Comments on: From Google Reader to MyAlltop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/ Conning people into thinking I'm intelligent. Since 1982. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122395 Swaroop Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:13:33 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122395 <p>@Vishal Nice! It is very close to what I was looking for.</p> @Vishal Nice! It is very close to what I was looking for.

]]> By: Vishal http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122281 Vishal Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:55:01 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122281 <p>I had written a simple application for a customizable Alltop like feed reader some time back: http://feedsrus.appspot.com/ Allows you to categorize feeds by tags too.</p> I had written a simple application for a customizable Alltop like feed reader some time back: http://feedsrus.appspot.com/ Allows you to categorize feeds by tags too.

]]> By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122280 Swaroop Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:43:48 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122280 <p>@Umang Yep. But then again, statistics are important when the topic is important (i.e. priority) and vice-versa.</p> <p>@Sridhar Duh, should've searched for that. I agree this solves the unread count problem. However, the "newspaper-style 3 columns" is easier to read than the GReader UI where I have to click on each subscription to see what are the latest stories, it is not possible to "scan" GReader.</p> @Umang Yep. But then again, statistics are important when the topic is important (i.e. priority) and vice-versa.

@Sridhar Duh, should’ve searched for that. I agree this solves the unread count problem. However, the “newspaper-style 3 columns” is easier to read than the GReader UI where I have to click on each subscription to see what are the latest stories, it is not possible to “scan” GReader.

]]> By: Sridhar Iyer http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122275 Sridhar Iyer Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:08:09 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122275 <p>well.. I'm not a big fan of this one. This so so much unorganized. I wouldn't want my all my feeds to be scattered around like that. My RSS feeds are classified into ezines, friends, blogs, finance, photography, comics, non-tech and tech feeds .. I've implicitly attached a priority to each of those and depending on the time and interest I read those or mark them as all read even if I haven't read them.</p> <p>If you don't want the count, there are tons of ways to avoid that: http://www.google.com/search?q=removing+the+unread+count+from+google+reader&hl=en take a pick. http://userstyles.org/styles/11843 have got some good reviews.</p> well.. I’m not a big fan of this one. This so so much unorganized. I wouldn’t want my all my feeds to be scattered around like that. My RSS feeds are classified into ezines, friends, blogs, finance, photography, comics, non-tech and tech feeds .. I’ve implicitly attached a priority to each of those and depending on the time and interest I read those or mark them as all read even if I haven’t read them.

If you don’t want the count, there are tons of ways to avoid that: http://www.google.com/search?q=removing+the+unread+count+from+google+reader&hl=en take a pick. http://userstyles.org/styles/11843 have got some good reviews.

]]> By: Umang http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122265 Umang Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:25:21 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122265 <p>Interesting. Just hiding the unread count can make a lot of difference to how we perceive inboxes, feedreaders, etc.</p> Interesting. Just hiding the unread count can make a lot of difference to how we perceive inboxes, feedreaders, etc.

]]> By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122263 Swaroop Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:09:06 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122263 <p>@Srid It does not have an unread count, that was the "feature" I was looking for. The point is that I do <em>not</em> want to be thorough about reading feeds, I just like to dip in occasionally to see what's happening and then quickly get out.</p> @Srid It does not have an unread count, that was the “feature” I was looking for. The point is that I do not want to be thorough about reading feeds, I just like to dip in occasionally to see what’s happening and then quickly get out.

]]> By: srid http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/from-google-reader-to-myalltop/comment-page-1/#comment-122262 srid Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=1545#comment-122262 <p>does it keep track of unread/read items? this is the benefit of feed reader - one does not have to 'scan' through the information dump in order to discover new items.</p> does it keep track of unread/read items? this is the benefit of feed reader – one does not have to ‘scan’ through the information dump in order to discover new items.

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