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		<title>5 Google Chrome Extensions For Google Services</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/02/5-google-chrome-extension-for-google-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chrome extensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google docs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google wave]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The extension development for the Google Chrome browser is slowly taking up speed. While there is still no option to use extensions in the latest public release of the Google browser the developers are slowly improving the capabilities of the extensions manager. The latest dev builds of the web browser support extensions right out of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/google-chrome-browser.jpg" alt="google chrome browser" title="google chrome browser" width="128" height="111" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13345" />The extension development for the Google Chrome browser is slowly taking up speed. While there is still no option to use extensions in the latest public release of the <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/24/portable-google-browser-google-chrome/">Google browser</a> the developers are slowly improving the capabilities of the extensions manager. The latest dev builds of the web browser support extensions right out of the box without having to supply startup parameters as it was previously required. It is generally expected that extension development will really take off when the public releases of the browser start supporting extensions.</p>
<p>The chance is however relatively good that some developers have already created extensions for popular web services. This article will look at five Google Chrome extensions for popular Google web services including <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/09/gmail-90-tools-and-tips-to-make-you-a-gmail-pro/">Gmail</a> and Google Reader.</p>
<p><span id="more-18016"></span><strong>Gmail Checker</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/gmail_checker.png" alt="gmail checker" title="gmail checker" width="200" height="150" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18017" /></p>
<p>Gmail Checker is a simple extension that displays a button in the Google Chrome menu bar. This button displays the number of unread email messages in the Gmail account which makes the extension useful as the user will be notified about new Gmail messages without having to visit the Gmail website first. [<a href="http://www.chromeextensions.org/alerts-updates/gmail-checker/">link</a>]</p>
<p><strong>Google Reader Checker</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google_reader_checker.png" alt="google reader checker" title="google reader checker" width="200" height="150" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18018" /></p>
<p>This is from the same developer who developed the Gmail Checker extension for the Chrome web browser. It is therefor not surprising that it works exactly like that extension. It will display a new button in the Chrome menubar that shows the count of the unread news items in Google Reader. [<a href="http://www.chromeextensions.org/alerts-updates/google-reader-checker/">link</a>]</p>
<p><strong>Google Tasks</strong></p>
<p>The Google Tasks add-on integrates Google Tasks into the web browser by allowing the user to access the tasks directly from within the web browser without having to open the Google Tasks website. [<a href="http://www.chromeextensions.org/other/google-tasks/">link</a>]</p>
<p><strong>gPDF</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google_docs_pdf-500x94.png" alt="google docs pdf" title="google docs pdf" width="500" height="94" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18019" /></p>
<p>This extension allows the user to open pdf documents directly in Google Docs. There are two advantages of this method. First, no pdf reader needs to be installed on the computer system to read pdf documents and second, it will reduce the chance that the document exploits security vulnerabilities in the installed desktop pdf reader. [<a href="http://blog.arpitnext.com/gpdf">link</a>]</p>
<p><strong>Google Wave Checker</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google_wave-500x481.png" alt="google wave" title="google wave" width="500" height="481" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18020" /></p>
<p>A basic extension that will display the unread Google Wave messages in the Google Chrome statusbar. [<a href="http://www.jeremyselier.com/fr/entry/chrome-extension-google-wave-checker">link</a>]</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong></p>
<p>Extensions are finally beginning to appear in greater numbers for the Google Chrome web browser but are hardly a match for the incredible amount of extensions for the <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> web browser. It is likely that this is not going to change in the near future. The first step to make extensions more popular to both developers and end users would be to add extension capabilities to the public version of the Google browser.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/chrome-extensions/" title="chrome extensions" rel="tag">chrome extensions</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/gmail/" title="gmail" rel="tag">gmail</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-chrome/" title="google chrome" rel="tag">google chrome</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-docs/" title="google docs" rel="tag">google docs</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-services/" title="google services" rel="tag">google services</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-tasks/" title="google tasks" rel="tag">google tasks</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-wave/" title="google wave" rel="tag">google wave</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/add-google-service-shortcuts-to-firefox/" title="Add Google Service Shortcuts To Firefox (July 20, 2009)">Add Google Service Shortcuts To Firefox</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/02/the-data-liberation-front/" title="The Data Liberation Front (October 2, 2009)">The Data Liberation Front</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/google-redesigned/" title="Google Redesigned (April 29, 2009)">Google Redesigned</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/18/bookmark-syncing-added-to-google-browser-dev-builds/" title="Bookmark Syncing Added To Google Browser Dev Builds (August 18, 2009)">Bookmark Syncing Added To Google Browser Dev Builds</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/05/xoopit-to-become-yahoo-mail-exclusive/" title="Xoopit To Become Yahoo Mail Exclusive (October 5, 2009)">Xoopit To Become Yahoo Mail Exclusive</a> (5)</li>
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		<title>FeedDemon 3 Released</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/24/feeddemon-3-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/24/feeddemon-3-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeddemon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeddemon 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss aggregator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After what felt like months of beta updates FeedDemon 3 has been released by its developers. The popular RSS feed aggregator brings several new and exciting features to the table that might justify the title of best desktop RSS feed reader for the Windows operating system. FeedDemon has changed a core aspect of the feed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After what felt like months of beta updates FeedDemon 3 has been released by its developers. The popular RSS feed aggregator brings several new and exciting features to the table that might justify the title of best desktop RSS feed reader for the Windows operating system. FeedDemon has changed a core aspect of the feed reader by switching to Google Reader sync from their inhouse synchronization solution. That combines the most popular online feed reader with the desktop feed reader giving users the best of both the online and offline feed reading world.</p>
<p>Other additions and new features of FeedDemon 3 include a redesigned user interface, enhanced Twitter feed reading and replying, automatic hyperlinking, article sharing, performance improvements and tagging. The changelog lists dozens, if not hundreds of additional changes and additions to the RSS feed reader.</p>
<p><span id="more-16619"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/feeddemon3-500x257.jpg" alt="feed demon 3" title="feed demon 3" width="500" height="257" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16620" /></p>
<p>The interface of FeedDemon is divided into several levels. You got the header area with tools and options, the left sidebar with subscriptions, tags, watches and clippings, the main area that displays popular items on the start page, feed titles, excerpts or full articles once a feed or category has been selected.</p>
<p>Feed Demon can import feeds from various sources. It can import from an opml file or from external sources like Google Reader, Bloglines, RSS Bandit or Windows Common Feed List directly.</p>
<p>Windows users who are looking for an RSS feed reader for their operating system should definitely give FeedDemon 3 a try. The <a href="http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx">download</a> is provided at the developer&#8217;s website. It is compatible with Windows XP or later.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feeddemon/" title="feeddemon" rel="tag">feeddemon</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feeddemon-3/" title="feeddemon 3" rel="tag">feeddemon 3</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-aggregator/" title="rss aggregator" rel="tag">rss aggregator</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feed/" title="rss feed" rel="tag">rss feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/feeddemon-rss-news-reader/" title="FeedDemon RSS News Reader (December 13, 2008)">FeedDemon RSS News Reader</a> (12)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/28/rss-bandit-is-a-fail/" title="RSS Bandit is a Fail. (June 28, 2008)">RSS Bandit is a Fail.</a> (10)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/15/personalized-desktop-news-feeds/" title="Personalized Desktop News Feeds (January 15, 2008)">Personalized Desktop News Feeds</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/desktop-rss-reader-rss-xpress/" title="Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress (July 21, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress</a> (6)</li>
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		<title>How to Make Google Reader a Bookmarking and Sharing Powerhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/16/how-to-make-google-reader-a-bookmarking-and-sharing-powerhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/16/how-to-make-google-reader-a-bookmarking-and-sharing-powerhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pierce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookmarking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google Reader is the website I open more than any other. Except maybe Gmail, but that’s always open. Totally doesn’t count. Point is, I use Google Reader a lot. I use it to follow blogs and websites, to keep track of all my favorite people, and much, much more.
Reader’s the center of all my information [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://google.com/reader"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-15424" src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/GoogleReader21.png" alt="GoogleReader2" width="227" height="196" />Google Reader</a> is the website I open more than any other. Except maybe <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/09/gmail-90-tools-and-tips-to-make-you-a-gmail-pro/">Gmail</a>, but that’s always open. Totally doesn’t count. Point is, I use Google Reader a lot. I use it to follow blogs and websites, to keep track of all my favorite people, and much, much more.</p>
<p>Reader’s the center of all my information consumption, but previously wasn’t so good at letting you share that information. If you wanted to bookmark something, or share a cool article with a friend, your options were limited. You’d either star an item, and then come back to it later, or you’d share it – but then only other Google Reader users could see it, and then that was only if you were friends on Google Reader. Which I have, like, three of.</p>
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<p>But Google, always in sync with my needs (we have a wonderful and functional relationship, Google and I), has just released a “Send To” feature for Reader. Send To lets you share an article via Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, (though those are sort of the same now, huh?) Digg, Posterous, and many more.</p>
<p>To set this up, open Reader. At the top right of the page, click “Settings.” You’ll then see a tab in Settings called “Send To.” Click it. Then, select the service or services you want to add to your Send To… menu in Reader.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15425" src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/settings.png" alt="settings" width="557" height="421" /></p>
<p>The list is long, but you’re not limited to it. With a bit of know-how, you can create a custom link that’ll let you send the Reader item to any service or website you can dream up – the link to do that is at the bottom of the “Send To” Settings page.</p>
<p>People are already starting to cook these up. There’s a way to <a href="http://blog.evernote.com/2009/08/14/send-blog-posts-from-google-reader-to-evernote/">send from Google Reader to Evernote</a>; a way to <a href="http://jordanrunning.com/2009/08/instapaper-send-to-button-for-google-reader/">send to Instapaper</a>; a way to send to ShareThis (which has every social network you can imagine), and many, many more. A little Googling, and I’m betting you can add anything you can think of.</p>
<p>Once you’re all set up, sending items can be done in two ways. You can either go to the end of an item, and click the “Send To” button, which brings up a dropdown menu of all your options; <em>or</em>, hit Shift-T to open the same menu for the current item. I use the keyboard shortcut all the time (I heart keyboard shortcuts), and it’s definitely the fastest solution.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15426" src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Picture-1.png" alt="Picture 1" width="336" height="173" />Whether you use Delicious, Twitter, Tumblr, Plurk, or just about anything else, you can now send directly to it from Google Reader – skipping at least one step, and a whole bunch of hassle.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s your bookmarking and sharing method of choice?</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bookmarking/" title="bookmarking" rel="tag">bookmarking</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feeds/" title="feeds" rel="tag">feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/sharing/" title="sharing" rel="tag">sharing</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/social/" title="social" rel="tag">social</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/11/google-reader-automatically-translates-feeds/" title="Google Reader Automatically Translates Feeds (November 11, 2008)">Google Reader Automatically Translates Feeds</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/26/worio-combines-bookmarking-and-web-search/" title="Worio Combines Bookmarking And Web Search (April 26, 2009)">Worio Combines Bookmarking And Web Search</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/14/sort-subscriptions-alphabetically-in-google-reader/" title="Sort Subscriptions Alphabetically in Google Reader (August 14, 2008)">Sort Subscriptions Alphabetically in Google Reader</a> (18)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
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		<title>Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/desktop-rss-reader-rss-xpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[desktop rss reader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows users always have a lot of choice when choosing applications and software programs for certain tasks. This is especially true for popular subjects like reading RSS news. A selection of fine online and offline computer programs are available that can be used to view RSS feeds. Some of the most popular include Google Reader, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft_windows.jpg" alt="microsoft windows" title="microsoft windows" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11907" />Windows users always have a lot of choice when choosing applications and software programs for certain tasks. This is especially true for popular subjects like reading RSS news. A selection of fine online and offline computer programs are available that can be used to view RSS feeds. Some of the most popular include Google Reader, a web browser like <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> that is capable of displaying RSS feeds or desktop rss readers like FeedDemon.</p>
<p>RSS Xpress is another desktop rss reader that does not come with the functionality of the latest version of FeedDemon but provides users with an optimized interface that looks like those of desktop email clients. Users can import their feed lists from other applications right into the RSS reader which is available as a portable version as well.</p>
<p><span id="more-14582"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/desktop_rss_reader-500x285.jpg" alt="desktop rss reader" title="desktop rss reader" width="500" height="285" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14583" /></p>
<p>The feeds are displayed in the left sidebar of the application. They can be grouped in folders or listed as single feeds. The top pane of the main window contains the feed titles and other information while the lower pane displays the feed message. Some feeds are not displayed fully which is rather strange considering that they are displayed with their full text in other feed readers. It comes with filtering and notification options but stays pretty basic otherwise.</p>
<p>The main benefits of <a href="http://www.rssxpress.net/en/">RSS Xpress</a> are that it is available as a portable software program and that it is easy to use without all the advanced features offered by other feed readers. It does however require the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0 which is included in Windows Vista and later and should be installed on most Windows XP systems as well. Users who like advanced features might want to take a look at the latest <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/">FeedDemon beta</a> version or <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/">Google Reader</a>.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/desktop-rss-reader/" title="desktop rss reader" rel="tag">desktop rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feeddemon/" title="feeddemon" rel="tag">feeddemon</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feeds/" title="rss feeds" rel="tag">rss feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feeds-reader/" title="rss feeds reader" rel="tag">rss feeds reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news/" title="rss news" rel="tag">rss news</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-reader/" title="rss reader" rel="tag">rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-xpress/" title="rss xpress" rel="tag">rss xpress</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/23/desktop-rss-reader-greatnews/" title="Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews (February 23, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews</a> (9)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/10/feeddemon-netnewswire-and-newsgatorgo-now-free/" title="FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGatorGo now free (January 10, 2008)">FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGatorGo now free</a> (1)</li>
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		<title>gReactions Adds Comments To Google Reader</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/03/greactions-adds-comments-to-google-reader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/03/greactions-adds-comments-to-google-reader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox-add on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox-extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Ghacks readers use Google Reader as their main RSS feed reader. It offers an impressive list of features and options and is generally considered to be one of the best RSS feed readers available. One prime advantage over desktop clients is that the update process does not use resources of the local computer system. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/google_reader.jpg" alt="google reader" title="google reader" width="150" height="36" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13259" />Many Ghacks readers use Google Reader as their main RSS feed reader. It offers an impressive list of features and options and is generally considered to be one of the best RSS feed readers available. One prime advantage over desktop clients is that the update process does not use resources of the local computer system. The <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> add-on gReactions adds another interesting feature to Google Reader which should be interesting for a lot of Google Reader users who browse the web with the Firefox web browser.</p>
<p>The Firefox extension adds a new link to the article view toolbar. The new entry is called Show Comments and available on the right end of the toolbar. A click on the link will automatically fetch all comments from the website and Twitter and display the entries below the actual news article.</p>
<p><span id="more-13261"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/google-500x245.jpg" alt="google" title="google" width="500" height="245" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13260" /></p>
<p>This is an interesting option for users who do not want to open articles in a new tab. Comments are usually the only element that are not displayed for full feeds. It might be less useful if a partial feed is provided by the website in question.</p>
<p>The Firefox add-on <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12242">gReactions</a> is available for all Firefox releases except the 3.5x release branch. It is however possible to force compatible with an add-on like the Nightly Tester Tools.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/" title="firefox" rel="tag">firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-google-reader/" title="firefox google reader" rel="tag">firefox google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-add-on/" title="firefox-add on" rel="tag">firefox-add on</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-extension/" title="firefox-extension" rel="tag">firefox-extension</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/greactions/" title="greactions" rel="tag">greactions</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/web-browser/" title="web browser" rel="tag">web browser</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/google-redesigned/" title="Google Redesigned (April 29, 2009)">Google Redesigned</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/youtube-it-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube It Firefox Add-on (April 29, 2009)">Youtube It Firefox Add-on</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/11/youtube-comment-cloud-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On (April 11, 2009)">Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/10/web-development-widerbug-for-firefox/" title="Web Development: Widerbug For Firefox (April 10, 2009)">Web Development: Widerbug For Firefox</a> (8)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/17/web-browser-firefox-cache-search/" title="Web Browser: Firefox Cache Search (March 17, 2009)">Web Browser: Firefox Cache Search</a> (2)</li>
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		<title>Google Redesigned</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/google-redesigned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/google-redesigned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox-add on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox-extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google redesigned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web browser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Google Redesigned project started as a simple CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file that changed the layout and design of several popular Google services including Gmail, Google Reader and Google Calendar. It has since then be turned into an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser which made installation and usage easier for many users. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/google.jpg" alt="google" title="google" width="128" height="47" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11960" />The Google Redesigned project started as a simple CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file that changed the layout and design of several popular Google services including <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/09/gmail-90-tools-and-tips-to-make-you-a-gmail-pro/">Gmail</a>, Google Reader and Google Calendar. It has since then be turned into an add-on for the <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</a> web browser which made installation and usage easier for many users. The installation is actually the only manual process that is required of the user. Everything else is automatically handled after the first restart of the Internet browser.</p>
<p><span id="more-12454"></span><a href="http://www.globexdesigns.com/gr/">Google Redesigned</a> (via <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5231383/gmail-redesigned-30-focuses-on-speed-and-message-space">Lifehacker</a>) changes the style and layout of Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Reader. It places an icon in the status bar of the web browser that can be right-clicked to deactivate the extension for each service individually but also to view the source code which leads to the latest CSS file located on the servers of the developers. This is probably only interesting for a handful of users though. The Google websites that are supported will look completely different beginning with the login screen.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gmail.jpg" alt="gmail" title="gmail" width="487" height="386" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12452" /></p>
<p>But also the main pages of the services have been redesigned.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/google_reader-500x293.jpg" alt="google reader" title="google reader" width="500" height="293" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12453" /></p>
<p>The functionality of the Google services is not changed in any way. Some element dimensions have been changed to provide a better experience to the user but if it was there before it will be there after the installation as well.</p>
<p>Google Redesigned is a work in progress. It will appeal to users who do not like the default design of Gmail, Google Reader or Google Calendar. Users should not notice any page loading time differences.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/" title="firefox" rel="tag">firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-add-on/" title="firefox-add on" rel="tag">firefox-add on</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-extension/" title="firefox-extension" rel="tag">firefox-extension</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/gmail/" title="gmail" rel="tag">gmail</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-calendar/" title="google calendar" rel="tag">google calendar</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-redesigned/" title="google redesigned" rel="tag">google redesigned</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/web-browser/" title="web browser" rel="tag">web browser</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/03/greactions-adds-comments-to-google-reader/" title="gReactions Adds Comments To Google Reader (June 3, 2009)">gReactions Adds Comments To Google Reader</a> (5)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/28/access-google-calendar-without-leaving-the-page/" title="Access Google Calendar Without Leaving The Page (October 28, 2008)">Access Google Calendar Without Leaving The Page</a> (13)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/youtube-it-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube It Firefox Add-on (April 29, 2009)">Youtube It Firefox Add-on</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/11/youtube-comment-cloud-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On (April 11, 2009)">Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/10/web-development-widerbug-for-firefox/" title="Web Development: Widerbug For Firefox (April 10, 2009)">Web Development: Widerbug For Firefox</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beta software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed-reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeddemon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss news feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a seemingly endless odyssey of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader tests which led from web browser based readers like those in Mozilla Firefox or Opera to website based RSS readers like Google Reader to desktop RSS readers I finally ended up with FeedDemon. FeedDemon offered a wealth of features but more importantly the speed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a seemingly endless odyssey of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader tests which led from web browser based readers like those in <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</a> or <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/category/browsing/opera/">Opera</a> to website based RSS readers like Google Reader to desktop RSS readers I finally ended up with FeedDemon. FeedDemon offered a wealth of features but more importantly the speed and performance that I was looking for. The team developing FeedDemon has released a first beta version (to be precise build 3.0.0.7) of the upcoming FeedDemon 3 RSS reader as a public download on their website.</p>
<p>FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 comes with several interesting new features and also one drawback which will be addressed later on. The short setup wizard will be started even if an older FeedDemon version is installed on the computer system. This might confuse users as it could seem that all feeds that have been added to that version have been lost during the upgrade. This is however not the case. The old feeds will be integrated into the new version. This takes some time as the feed items are imported and the databases checked.</p>
<p>The first thing that springs to mind is the new interface that looks friendly to the eye. The RSS feeds are still listed in the left sidebar and the contents in the main right window. A new addition is a small advertising window at the bottom left of the screen. That&#8217;s the drawback that I mentioned earlier on in the article. The advertisement is not really that obtrusive but could irritate or annoy some of the users.</p>
<p><span id="more-11555"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rss_reader-500x330.jpg" alt="rss reader" title="rss reader" width="500" height="330" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11554" /></p>
<p>A lot of new features have been added to this version of FeedDemon including tagging support for items which can be synchronized with Newsgator and displayed in various ways including a tag cloud at the Subscriptions Homepage. Multiple new features have been added for Twitter users like subscribing to Twitter feeds with avatar images, Twitter timelines, balloon popups for short urls that display the redirected page, replying to Twitter posts directly, automatic hyperlinking of information in Twitter feeds, the ability to send links to Twitter and even a Twitter search engine.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a lot of additions for Twitter users but that&#8217;s only a tiny fraction of all the new features of FeedDemon. Users can now import Google Reader subscriptions directly but still no Google Reader synchronization. This feature is planned and it might be released in upcoming versions of FeedDemon 3.</p>
<p>Performance has been improved quite a bit especially when searching subscriptions or browsing popular topics. There are two interesting &#8211; and new &#8211; export options available. The first will export feeds in newspaper format into an external html document. Excellent for sending someone else a compilation of interesting feeds in that format. The second is to export the top feeds only.</p>
<p>Interested users can take a look at the full changelog of FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 <a href="http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/beta/">here</a>. This is also the location from where the RSS reader can be downloaded to the local computer system.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/beta-software/" title="beta software" rel="tag">beta software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feed-reader/" title="feed-reader" rel="tag">feed-reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feeddemon/" title="feeddemon" rel="tag">feeddemon</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news-feed/" title="news feed" rel="tag">news feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feed/" title="rss news feed" rel="tag">rss news feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-reader/" title="rss reader" rel="tag">rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/feeddemon-rss-news-reader/" title="FeedDemon RSS News Reader (December 13, 2008)">FeedDemon RSS News Reader</a> (12)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/24/feeddemon-3-released/" title="FeedDemon 3 Released (September 24, 2009)">FeedDemon 3 Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/desktop-rss-reader-rss-xpress/" title="Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress (July 21, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/25/desktop-rss-reader-newzie/" title="Desktop RSS Reader Newzie (November 25, 2008)">Desktop RSS Reader Newzie</a> (17)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/23/desktop-rss-reader-greatnews/" title="Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews (February 23, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews</a> (9)</li>
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		<title>Follow Social Media Conversations With Spy</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/26/follow-social-media-conversations-with-spy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/26/follow-social-media-conversations-with-spy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendfeed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendfeed search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yahoo news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spy is a search engine for &#8211; as they call it &#8211; social media conversations. It is powered by Google&#8217;s App Engine and indexes the services Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, Yahoo News, Google Reader, Blogs and Blog comments. Just enter any keyword or phrase in the search box and select the amount of results that should [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://spy.appspot.com/">Spy</a> is a search engine for &#8211; as they call it &#8211; social media conversations. It is powered by Google&#8217;s App Engine and indexes the services Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, Yahoo News, Google Reader, Blogs and Blog comments. Just enter any keyword or phrase in the search box and select the amount of results that should be displayed.</p>
<p>The service displays keyword trends and examples like iPhone, Obama or Superbowl that can be clicked on to perform the search as well. Spy will search its index for occurrences of the entered or clicked on keyword. It uses Ajax to update the search screen automatically. Search results are ordered by relevance.</p>
<p>The service makes use of two display modes. Poster mode makes use of speech bubbles displaying user avatars and the messages.</p>
<p><span id="more-10156"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/spy-500x352.jpg" alt="spy" title="spy" width="500" height="352" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10157" /></p>
<p>While Spy is not the most thorough search engine out there it can be used for several purposes. It can be used to read reactions on blog posts or follow conversations about recent events.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/flickr/" title="flickr" rel="tag">flickr</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/friendfeed/" title="friendfeed" rel="tag">friendfeed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/friendfeed-search/" title="friendfeed search" rel="tag">friendfeed search</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/search-engine/" title="search engine" rel="tag">search engine</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/social-media-conversation/" title="social media conversation" rel="tag">social media conversation</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/spy/" title="spy" rel="tag">spy</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/twitter/" title="twitter" rel="tag">twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/twitter-search/" title="twitter search" rel="tag">twitter search</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/yahoo-news/" title="yahoo news" rel="tag">yahoo news</a><br />

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	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/20/identify-provides-profiles-across-social-networking-sites/" title="Identify Analyses Profiles Across Social Networking Sites (April 20, 2009)">Identify Analyses Profiles Across Social Networking Sites</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/25/alert-thingy-twitter-flickr-and-friendfeed-in-one-desktop-app/" title="Alert Thingy Twitter, Flickr and Friendfeed in one Desktop App (April 25, 2008)">Alert Thingy Twitter, Flickr and Friendfeed in one Desktop App</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/26/webmasters-search-for-links-posted-on-twitter/" title="Webmasters: Search For Links Posted On Twitter (July 26, 2009)">Webmasters: Search For Links Posted On Twitter</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/04/twitter-real-time-search/" title="Twitter Real Time Search (February 4, 2008)">Twitter Real Time Search</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/06/snapfoo-mobile-photo-blogging/" title="Snapfoo Mobile Photo Blogging (January 6, 2008)">Snapfoo Mobile Photo Blogging</a> (6)</li>
</ul>

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		<title>Google Reader Essentials Userscript</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/27/google-reader-essentials-userscript/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/27/google-reader-essentials-userscript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed-reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greasemonkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss news reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss reader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helvetireader is a minimal Google Reader interface theme supplied as a userscript that turns Google Reader into an optimized feed reader that is displaying only the essentials. It was especially designed to view feeds in the expanded view using keyboard shortcuts.
A userscript compatible browser is needed for the new interface theme to work. Long time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.helvetireader.com/">Helvetireader</a> is a minimal Google Reader interface theme supplied as a userscript that turns Google Reader into an optimized feed reader that is displaying only the essentials. It was especially designed to view feeds in the expanded view using keyboard shortcuts.</p>
<p>A userscript compatible browser is needed for the new interface theme to work. Long time users of Google Reader will need a few minutes before they grow accustomed to the changes. Many would call them drastic and some might say that it is to minimalistic.</p>
<p>At its ore lies a CSS file that can be used to customize the display further to suit individual needs. The main advantage of this userscript is that it puts the focus on the feed items by removing unnecessary buttons and items in Google Reader.</p>
<p><span id="more-8458"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/google_reader_userscript-500x436.jpg" alt="google reader userscript" title="google reader userscript" width="500" height="436" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8572" /></p>
<p>Helvetireader is a project in development. Interested users can follow the development process on the project&#8217;s homepage or on Twitter.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feed-reader/" title="feed-reader" rel="tag">feed-reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/greasemonkey/" title="greasemonkey" rel="tag">greasemonkey</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news/" title="news" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news/" title="rss news" rel="tag">rss news</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-reader/" title="rss news reader" rel="tag">rss news reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-reader/" title="rss reader" rel="tag">rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/userscript/" title="userscript" rel="tag">userscript</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/desktop-rss-reader-rss-xpress/" title="Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress (July 21, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader RSS Xpress</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/25/desktop-rss-reader-newzie/" title="Desktop RSS Reader Newzie (November 25, 2008)">Desktop RSS Reader Newzie</a> (17)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/15/use-autologin-in-firefox/" title="Use Autologin in Firefox (October 15, 2007)">Use Autologin in Firefox</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/17/two-firefox-add-ons-that-help-you-extend-the-web-browser/" title="Two Firefox Add-Ons That Help You Extend The Web Browser (May 17, 2009)">Two Firefox Add-Ons That Help You Extend The Web Browser</a> (0)</li>
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		<title>Desktop RSS Reader Newzie</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/25/desktop-rss-reader-newzie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switching from Google Reader to another RSS reader was no easy task. Google Reader provides a very good feed reading experience that is hard to top. The major problem I was facing with Google Reader was not really related to that RSS reader alone but more to the way the account data was handled by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Switching from Google Reader to another RSS reader was no easy task. Google Reader provides a very good feed reading experience that is hard to top. The major problem I was facing with Google Reader was not really related to that RSS reader alone but more to the way the account data was handled by Google. </p>
<p>I usually fired up Google Reader and kept it open all the time to read new RSS feeds. The problem with that approach was that this meant that I was always logged into my Google account. The Google account was used for other Google services as well. Having read about <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/09/gmail-90-tools-and-tips-to-make-you-a-gmail-pro/">Gmail</a> and Google vulnerabilities before I decided that it would be best to move from Google Reader to another client to prevent that the account data would fall into the wrong hands. Yes, the likelihood was not very high but the chance existed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newzie.com/">Newzie</a> was one of the first RSS readers that I evaluated and I immediately liked it. It was easy to import the opml file from Google Reader into Newzie so that all of the subscribed feeds would be available in the new RSS reader as well.</p>
<p><span id="more-8527"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/rss_reader-500x309.jpg" alt="rss reader" title="rss reader" width="500" height="309" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8528" /></p>
<p>The default display mode of this RSS reader is to sort feeds by the time they were last updated with the most recently updated feeds at the top of the list. This view can be changed to a folder mode that simply lists all feeds alphabetically in their folders. The order of the feeds can be changed and the visibility of the complete menu can be toggled to increase screen size for the actual news items.</p>
<p>The RSS feeds are displayed in their own browser-like interface. A click on a title or link will load that link in a new tab in the Newzie interface. This is actually one of my complaints that I have with the RSS reader. I would have preferred that links would open in the default browser instead but I guess many users will think that reading them right in the RSS reader might be the more comfortable way. There is actually an option to load the link externally but it is hidden in a submenu.</p>
<p>The main interface provides access to three view modes:</p>
<ul>
<ol>Report View: Will only display new feed items filling out the complete interface</ol>
<ol>List View: Will divide the main interface into an upper panel that is displaying the RSS items and a lower panel that is displaying the contents of the active item.</ol>
<ol>List View 2: Like the first Live View only that the contents are divided vertically and that the RSS items are sorted by date</ol>
</ul>
<p>All posts can be marked read, deleted, flagged or copied / moved. </p>
<p>One interesting feature of Newzie is the ability to look at the news items of a particular feed by hovering the mouse over the feed. This makes it possible to quickly look at new items that have been posted without having to actually load the feed.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/newzie2.jpg" alt="newzie" title="newzie" width="399" height="200" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8529" /></p>
<p>New items can be filtered right from the main interface using so called on-the-fly filtering. Commands like title=name would list all posts with name being part of their titles. Other filters make it possible to view only posts that have been updated before, at or after a certain period in time, posts that have been posted in a specific folder or posts that have a certain priority associated with them.</p>
<p>There is also a second interesting option which makes it possible to create so called virtual channels which apply word filters to RSS feeds. It would be possible to create a virtual channel that would contain all posts that would contain &#8220;portable software&#8221; in the body. It is currently only possible to apply those filters to the title, body or all of the news item. These filters can be combined by using AND or OR relations. It would be nice to see support for other information like author or tags added to the filter in the future.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/monitor_website.jpg" alt="monitor website" title="monitor website" width="500" height="425" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8530" /></p>
<p>Newzie offers another interesting related feature. It can monitor websites even if they do not offer an RSS feed. It can monitor any website for any kind of changes or specific changes. Specific changes can be words, text segments, links or images. Those monitored websites would then be added to the same menu containing the RSS feeds. </p>
<p>Other features Newzie is offering:</p>
<ul>
<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Newsticker</li>
<li>Monitoring IE favorites</li>
<li>Feed priorities</li>
</ul>
<p>A few more options to customize the RSS reader would be helpful. This would include the option to load links in the default web browser by default, an option to always display only the titles of the items in the overview and the ability to filter additional variables like author or tags.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/desktop-rss-reader/" title="desktop rss reader" rel="tag">desktop rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news/" title="news" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/newzie/" title="newzie" rel="tag">newzie</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feed/" title="rss feed" rel="tag">rss feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feed/" title="rss news feed" rel="tag">rss news feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-reader/" title="rss reader" rel="tag">rss reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-software/" title="rss software" rel="tag">rss software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/13/feeddemon-rss-news-reader/" title="FeedDemon RSS News Reader (December 13, 2008)">FeedDemon RSS News Reader</a> (12)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/23/desktop-rss-reader-greatnews/" title="Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews (February 23, 2009)">Desktop RSS Reader GreatNews</a> (9)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/15/personalized-desktop-news-feeds/" title="Personalized Desktop News Feeds (January 15, 2008)">Personalized Desktop News Feeds</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/28/monitor-folders-by-rss/" title="Monitor Folders By RSS (January 28, 2009)">Monitor Folders By RSS</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>Google Reader Automatically Translates Feeds</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/11/google-reader-automatically-translates-feeds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/11/google-reader-automatically-translates-feeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automatic RSS news feed translation is a feature that might come in handy for numerous users of Google Reader. It is not uncommon to stumble upon a really great website in another language that you might understand a bit or even not all at all. It is still possible to understand what is being said [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Automatic RSS news feed translation is a feature that might come in handy for numerous users of Google Reader. It is not uncommon to stumble upon a really great website in another language that you might understand a bit or even not all at all. It is still possible to understand what is being said by using a translation service like Google Translate or using a direct approach and use menus, images or links to understand what it is all about.</p>
<p>But when it comes to feeds no such thing existed. You could visit the website whenever a new feed would be published, copy the url and paste it into some translation service but that was not very practicable especially for large websites with lots of news updates.</p>
<p>The Google Reader <a href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-your-web-truly-world-wide.html">team</a> implemented Google Translate into Google Reader which is now available for anyone to use. That should get rid of most of the hassle. It&#8217;s actually pretty easy and straightforward to use. Lets take the <a href="http://www.genbeta.com/">Genbeta</a> feed for instance. Genbeta is a Spanish news site that covers Internet news. They sometimes have great news stories which anyone who does not speak Spanish or a related language does not understand. So it was all about the links and titles that they posted until now.</p>
<p><span id="more-8205"></span>Now it is possible to select automatic translation of the website&#8217;s contents into the user&#8217;s language. All that needs to be done for this to happen is to click on the Feed Settings button in the upper right corner of the Google Reader screen and to check the Translate Into My Language entry.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/google_reader_translate.jpg" alt="" title="google reader translate" width="350" height="158" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8206" /></p>
<p>The RSS news feed will be automatically reloaded and translated into the default language of the user if that is possible. Google Translate does not support all language translations which might mean that you could be stuck with translating a feed into English instead of your own language.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news/" title="news" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news-feeds/" title="news feeds" rel="tag">news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feeds/" title="rss news feeds" rel="tag">rss news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/translate-feed/" title="translate feed" rel="tag">translate feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/translate-rss/" title="translate rss" rel="tag">translate rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/websites/" title="websites" rel="tag">websites</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/how-to-sort-feeds-in-google-reader-alphabetically-again/" title="How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again (September 20, 2008)">How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/24/google-reader-now-offering-option-to-sort-alphabetically/" title="Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically (September 24, 2008)">Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/26/publish-rss-news-feeds-on-twitter/" title="Publish RSS News Feeds On Twitter (October 26, 2008)">Publish RSS News Feeds On Twitter</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/16/how-to-make-google-reader-a-bookmarking-and-sharing-powerhouse/" title="How to Make Google Reader a Bookmarking and Sharing Powerhouse (August 16, 2009)">How to Make Google Reader a Bookmarking and Sharing Powerhouse</a> (7)</li>
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		<title>Check For Dead RSS News Feeds</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/11/check-for-dead-rss-news-feeds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/11/check-for-dead-rss-news-feeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many tech savvy Internet users love RSS news feeds to keep up to date with the latest articles and news of their favorite websites. Unlike bookmarks however RSS news feeds cannot be checked for dead sites that do not get updated.
Rarst posted a process on his own website that makes it possible to check all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many tech savvy Internet users love RSS news feeds to keep up to date with the latest articles and news of their favorite websites. Unlike bookmarks however RSS news feeds cannot be checked for dead sites that do not get updated.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rarst.net/web/dead-rss-links-opml/">Rarst</a> posted a process on his own website that makes it possible to check all feeds for dead links. The process can be broken down to exporting all feeds in an opml file, extracting the links into a new text file and checking the links with a link checker.</p>
<p>Some feed readers might provide an easier way of discovering dead blogs either because the owner abandoned it or deleted the website completely. Google Reader for one is offering a feature called Subscription trends which show inactive feeds. Users have to click on the Trends link in the top left menu and choose the inactive tab under Subscription trends to get there.</p>
<p><span id="more-7136"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/subscripton_trends-500x165.jpg" alt="subscripton trends" title="subscripton trends" width="500" height="165" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7569" /></p>
<p>The user can display the top 10, top 20 or top 40 inactive blogs. The name of the blog and the data of the last update is shown in the menu afterwards. It is then easy to unsubscribe to blogs that have not been updated by clicking on the trashcan icon.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/dead-rss-news-feeds/" title="dead rss news feeds" rel="tag">dead rss news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/dead-links/" title="dead-links" rel="tag">dead-links</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/inactive-feeds/" title="inactive feeds" rel="tag">inactive feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/inactive-news-feeds/" title="inactive news feeds" rel="tag">inactive news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feeds/" title="rss news feeds" rel="tag">rss news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-reader/" title="rss news reader" rel="tag">rss news reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/webmaster/" title="webmaster" rel="tag">webmaster</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/websites/" title="websites" rel="tag">websites</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/11/google-reader-automatically-translates-feeds/" title="Google Reader Automatically Translates Feeds (November 11, 2008)">Google Reader Automatically Translates Feeds</a> (2)</li>
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		<title>Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/24/google-reader-now-offering-option-to-sort-alphabetically/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/24/google-reader-now-offering-option-to-sort-alphabetically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just four days ago a post entitled How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again was published on Ghacks that helped users of Google Reader to sort their feeds listing alphabetically again. The default sorting is alphabetically which becomes void when the user begins to drag and drop feeds around in Google Reader. Four [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just four days ago a post entitled How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again was published on Ghacks that helped users of Google Reader to sort their feeds listing alphabetically again. The default sorting is alphabetically which becomes void when the user begins to drag and drop feeds around in Google Reader. Four days ago there was not a way to enable the option to sort feeds alphabetically again.</p>
<p>The only way to enable alphabetically sorting again was to create new folders and add the feeds to them. New folders sort the items alphabetically by default.</p>
<p>A comment by Fernando mentioned that Google added a new Options links beneath the feed list next to Manage Subscriptions in Google Reader that makes it possible to select the default method of sorting the feeds. The option can be set to &#8220;alphabetical&#8221; or &#8220;my order&#8221;. Selecting alphabetical will sort all feeds alphabetical again. One interesting aspect of the choice is that users who choose alphabetical will not be able to move feeds around in the same folder in Google Reader. It is still possible to move them to another folder though. </p>
<p><span id="more-7204"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/google_reader_sort.jpg" alt="google reader sort" title="google reader sort" width="269" height="112" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7205" /></p>
<p>If alphabetical has been selected as the default sorting option then the feed items will stay alphabetical in their folder and new items will automatically assume the correct alphabetical position in the folder that they are moved into.</p>
<p>This finally gives everyone who was frantically looking for a way to enable alphabetical sorting in Google Reader a way to enable it again.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feed-reader/" title="feed-reader" rel="tag">feed-reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news-feeds/" title="news feeds" rel="tag">news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feeds/" title="rss feeds" rel="tag">rss feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feeds/" title="rss news feeds" rel="tag">rss news feeds</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/14/sort-subscriptions-alphabetically-in-google-reader/" title="Sort Subscriptions Alphabetically in Google Reader (August 14, 2008)">Sort Subscriptions Alphabetically in Google Reader</a> (18)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/how-to-sort-feeds-in-google-reader-alphabetically-again/" title="How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again (September 20, 2008)">How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/26/microsoft-outlook-rss-add-in/" title="Microsoft Outlook RSS Add-In (December 26, 2008)">Microsoft Outlook RSS Add-In</a> (5)</li>
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		<title>How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/how-to-sort-feeds-in-google-reader-alphabetically-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/how-to-sort-feeds-in-google-reader-alphabetically-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Reader sorts the feeds alphabetically which is probably the natural way of sorting news feeds. Once the user begins to move feeds around by dragging and dropping them to another location the sorting turns from alphabetical to one that does not sort the feeds at all but adds new feeds at the bottom of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google Reader sorts the feeds alphabetically which is probably the natural way of sorting news feeds. Once the user begins to move feeds around by dragging and dropping them to another location the sorting turns from alphabetical to one that does not sort the feeds at all but adds new feeds at the bottom of the list.</p>
<p>Users should not confuse that behavior with the temporary addition of new feeds to the bottom of the folder they have been put into. Once a user logs out and in again the feeds are sorted alphabetically again. </p>
<p>Google Reader offers no &#8220;sort&#8221; button that would make it possible to sort the feeds alphabetically again if the user started dragging and dropping around feeds previously. If you are one of those desperate users who want their feeds to be sorted alphabetically again read on.</p>
<p><span id="more-7124"></span>The sorting setting in Google Reader is folder based. This means that creating a new folder and moving the RSS news feeds to that new folder will do the trick. It still requires some manual work on behalf of the user but it is actually the only way enable to sort the feeds alphabetically again.</p>
<p>Now here is what you do. The left pane shows a Manage Subscriptions. A click on that loads all the RSS News Feeds that the user has added to Google Reader.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/manage_subscriptions.jpg" alt="manage subscriptions" title="manage subscriptions" width="268" height="102" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7125" /></p>
<p>New folders can be created by clicking on the Change Folders pulldown menu and selecting the New Folder option.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/google_reader_new_folder.jpg" alt="google reader new folder" title="google reader new folder" width="230" height="233" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7126" /></p>
<p>And enter a name for the new folder.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/google_reader_new_folder2.jpg" alt="google reader new folder" title="google reader new folder" width="323" height="136" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7127" /></p>
<p>The next step depends on the following. If you have been using folders before you can filter by those folders at the top right corner so that only the items of one folder are showing up.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/google_reader_filter.jpg" alt="google reader filter" title="google reader filter" width="178" height="61" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7128" /></p>
<p>That ensures that all rss news feeds that have been in a folder are displayed on screen and that they can be moved to the new folder without the other feeds interfering in the display.</p>
<p>A click on Change Folders next to each feed that is displayed makes it possible to select the newly created folder. Once all feeds that belong to a folder have been moved into the new one the old one can be removed the same way. Going back to the main page of Google Reader will show the feeds sorted alphabetically. </p>
<p>It sometimes is required to logout and login before they show up sorted but it is definitely working that way. If a user has not been using folders before he has to start using at least one folder for all the RSS news feeds so that they show up sorted again.</p>
<p>It is also important to note that feeds should not be dragged and dropped into folders anymore. The proper way of moving them to another folder is to use the Change Folder menu which appears in Manage Subscriptions and when clicking on the RSS News Feed itself in the main interface.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google/" title="Google" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader-sort/" title="google reader sort" rel="tag">google reader sort</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader-tips/" title="google reader tips" rel="tag">google reader tips</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/knowledge/" title="Knowledge" rel="tag">Knowledge</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feeds/" title="rss news feeds" rel="tag">rss news feeds</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/16/how-to-make-google-reader-a-bookmarking-and-sharing-powerhouse/" title="How to Make Google Reader a Bookmarking and Sharing Powerhouse (August 16, 2009)">How to Make Google Reader a Bookmarking and Sharing Powerhouse</a> (7)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/24/google-reader-now-offering-option-to-sort-alphabetically/" title="Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically (September 24, 2008)">Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
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		<title>Sort Subscriptions Alphabetically in Google Reader</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/14/sort-subscriptions-alphabetically-in-google-reader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/14/sort-subscriptions-alphabetically-in-google-reader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I switched to Google Reader after using various other online RSS News Feed Readers like Netvibes, desktop applications and Firefox extensions. I would say it is the best overall news reader that I tried so far but it is having a few quirks that annoy the hell out of me.
The first thing that I was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I switched to Google Reader after using various other online RSS News Feed Readers like Netvibes, desktop applications and <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> extensions. I would say it is the best overall news reader that I tried so far but it is having a few quirks that annoy the hell out of me.</p>
<p>The first thing that I was frantically searching for was a way to sort the subscriptions alphabetically in Google Reader. After searching through all settings and various Internet search engines I came up with nothing. Yes, that&#8217;s right. There is no way to sort the subscriptions automatically in Google Reader.</p>
<p>The only thing that you can do is drag and drop them around so that they are listed in alphabetical order. Imagine doing that with 200+ RSS News Feeds. That would take a while. Most users probably import their first batch of RSS News Feeds using an OPML file which could be sorted alphabetically. </p>
<p><span id="more-6150"></span>Every new entry to Google Reader on the other hand is added at the bottom after each folder and existing subscription which means it has to be manually dragged and dropped into the right location.</p>
<p>I was recently looking for one specific feed that I subscribed to and it took me almost a minute to locate it because the subscribed feeds could not be sorted properly. </p>
<p>Exporting and importing the RSS News Feeds does not help either unless they would be imported into an application that provides access to a &#8220;sort&#8221; function that can sort the feeds alphabetically. That would on the other hand be much work and something that had to be done regularly.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/netvibes/" title="netvibes" rel="tag">netvibes</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/news-feeds/" title="news feeds" rel="tag">news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news-feeds/" title="rss news feeds" rel="tag">rss news feeds</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/subscriptions/" title="subscriptions" rel="tag">subscriptions</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/how-to-sort-feeds-in-google-reader-alphabetically-again/" title="How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again (September 20, 2008)">How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/24/google-reader-now-offering-option-to-sort-alphabetically/" title="Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically (September 24, 2008)">Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/04/get-magazine-style-rss-news-feeds-delivered-to-your-inbox/" title="Get Magazine Style RSS News Feeds Delivered To Your Inbox (November 4, 2008)">Get Magazine Style RSS News Feeds Delivered To Your Inbox</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/30/rss-reader-feeddemon-3-beta-1/" title="RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1 (March 30, 2009)">RSS Reader FeedDemon 3 Beta 1</a> (4)</li>
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		<title>Google Reader One Click Unsubscribe</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/28/google-reader-one-click-unsubscribe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/28/google-reader-one-click-unsubscribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to unsubscribe a feed in Google Reader you have to click on the Feed Settings pulldown menu and select Unsubscribe from the list. After that a confirmation dialog appears asking you if you really want to unsubscribe from that feed. If you subscribe to feed regularly or want to clean up your feeds you are in for a solid clicking frenzy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to unsubscribe a feed in Google Reader you have to click on the Feed Settings pulldown menu and select Unsubscribe from the list. After that a confirmation dialog appears asking you if you really want to unsubscribe from that feed. If you subscribe to feed regularly or want to clean up your feeds you are in for a solid clicking frenzy.</p>
<p>Firefox users &#8211; and everyone else using a browser compatible with Greasemonkey &#8211; can rejoice because someone created a Unsubscribe button for Google Reader that saves the user one click and lots of mouse movement. The Unsubscribe button is added next to the two buttons Mark all as read and Refresh and a click brings up the confirmation dialog immediately.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/google_reader_unsubscribe.jpg" alt="Google Reader One Click Unsubscribe" /></p>
<p><span id="more-3359"></span> To make this work you need to have the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748" target="_blank">Greasmonkey</a> add-on installed. The <a href="http://dossy.org/archives/000605.html" target="_blank">Google Reader Unsubscribe</a> script can then be simply installed by left-clicking it.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/greasemonkey/" title="greasemonkey" rel="tag">greasemonkey</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-feed/" title="rss feed" rel="tag">rss feed</a><br />

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		<title>Google Reader News Aggregator</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/google-reader-news-aggregator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/google-reader-news-aggregator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readburner looks like a mashup of Digg, Techmeme and Delicious somehow on first glance but it is actually something completely different. The website aggregates shared items from Google Reader displaying those that have been shared on their pages. The service lives under the assumption that quality news stories get shared while those with lesser quality do not. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Readburner looks like a mashup of Digg, Techmeme and Delicious somehow on first glance but it is actually something completely different. The website aggregates shared items from Google Reader displaying those that have been shared on their pages. The service lives under the assumption that quality news stories get shared while those with lesser quality do not. </p>
<p>It is an interesting concept in my opinion. Several filters are offered. Users can filter languages, display popular, upcoming or recent stories and change the layout of the stories that are shown. All items are related to technology but there are unfortunately no filters to further diversify the results.</p>
<p>What I really like is the option to show the full story on <a href="http://www.readburner.com/">Readburner</a> directly without having to visit another website first but I guess it&#8217;s not different from full feeds that are displayed in RSS readers.</p>
<p><span id="more-2950"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/readburner.jpg' alt='readburner' /></p>
<p>The developer promises to work on the project in the coming weeks to add more data and functions to it. Will be interesting to see how this project evolves.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digg/" title="digg" rel="tag">digg</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/feed/" title="feed" rel="tag">feed</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/readburner/" title="readburner" rel="tag">readburner</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss/" title="rss" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/rss-news/" title="rss news" rel="tag">rss news</a><br />

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		<title>Google Reader integrates with Google Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/21/google-reader-integrates-with-google-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/21/google-reader-integrates-with-google-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pataki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To me it really seems like Google is integrating everything they have. In the end they will just have one app, named GOOGLE and it will do everything from sending emails, sharing photos, making the dinner and flushing the toilet. Of course this is web 2.0, so you will be able to geotag and share [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To me it really seems like Google is integrating everything they have. In the end they will just have one app, named GOOGLE and it will do everything from sending emails, sharing photos, making the dinner and flushing the toilet. Of course this is web 2.0, so you will be able to geotag and share where and what toilet you have just flushed.</p>
<p>Well, on to the point. Google has put a fun feature in Google Reader, the ability to see your Google Talk friends&#8217; shared items. You can simply click on the share icon under each feed entry and it will also be available in your shared items.</p>
<p>This way you sort of create a feed of feeds, sharing all your favorite items. These will be available to others through the &#8220;Friends&#8217; shared items&#8221; in the top left. This is one of the best sharing features I&#8217;ve seen, it is very much like the awesome system Stumbleupon uses. It is easy to share and easy to view shared items, a paradise for the active people among us.</p>
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	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/reader/" title="reader" rel="tag">reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/sharing/" title="sharing" rel="tag">sharing</a><br />

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		<title>Internet on the go</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/18/internet-on-the-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/18/internet-on-the-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pataki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google reader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with the net is that there isn't a sure-fire way to ensure that you will actually have access to it anywhere. If you have Wi-fi you are quite well of, but of course only near cities and towns. Even then, if you find hotspots you're fine, but otherwise no internet for you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with the net is that there isn&#8217;t a sure-fire way to ensure that you will actually have access to it anywhere. If you have Wi-fi you are quite well of, but of course only near cities and towns. Even then, if you find hotspots you&#8217;re fine, but otherwise no internet for you.</p>
<p>There are ways to get to the net even in remote places, but these are far from sure and very expensive. If you really want to be able to reach a chunk of the net the best way is to just download the thing on to your hard drive.</p>
<p>My favorite app for this is <a href="http://www.webaroo.com/index" title="Webaroo homepage">Webaroo</a>. It simply downloads pages or web packs and you can reach them even when offilne. You can choose to download the pics, videos and all other content. The greatest feature is the web pack and synchronization feature. With web packs, you get access to specific content on the web. There are a few available on the Webaroo home page, just download them and you can surf on the go. When you go online again these pages will be synchronized for your next offline viewing pleasure.<br />
I am using it to write posts for example.</p>
<p> I usually use Google Reader and Gmail together but now, for my European Roadtrip I am throwing Webaroo in the mix. I just go to a page I want to write about and save the page, saving all links 1 link deep. This means I can visit any page the site has linked to.</p>
<p><span id="more-2575"></span>How&#8217;s that for productivity for you? Being productive on the net, without actually having internet access! The only downside is that since it&#8217;s an app that launches inside your browser you don&#8217;t get the flexibility of desktop apps. You can&#8217;t organize into a folder structure, which would be nice, and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll all notice some shortcomings. Apart from these this is a great and useful tool.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/gmail/" title="gmail" rel="tag">gmail</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/google-reader/" title="google reader" rel="tag">google reader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet/" title="internet" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/the-web/" title="The Web" rel="tag">The Web</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/webaroo/" title="webaroo" rel="tag">webaroo</a><br />

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		<title>Google Reader ads recommended feeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pataki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While trying to find and all-in-one feed reader solution I got frustrated and decided to go with the simple and the best, Google Reader. While it doesn&#8217;t sport the sleekest, most awesome web 2.0 design I&#8217;ve ever seen it is clean and usable. I have just discovered a new link added, &#8220;discover&#8221;, which shows you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While trying to find and all-in-one feed reader solution I got frustrated and decided to go with the simple and the best, Google Reader. While it doesn&#8217;t sport the sleekest, most awesome web 2.0 design I&#8217;ve ever seen it is clean and usable. I have just discovered a new link added, &#8220;discover&#8221;, which shows you recommended feeds.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m always a skeptic when it comes to automatic recommendations, I probably get the weirdest results you&#8217;ve ever seen, but the one built into Reader is great. I am subscribed to a lot of tech blogs like gHacks, and it did show me many more like it (of course neither one could compete with the super-awesomeness of gHacks).</p>
<p>A great bonus is that it is compatible with different languages. I have a subscription to the largest Hungarian news portal, and it recommended about 3-4 of the other big ones, which is pretty darned impressive in my opinion. If this wasn&#8217;t enough, they introduced another welcome addition besides this.</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/11/google-reader.gif" alt="Google Reader Menu Screenshot" align="left" height="139" width="263" />It is now possible to manage your feeds using a drag and drop method. You won&#8217;t see this change, everything looks the same, but click on a feed and drag it about and you can now place it anywhere without clicking through anything.</p>
<p>My usual problem with any web service is that you can&#8217;t use it as easily as desktop apps. With these new techniques they are becoming more and more like you were doing something on your desktop. I think these services are very near the point where I will just move everything online, this is probably Google&#8217;s plan. Thumbs up Google Reader, I hope they don&#8217;t stop the updates!</p>

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