Full Screen? You can get almost full screen in Google Reader with the "u" key shortcut... it gets rid of the list of blogs/tags.
pardeemp
· 3 years ago
I couldn't agree more. I decided to try to live with just Google Reader instead of NetNewsWire (which is a fine feed reeder) and it looks like I won't be heading back to NNW any time soon.
Great source of information you have going here Robert.
I was hooked on Newsgator for so long but truly the Google Reader is better. The keyboard shortcuts do make all the difference.
Greg
· 3 years ago
Hey Robert, even better than J,J,J is: Spacebar = J Shift+Spacebar = K and yes as Aaron mentioned, "u" hides/unhides the sidebar. The Google Reader is the best RSS reader bar none. And the BEST part is they're just gettin' started. Gotta LOVE Google !!!
Cheers
Guy Pelletier
· 3 years ago
This is the greatest could use an offline reader to make it perfect, but I can wait. Here is the list of those wonderful shortcuts: * j/k: next/previous item * space/ + space: next/previous item or page * n/p: scan down/up (list only) * o/enter: expand/collapse (list only) * s: star item * + s: share item * v: view original * t: tag item * m: mark item as read * r: refresh * u: toggle full screen mode * + a: mark all as read * 1: switch to expanded view * 2: switch to list view * + n/p: next/previous subscription * + x: expand folder * + o: open subscription or folder * g then h: go home * g then a: go to all items * g then s: go to starred items * g then t: open tag selector * g then u: open subscription selector
neomadness
· 3 years ago
You should try adding the Google reader to the personalized Google home page. You can skim all the latest blog entries you're subscribed to from there as well and not worry about seeing the list of blogs.
Guy Pelletier
· 3 years ago
Forgot about the html - all of the shortcuts that start with a + have a SHIFT in front of them, for example: SHIFT + x - expand folder.
Sorry about that
Guy
joe
· 3 years ago
just to reiterate what Aaron B. Hockley said, use "u" to hide the blog list. unfortunately there is not visual indication, like a
joe
· 3 years ago
one more thing - to make the keyboard shortcut reading complete, i think there needs a modified "v". Use 'v' to open the item in a new window/tab, but unfortunately doing so takes the focus away from the Reader tab. I would like 'v' or something else to open the item in a background tab.
Jason
· 3 years ago
> I just wish they would allow me to see the river > full screen and get rid of the list of blogs I’m > subscribed to. Once I’m subscribed I don’t care > anymore.
Try hitting "u".
Anthony Mills
· 3 years ago
Bloglines has this, too. I prefer it because it just feels snappier than Google Reader. I may be wrong, but I think Bloglines had it before Google Reader.
But yes, j j j is the way to go.
Chris
· 3 years ago
I am still a big fan of the flock reader, myself. I used to use RSSBandit, but Flock does it for me.
Kristina
· 3 years ago
J is helpful but when you get to 20 items, it takes to long to load the next 20 items! It ruins my surfing! ;-) It is the best reader though, I love it, even having to wait an extra 10 seconds for the next items to load.
officedoodles
· 3 years ago
Dude, that rocks thanks for the info!
Jeff O'Hara
· 3 years ago
I was an onfolio user for a long time, then Microsoft bought it out and doesn't look like they will be supporting firefox anymore. So I tried out rojo and bloglines, loved rojo except for no shortcuts so I switched to bloglines. Now since google readers upgrades it will take me a lot of convincing to switch from google reader. JJJ K JJJ :) Oh, and don't forget the M shortcut or the S shortcut.
-Jeff
Jorgie
· 3 years ago
Bloglines gets my vote.
It's faster and the layout makes more sense to me. I think it even has an offline mode too, but I have not used it.
All other aggregators are looking more and more like toast in the long term since feed reading is not function that requires a stand alone application.
Mike
· 3 years ago
j and k are forward and back? Some dirty Google hackers are vi sympathizers ;)
zx spectrum
· 3 years ago
Hehehe is this PR to get on first suggested blogs?
Christopher Coulter
· 3 years ago
I'm still SharpReadering it, Google Reader reminds me of a flow reader circa the CLHish Vi era...
Andrew Wardlaw
· 3 years ago
Has anyone noticed that when loading Google Reader that if you have the Skype phone number tagging thingy (the thing that finds phone numbers in sites), that reader cannot load. I get a nice Error on page from IE7 but when I de-activate the skype thing it works fine! - I do hope it's not just me!
Diego
· 3 years ago
More and more I am shifting away from the Mac and Windows clients I've been using and moving towards Google Reader.
Bruce Boughton
· 3 years ago
I've switched from Bloglines to Google Reader recently. I used to think Bloglines was great, but then it started to niggle me. For example, it's frame based so I couldn't imbed it in a iframe on my start page I set up. Also, it's pretty darn ugly. On a whim, I tried out Google Reader and there's no way I'm going back. Much prettier interface, single frame, and river of news. It's also much more interesting to read feeds all intermingled rather than by category (Gen Dev, Web Design, F1, etc.) like I used to.
One thing: I'm using n and p to go forwards and back. Don't know why -- I tried it (as a Google Calendar user) and it works, even though it's listed as something else.
One thing I find annoying is v loads in a new window but I'm convinced I set FF to load new windows as new tabs. If possible, it'd be nice to have a t for load in new tab or something (or is this just my FF settings whacked!)
Bruce Boughton
· 3 years ago
Also, I miss my Bloglines Subscribe to Feed bookmarklet. I tried the GR Greasemonkey script but I think my Greasemonkey install is fubarred. Oh well, will have to wait for FF2 on Tuesday for their RSS subscription stuff.
Marek
· 3 years ago
Whatever its merits as a reader, there's a big drawback with Reader as a medium for publishing: for those of us using other tools (and I am sticking with Onfolio until I see a really compelling reason to change even though development is frozen), there is no way of subscribing. There is something which claims to be an Atom link in the HTML, but it comes up empty. The subscribe option within Reader seems to be about creating a closed system - which doesn't work for me.
Colin
· 3 years ago
Has the multi platform thing altered your perspective on email too? That is the reason that I use webmail these days.
Doug Karr
· 3 years ago
If you'd like to share your starred items, you can on your site or through your public page, too. Go to Settings > Tags.
I have put the links to starred articles on my site and it has been generating quite a bit of traffic.
Robert - thanks, I had found that, but Onfolio sits there doing nothing with it. Having poked around a bit, maybe I have been imagining Atom support in Onfolio. I knew I was going to have to find an alternative at some point, but was hoping to put it off for longer - for most things Onfolio does exactly what I want it to.
deannie
· 3 years ago
One drawback to the Google reader that I discovered today was for blogs that require subscription creds, there is no place for that and therefore no feed...
Mike Procario
· 3 years ago
I also have completely switched to google reader. I panned the earlier version and settled on bloglines. I was happy with google reader, but when I discovered that j,j,j in list view would expand only the entry I was reading I was in heaven.
Jeff
· 3 years ago
In Bloglines I cruise through my feeds with 'j' and 's' (to go to the next feed). In Google reader, it's 'j' and then Shift-n AND Shift-o to go to the next feed.
Other than All Items, is there a quicker way to speed through feed in Google Reader?
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
I use All Items. I want a river with all the feeds mixed together. I don't want to read feeds one by one anymore.
Chris
· 3 years ago
Sorry about that... no idea why that happened twice.
Josh
· 3 years ago
To get the items all intermingled, make sure you only list the updated feeds. Then click on "All Items" in the upper left hand corner under "Home". Press the "U" to get an almost full screen (it gets rid of the list).
GregS
· 3 years ago
I love it too. Just as soon as they can provide robust feed search and sync my feeds with Feedemon online sync service or provide an offline reader for my mobile / offline reading needs, I'd switch to it full time.
Patrick
· 2 years ago
I like Google Reader, too, and keep coming back to it (although I would stick with Flock if Flock were the best browser on my laptop but it's not--Opera is).
Anyway, one thing I don't like about Google Reader is the "look" of it. I really like the little favicons beside feed but Google only shows the generic one.
Oh well, I guess that's not that big of a deal...lol.
Calvin
· 1 year ago
I know I'm a little late commenting, but I love Google Reader. I think I'm addicted to it also. That's funny you mention the first Starbucks in Seattle. I have an aunt that used to work there.
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Great source of information you have going here Robert.
Mike,
www.blindsquirrel.org
Spacebar = J
Shift+Spacebar = K
and yes as Aaron mentioned, "u" hides/unhides the sidebar.
The Google Reader is the best RSS reader bar none.
And the BEST part is they're just gettin' started.
Gotta LOVE Google !!!
Cheers
* j/k: next/previous item
* space/ + space: next/previous item or page
* n/p: scan down/up (list only)
* o/enter: expand/collapse (list only)
* s: star item
* + s: share item
* v: view original
* t: tag item
* m: mark item as read
* r: refresh
* u: toggle full screen mode
* + a: mark all as read
* 1: switch to expanded view
* 2: switch to list view
* + n/p: next/previous subscription
* + x: expand folder
* + o: open subscription or folder
* g then h: go home
* g then a: go to all items
* g then s: go to starred items
* g then t: open tag selector
* g then u: open subscription selector
Sorry about that
Guy
unfortunately there is not visual indication, like a
Use 'v' to open the item in a new window/tab, but unfortunately doing so takes the focus away from the Reader tab. I would like 'v' or something else to open the item in a background tab.
> full screen and get rid of the list of blogs I’m
> subscribed to. Once I’m subscribed I don’t care
> anymore.
Try hitting "u".
But yes, j j j is the way to go.
-Jeff
It's faster and the layout makes more sense to me. I think it even has an offline mode too, but I have not used it.
Oh, and it works great in Opera Mobile to!
All other aggregators are looking more and more like toast in the long term since feed reading is not function that requires a stand alone application.
One thing: I'm using n and p to go forwards and back. Don't know why -- I tried it (as a Google Calendar user) and it works, even though it's listed as something else.
One thing I find annoying is v loads in a new window but I'm convinced I set FF to load new windows as new tabs. If possible, it'd be nice to have a t for load in new tab or something (or is this just my FF settings whacked!)
I have put the links to starred articles on my site and it has been generating quite a bit of traffic.
Doug
In Google reader, it's 'j' and then Shift-n AND Shift-o to go to the next feed.
Other than All Items, is there a quicker way to speed through feed in Google Reader?
Anyway, one thing I don't like about Google Reader is the "look" of it. I really like the little favicons beside feed but Google only shows the generic one.
Oh well, I guess that's not that big of a deal...lol.