Bloglines Does UI Upgrade Too... To Left Pane
Hot
on the heels of the well-received Google
Reader re-design, I received a tip tonight (thanks Mike Rundle) that Bloglines has also done a
slight re-design. On their blog they
note:
"You might have noticed a few fancy little changes we've made to your feed tree on the left pane today. You'll like them even more when you learn what's behind the scenes!
- We no longer update the entire left pane when the unread or "kept as new" counts change. Now the counts update in place with a fading yellow indicator. The result is a faster, more pleasant way to cruise through your feeds, especially for those quick on the hotkeys.
- We've decreased the time between automatic updates to your unread counts so you don't have to press the "r" hotkey quite so often."
It also appears to be a different typeface and a slightly 'fancier' look. Some nice ajax touches. This is just on the left navigation pane though - the actual reading pane stays the same. It'd be great if the ajax changes could be applied to the whole screen... maybe they're making the right pane next year's upgrade ;-) (kidding)
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I'm liking the changes. It is a bit fancier, cleaner, and the new refresh process is very cool.
Posted by: Ed Kohler | September 29, 2006 8:17 AM
Good to see, that bloglines does respond to google reader in a direct competition with a speed of a bird. I think the upgrade is very reasonable.
Thank you for sharing this story with me !
Posted by: Marina making pictures | September 29, 2006 9:09 AM
Let's be honest: Bloglines still beats even this new Google Reader and doesn't need to change that fast :)
Posted by: Bogucjusz | September 29, 2006 9:11 AM
it makes a HUGE difference in speed. it really has had a significant impact on performance. i am surprised you would scoff at a third of the page not needing to be updated as often...
Posted by: James Governor | September 29, 2006 9:43 AM
I wasn't scoffing at the upgrade, no no no. I did have a little dig at the slow rate of upgrades to Bloglines though :-) Most of the blogosphere have been on their case to do UI upgrades for years!
Posted by: Richard MacManus | September 29, 2006 5:40 PM
They may be slow in adding new features but the speed issue has been addressed nicely with this upgrade.
Posted by: Mike M | October 2, 2006 1:03 PM