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Google Reader Adds Recommendations, Drag-and-Drop Folders
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:00 AM on December 1, 2007
Web-based feed aggregator Google Reader has made two improvements to its interface, one Web 2.0-ish and the other pretty darn useful. The change Reader users will really appreciate is the ability to simply grab newly-added feeds and place them in their folders—no more clicking through menu bars, which really helps when doing multi-feed updates. The other new addition is recommendations, which can be found in the "Discover" link and points you to feeds based on your current list, your search history and your location. As you can see, Reader probably knows you better than you'd think.
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michaelper22
Posted 1:15 PM 30/11/07
No wonder Reader didn't load in Opera today. I ended up using the service in Firefox, and then came upon this post, tried out the new trick, and wallah! The drag-n-drop is very convenient.
michaelper22
Ninehand
Posted 11:05 AM 30/11/07
Wonderful this saves massive amounts of time, I view literally thousands of feeds every week. This will help
Ninehand
Jason Lambert
Posted 10:53 AM 30/11/07
I love the recommendations! I'm always looking for new stuff to add to my feeds. I only added two from their list though.
Jason Lambert
whofysh
Posted 10:08 AM 30/11/07
I love the drag and drop. I just tried to do that yesterday and couldn't. Wonderful addition.
But, the recommendations, now I'll never get anything done.
Thanks Google!
whofysh
Jordan117
Posted 2:14 PM 30/11/07
Ever since this update was released, my main Google Reader homepage (the main area, not the list of feeds) has been the following:
"Server Error
The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.
Please try again in 30 seconds."
This occurs in both Firefox and IE, so it can't be some wayward extension messing with the connection. Anyone else seeing this?
Jordan117
The How-To Geek
Posted 1:38 PM 30/11/07
Did anybody else notice the Google Reader favicon change to the default google icon?
I just noticed this in Firefox on two different machines...
The How-To Geek
The How-To Geek
Posted 12:33 AM 1/12/07
Looks like the favicon thing was a temporary glitch... it finally went back to normal.
The How-To Geek