old Google Reader. Still alpha, but this is what I've got so far. Any thoughts? I made most of it yesterday, so there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by dazzawazza »

I submitted nothing to the landing page and got:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 703, in __call__
      handler.post(*groups)
    File "/base/data/home/apps/s~oldgreader/1.354495002931951805/main.py", line 25, in post
      blob_info = upload_files[0]
  IndexError: list index out of range

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by PixelRobot »

dazzawazza wrote: post #4

I submitted nothing to the landing page and got: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 703, in __call__ handler.post(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~oldgreader/1.354495002931951805/main.py", line 25, in post blob_info = upload_files[0] IndexError: list index out of range

Yes, It's a known bug. Thanks for reporting it anyway.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by PixelRobot »

Zhenya wrote: post #3

Sure, I'd love to check this out! Could you please run a demo with a link on your main page(did I miss it?) I don't think having users upload their info just to see a demo is good practice.

I added a little preview of how the output looks like.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by sdfjkl »

funksta wrote: post #6

Does anyone know if there is a Greasemonkey script or user stylesheet that lets you get the old Google Reader UI back? I didn't use the sharing features much, but I hate the visual aspect of the new redesign.

I've had a shot at fixing the worst parts of the new UI (shrinking the massive button bars and bringing blue titles back). The instructions are for Safari, but the included CSS should work in any browser that can eat a user style sheet:

https://plus.google.com/114301087219148980063/posts/L96Nt6Dv...

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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Post by RexRollman »

ImprovedSilence wrote: post #8

I honestly don't miss the old design that much, but I direly miss the shared aspect of it. This looks interesting though, maybe I"ll give it a try, I'd like to move away from google stuff if I can these days...

See, I'm the opposite; I dislike the new UI (even though I like what they've done with the redesign of Gmail).
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