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“Welcome to 2.0” sur Read It Later Blog (December 14th, 2009) Tout à fait d’accord. Quand je consulte la version mobile de Google Reader par exemple, je me surprends à tenter le “swipe” pour marquer un article à lire plus tard comme il m’arrive souvent de le faire sur Tweetie grâce à la brillante intégration de Read It Later. Sauf qu’avec Google Reader ça ne marche pas et pour cause puisque ce n’est pas une application mais la simple version mobile du site. Pour régler mon problème, il me reste toujours l’option des étoiles, mais cela reviendrait à me créer une inbox supplémentaire. Hors de question ! Enfin, tout ça pour dire que je regrette qu’il n’y ait pas plus d’iPhone apps synchronisées à Google Reader (Byline, NetNewsWire 2.0, Feeds, Newstand - voir iPhone Heat pour de plus amples précisions sur chacune - ou Pro RSS Reader) surtout quand on les ramène aux dizaines de clients Twitter disponibles sur l’App Store et que, parmi elles, une seule (Reeder) intègre Read It Later (ou Instapaper). Si peu d’émulation et d’innovation, c’est vraiment dommage ! |
Swipe Menu : Tweetie (a Twitter iPhone app), popularized this and ever since I used it the first time, I keep trying the same action in every app I use, it’s just that intuitive.
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Twitter is great for discovering what people are talking about. Google Reader is great for discovering what they think.
I don’t usually open up Google Reader anymore. Why? It’s moved into the boring camp for early adopter audiences and it’s still too weird for late adopter audiences who are hearing more about Twitter and Facebook.
The advent of RSS and ATOM feeds, and the creation of tools like Google Reader for efficiently consuming content feeds, has vastly increased the amount of information we access every day. From the perspective of someone who cannot see, content feeds are one of the major innovations of the century.
Of all the Web 2.0 and social media tools I’ve adopted over the last year or so, the one that has changed the way I function on the internet most significantly would have to be Google Reader. I’ve always collected RSS feeds, and as a podcaster, they’re central to my bread and butter. Google Reader however, more than any other tool, has made me more productive in my media consumption than anything else I’ve adopted (not to mention afforded me all the extra hours in the day now devoted to twittering and Facebooking).
I love information, I love discovering new high-value sources […] Whether you’re someone concerned about information overload or, like me, you just want more streams of pure gold coming into your inbox - recommendation engines are going to be big in the fast-approaching future. They don’t account for our need to expand our tastes, but they do have huge potential in making our process of discovering more content and sources that we already like - and what’s just a touch different - far more powerful.
It was the greatest of ironies that Google Reader, an RSS reader from the leading search company, had no search box. They added one today, allowing you to search your subscriptions and shared items from others. Other tweaks include the ability to hide the side navigation ala Bloglines, and unread counts that go all the way up to 1,000 (umm…why bother with the restriction at all - it’s plain annoying for those of us who consume large volumes of info). They’ve also made the forward and back buttons work like you’d expect, despite the heavy use of javascript.
Things you can’t bring with you on an airplane: Bottled water. Organic shampoo. Google Reader.
I’m happy to announce that our team has fixed one of these problems.