Another google reader tip.

Mar 28, 2008 by John    4 Comments    Posted under: blogging, google reader

Did you know, you can add a next button to your browser and it will open the next unread item in your Google reader list? But it opens the pages on the actual web sites they come from. This adds a bit of colour to your reading, and you get to see comments etc straight away. I also use Google reader to keep up with lots of sites that aren’t blogs, such as creative ireland. So it’s very handy for feeds like that, as I jump to the whole thread rather than just the first post, which is all you get in google reader.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to bother writing about this or not but here’s the clincher. When you’re at the last item, and you click next, this is what you get:

You guys!
*wags finger at those whacky google guys*

Here’s how: In Google Reader go to Settings then Goodies, and just drag the Nextbutton onto your toolbar

Bonus tip: Open (Windows) Accessibility Options / Mouse and turn on Mousekeys. The when you press 5 on your numerical keypad, it will open the next post, (after you’ve clicked the next button once).

Couple of Google Reader tips

Nov 7, 2007 by John    No Comments    Posted under: blogging, google reader, rss

Came across a couple of Google Reader tips last night. Or rather, they magically appeared in my Google Reader inbox:

1. Add a dynamic blogroll directly from google reader

This is very handy, and very easy to do. You can add a blogroll to your blog that mirrors folders in your Google Reader. This means that I can maintain my blogroll without going near Blogger. And that’s always good news. Obviously you can leave out whole folders and still retain privacy where needed. Of course I only discovered this a week after doing a blogroll by hand. See how atOfficial Google Reader Blog.

2. Integrate your Google Reader into Gmail

This is just one feature in Lifehacker’s Better Gmail Firefox extension.

You can set up Google reader to appear under your emails or/and have a link in your sidebar so you can flick between email and feeds.And if you like your shortcuts don’t miss out on Gmail macros.