Comments on: Google Says It’s Making Reader More Fun http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:45:16 -0800 hourly 1 By: washwords http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2484405 washwords Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:15:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2484405 hmm. fun eh? I'm a little concerned this is like when my boss has a "fun" project or opportunity. I'm pretty happy with how it works now especially with google gears/greasemonkey. case in point, I'm commenting right from reader now. now to learn how to weed out my feeds and stop adding so much great content. can google do that? hmm. fun eh? I’m a little concerned this is like when my boss has a “fun” project or opportunity.

I’m pretty happy with how it works now especially with google gears/greasemonkey.

case in point, I’m commenting right from reader now. now to learn how to weed out my feeds and stop adding so much great content. can google do that?

]]> By: Jonny http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480917 Jonny Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:15:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480917 Was this even worth a blog? Was this even worth a blog?

]]> By: Bryn Youngblut http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480362 Bryn Youngblut Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480362 Yay! Yay!

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480336 Michael Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:10:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480336 Google Reader is great for what it does and at my favorite price--free. But where in the hell is the search by multiple tags feature. The company makes the best damn search engine on the planet, but if I want to search for two tags I am SOL. Google Reader is great for what it does and at my favorite price–free. But where in the hell is the search by multiple tags feature. The company makes the best damn search engine on the planet, but if I want to search for two tags I am SOL.

]]> By: Tory Wells http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480305 Tory Wells Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:31:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480305 Joel. Fuck that. If it's not obvious, then I'm not going to go get a PH fucking D to figure out how to use it. The obvious thing is a button that lets you add a category. Anything else is just fucked up stupid programming by summer school dorks. Joel. Fuck that. If it’s not obvious, then I’m not going to go get a PH fucking D to figure out how to use it. The obvious thing is a button that lets you add a category. Anything else is just fucked up stupid programming by summer school dorks.

]]> By: Josh Cochrane http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480242 Josh Cochrane Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:45:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480242 I'd love to see Google Reader add a feature like Instapaper, making it easy to tag (via bookmarklet or whatever) non-RSS pages for later reading, then display them in the reader. I’d love to see Google Reader add a feature like Instapaper, making it easy to tag (via bookmarklet or whatever) non-RSS pages for later reading, then display them in the reader.

]]> By: Joel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480231 Joel Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:36:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480231 they do. they do.

]]> By: Congressman Barney Fuckup http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480225 Congressman Barney Fuckup Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:33:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480225 They should let you group your feeds together into categories. They should let you group your feeds together into categories.

]]> By: Kyle Johnson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480119 Kyle Johnson Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480119 Are you sure they didn't make it funerer? Are you sure they didn’t make it funerer?

]]> By: RealityLocator.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480110 RealityLocator.com Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480110 goggl claim of search innovation leadership is rediculous. example- googl suggestiontool that took them 10 years to come out with spits out 6.5 million results for tech crunch. really only needed one result. This site would be much more educational if we can focus on why gaggl is so lousy. All they care about is cpc and impressions and page views. User and business experience and content quality takes a back seat and there products reflect that. UserRank is Coming. 10 years from now we will look back and pagerank and addense and saying what the hell were we thinking. RatingLocator.com goggl claim of search innovation leadership is rediculous. example- googl suggestiontool that took them 10 years to come out with spits out 6.5 million results for tech crunch. really only needed one result.

This site would be much more educational if we can focus on why gaggl is so lousy. All they care about is cpc and impressions and page views. User and business experience and content quality takes a back seat and there products reflect that.

UserRank is Coming. 10 years from now we will look back and pagerank and addense and saying what the hell were we thinking.

RatingLocator.com

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » グーグル「Readerがもっと面白くなりました」と自己宣伝 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480091 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » グーグル「Readerがもっと面白くなりました」と自己宣伝 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:37:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480091 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: cool.wasabi http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480075 cool.wasabi Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480075 Love Google Reader. I probably spend at least 15-20% of my fricking day reading my feeds through it. It's already pretty awesome, but I'd like to see: -better folder/tags management; the current way to do it is embarrassingly unusable -themes ala iGoogle; I spend so much time in Reader that I'd like to spice things up a bit with themes Love Google Reader.
I probably spend at least 15-20% of my fricking day reading my feeds through it.

It’s already pretty awesome, but I’d like to see:
-better folder/tags management; the current way to do it is embarrassingly unusable
-themes ala iGoogle; I spend so much time in Reader that I’d like to spice things up a bit with themes

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480070 Jeremy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:23:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480070 Has anyone else noticed that, when keying down the list menu, reader now scrolls the list up, rather than your cursor down through it? I find this quite annoying and slows down my scanning as the screen is constantly refreshing so it's hard to read. Has anyone else noticed that, when keying down the list menu, reader now scrolls the list up, rather than your cursor down through it?

I find this quite annoying and slows down my scanning as the screen is constantly refreshing so it’s hard to read.

]]> By: Benjamin A. Wendelboe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480054 Benjamin A. Wendelboe Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:07:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480054 Unless the start to let me in with my googleHosted-account, NetNewsWire isn't going anywhere! Unless the start to let me in with my googleHosted-account, NetNewsWire isn’t going anywhere!

]]> By: Levi Wallach http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480043 Levi Wallach Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:58:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480043 I think Google created an excellent RSS reader and everyone saw that it was better than the other (web-based) ones out there, so they've decided to rest on their laurels and put like zero resources into it. These recent changes are probably the equivelent of 10-20 man-hours or something not much more. Users have been clamoring for years for more flexibility in organizing feeds/tags/folders, as well as better mobile functionality, but it seems like 95% of that has fallen on deaf ears. Why can't you remark an item unread after you've marked it read but starred? Why do tags show up only in seperate objects - ie why can't you put them inside folders? Why can't you drag feed items to their tag rather than having to type it in each time? Why can't you automatically tag an item (you can do this, but the tag in this case becomes a folder - the whole distinction of the two then becomes murky) The list goes on and on. Google, invest some more developers - this is a reader that's used by a ton of people but eventually we'll move on when the competition inevitably catches up and surpasses you... I think Google created an excellent RSS reader and everyone saw that it was better than the other (web-based) ones out there, so they’ve decided to rest on their laurels and put like zero resources into it. These recent changes are probably the equivelent of 10-20 man-hours or something not much more. Users have been clamoring for years for more flexibility in organizing feeds/tags/folders, as well as better mobile functionality, but it seems like 95% of that has fallen on deaf ears. Why can’t you remark an item unread after you’ve marked it read but starred? Why do tags show up only in seperate objects – ie why can’t you put them inside folders? Why can’t you drag feed items to their tag rather than having to type it in each time? Why can’t you automatically tag an item (you can do this, but the tag in this case becomes a folder – the whole distinction of the two then becomes murky) The list goes on and on. Google, invest some more developers – this is a reader that’s used by a ton of people but eventually we’ll move on when the competition inevitably catches up and surpasses you…

]]> By: Linda http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480041 Linda Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:56:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480041 Appears that Feed Demon is a step above, already having these and many other outstanding features. (Thus why I use it) Balloon popup notifying me of every updated feed is just one of them. No browser window necessary either. Appears that Feed Demon is a step above, already having these and many other outstanding features. (Thus why I use it) Balloon popup notifying me of every updated feed is just one of them. No browser window necessary either.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480035 Michelle Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:53:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480035 Did they do something to Mobile too? This morning I was on my iphone and only got the standard Mobile interface, instead of the spiffy-keen iphone one (which I had just read from 8 hours previous). Did they do something to Mobile too? This morning I was on my iphone and only got the standard Mobile interface, instead of the spiffy-keen iphone one (which I had just read from 8 hours previous).

]]> By: Play Blackjack Free http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480032 Play Blackjack Free Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:51:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480032 a excellent news from Google....again! a excellent news from Google….again!

]]> By: headless http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480027 headless Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:47:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480027 's alright, I suppose, but not very exciting - as indeed you so eloquently put it! ;) Never mind a tiny handful of minor tweaks. As they seem to be at the top of the Reader tree and have all that computing power available to them, why can't they make GReader fetch updates / new posts more quickly?! I don't, in any case, see why I can set it up so that "last updated" is shown on all my subscriptions without me having to click "show details" every bleedin time... Having said all of that, it's nice to see that the product is being worked on and little improvements are better than nothing for months and then, bang, a massive update (a la Windows Live etc). ’s alright, I suppose, but not very exciting – as indeed you so eloquently put it! ;)

Never mind a tiny handful of minor tweaks. As they seem to be at the top of the Reader tree and have all that computing power available to them, why can’t they make GReader fetch updates / new posts more quickly?!

I don’t, in any case, see why I can set it up so that “last updated” is shown on all my subscriptions without me having to click “show details” every bleedin time…

Having said all of that, it’s nice to see that the product is being worked on and little improvements are better than nothing for months and then, bang, a massive update (a la Windows Live etc).

]]> By: Craig Kessler http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480026 Craig Kessler Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:45:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480026 Google loves coming up with innovations that in reality serve no purpose. This seems to be one of them. I am fine with my current reader and as long as it updates me with future reads, that's all the "fun" I'll need. Craig www.budgetpulse.com Google loves coming up with innovations that in reality serve no purpose. This seems to be one of them. I am fine with my current reader and as long as it updates me with future reads, that’s all the “fun” I’ll need.

Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com

]]> By: Brian http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480023 Brian Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:43:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480023 The better additions are the ability to mark items "Keep Unread" and, if you have unread items in your feed, not having to scroll-scroll-scroll through all the read ones when you return later to view those items you left unread. The better additions are the ability to mark items “Keep Unread” and, if you have unread items in your feed, not having to scroll-scroll-scroll through all the read ones when you return later to view those items you left unread.

]]> By: john http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480019 john Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:32:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480019 That is really fun, a site without page rank http://www.addprofile.name That is really fun, a site without page rank
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]]> By: Dealyzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480016 Dealyzer Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:30:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480016 What's going to happen to the rest of the RSS readers? Because Google Reader is awesome! What’s going to happen to the rest of the RSS readers? Because Google Reader is awesome!

]]> By: Andy Gongea http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480014 Andy Gongea Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:28:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480014 "but let’s face it — how excited can you really get about putting your feeds in alphabetical order?" - brilliant. This is another Google innovation. ;) “but let’s face it — how excited can you really get about putting your feeds in alphabetical order?” – brilliant.

This is another Google innovation. ;)

]]> By: 黄金矿工 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/24/google-says-its-making-reader-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2480006 黄金矿工 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:22:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22608#comment-2480006 very good. very good.

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