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Google Reader gets even better
by David Chartier Oct 10th 2006 at 8:30AM
I don't have a good view to check (I live just outside Denver, CO), but I swear Google's campus must be on fire, what with unleashing their gadgets, a new groups beta, code search, a new company focus and now acquiring YouTube. It was just a week ago that they also whipped out a major update to Reader which was enough to convince me to switch from my long-time Mac desktop favorite, and now they've gone and quickly updated it again based on feedback from their discussion group.
Users can now set their own launch page, with the ability to chose between their Home page, All Items or any folder/tag. Completely hiding the left column that houses navigation and the folder list is also possible with a mere keyboard shortcut, as is auto-refreshing of feeds with a dedicated button and web 2.0-certified UI feedback when folders and feeds update. Last but not least is the return of the space bar; it now scrolls through long articles and selects the next headline in the list (and yes, shift-space rolls backwards).
Check out the announcement post for more details, or dive in if you haven't tried the new Google Reader yet.
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Hu Dou said 11:53AM on 10-10-2006
I have been using bloglines. Unfortunately it seems nobody is improving it.
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Aaron said 11:49PM on 10-20-2006
And yet another plus for google. I am a fairly decent google user, since I have an acoount there for business. BUt all the while, my home page has been with the other guys. But with these improvements, I think I would be switching permantly now. Google knows how to please, that's for sure.
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