tag:,2009:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565- 2009-10-30T14:52:58Z Comments for Google RSS Reader announced at Web 2.0 Movable Type 4.23-en tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565 2005-10-07T17:56:18Z 2007-12-16T23:15:50Z Google RSS Reader announced at Web 2.0 Google just announced their new RSS Reader, called Google Reader. It's browser-based (of course) and has similar look n' feel to Gmail. Very Ajaxy. I'll play with it some more and report back later. For now, here's more info from SEW: "Google Reader is a browser-based application that works with virtually all popular browsers on... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com Google just announced their new RSS Reader, called Google Reader. It's browser-based (of course) and has similar look n' feel to Gmail. Very Ajaxy. I'll play with it some more and report back later. For now, here's more info from SEW:

"Google Reader is a browser-based application that works with virtually all popular browsers on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Google Reader is "the most comprehensive feed finder available," said Jason Shellen, the Google product manager who spearheaded the development of the program. Comprehensive, yes, but Reader also adheres to Google's trademark simple, easy-to-use design philosophy. "We're trying to find an easier find and subscribe model for feeds," said Shellen.

The program features a Google search box at the top which allows you to search for feeds or do an entire web search. Like most other feed readers out there, Google reader has two panes. The left side displays your reading list and the feeds you've subscribed to, and a preview pane on the right allows you to read feed content.

Content can be displayed by relevance or date. Reader also employs algorithms that learn your content preferences and prioritizes content accordingly. This is similar to the auto-discovery feature for news that's part of the Google Sidebar."

More later...

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36415 Comment from Gary Silverman on 2005-10-07 Gary Silverman Is this all? They've been on the sidelines for so long I really expected more. The Ajax is good, but seems like everyone will have that soon. The podcast and video support is cool. The rest is ho hum, already done as well or better elsewhere, and even confusing. No reason for me to switch?

]]> 2005-10-07T18:35:59Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36416 Comment from Brady on 2005-10-07 Brady Wow, that is slow and clunky. Their feed search is totally confusing. What a disappointment.

]]> 2005-10-07T18:43:56Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36417 Comment from Jared on 2005-10-07 Jared http://www.communitywalk.com Man, you'd think they could come up with something a little more original. I agree that the podcase and video support is cool, but really this is not super special at all. When are people going to recognize that the best way to read blogs is in a scrolling view that lists article after article, like Rojo does. I don't want to have to select each article before I read it, I want to scan through them very quickly.

Dissapointing.

]]> 2005-10-07T18:48:50Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36418 Comment from Brady on 2005-10-07 Brady You know, Jared, you made made a point that made me wonder if a gesture environment would be better suited for a feed reader than the typical click environment.

Example interface: http://dontclick.it/

]]> 2005-10-07T18:58:25Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36419 Comment from Jared on 2005-10-07 Jared http://www.communitywalk.com Brady,

I think something like this has a lot of promise, but it smells like one of those things that would be abused, to the detriment of the end user, because it is cool. You know what I mean? There is nothing wrong with clicking as it is much more controlled and tactile than a gesture environment. I bet there is some combination of features, including gestures, clicking, ajax, etc. that could create a real kick ass environment for devouring tons of content, marking stuff as read, saving and indexing stuff for future retrieval, etc.

]]> 2005-10-07T20:25:15Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36420 Comment from Richard MacManus on 2005-10-07 Richard MacManus http://readwriteweb.com hey guys, great conversation - keep it going. I'm still in middle of conference transcribing sessions. So will check out Google Reader later.

]]> 2005-10-07T20:47:47Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36421 Comment from PeterCashmore on 2005-10-07 PeterCashmore http://www.mashable.com http://www.google.com/reader

"Google -- Error

Server Error

The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.

Please try again in 30 seconds."

It's been giving a 502 error for the last 5 mins. Hmm...

]]> 2005-10-07T20:57:00Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36422 Comment from Jessu on 2005-10-08 Jessu http://www.feedfeeds.com I like FeedFeeds ( http://www.feedfeeds.com ) which allows me to categorize my subscribed feeds in to multi level categories.

]]> 2005-10-09T05:38:21Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4565-comment:36423 Comment from Brady on 2005-10-08 Brady I have to admit it is working better today. I guess they weren't expecting the traffic they got hit with coming out of the gates and that seemed to have been one of the large problems. I'm warming up a bit to it.

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