Comments on: Trying Google Reader Again http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83013 Chris L Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83013 How do you tag feeds? I was just trying Google Reader earlier today and because I use a similar ranking system, BlogBridge has been excellent for me. But I could only seem to tag items. The "folders" are tags, I guess, but having to physically drag feeds to "tag" them is a, well, drag :) I still can't deal with Google Reader's lack of search/smart feeds/etc... How do you tag feeds? I was just trying Google Reader earlier today and because I use a similar ranking system, BlogBridge has been excellent for me. But I could only seem to tag items. The “folders” are tags, I guess, but having to physically drag feeds to “tag” them is a, well, drag :)

I still can’t deal with Google Reader’s lack of search/smart feeds/etc…

]]> By: Pito Salas http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83014 Pito Salas Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83014 Hey D'Arcy, there's new exciting stuff coming! Have you been following: http://www.blogbridge.com/2007/02/06/my-blogbridge-whats-going-on/ http://www.blogbridge.com/2007/01/22/blogbridge-pub-service-posting-to-multiple-blogs/ And what's the problem with OLDaily, we will have to fix that :) Anyway, thanks for your support all along! -- Pito Hey D’Arcy, there’s new exciting stuff coming! Have you been following:

http://www.blogbridge.com/2007/02/06/my-blogbridge-whats-going-on/

http://www.blogbridge.com/2007/01/22/blogbridge-pub-service-posting-to-multiple-blogs/

And what’s the problem with OLDaily, we will have to fix that :)

Anyway, thanks for your support all along!

– Pito

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83015 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83015 Chris - when viewing a Feed in GR, you can use the dropdown menu at the top right to add it to "folders" (which are really just tags). There's also a way to add a new Folder/tag, and feeds can belong to multiple tags/folders so it's handy for organization. BB has a smartfeed that lets you query by properties of the feed, providing the tag-like functionality there. Pito - I'm still a BlogBridge fanboy :-) Love it. By far the best desktop reader. I just wanted to try out Google Reader again to see how far it's come, and the only way to really do that is through immersion... and of course, now that I mention that OLDaily hasn't been working for me, it decides to validate as proper RSS. I should have mentioned something earlier, so it would decide to start working again :-) It had been barfing on missing GUIDs and unescaped characters previously. Chris – when viewing a Feed in GR, you can use the dropdown menu at the top right to add it to “folders” (which are really just tags). There’s also a way to add a new Folder/tag, and feeds can belong to multiple tags/folders so it’s handy for organization. BB has a smartfeed that lets you query by properties of the feed, providing the tag-like functionality there.

Pito – I’m still a BlogBridge fanboy :-) Love it. By far the best desktop reader. I just wanted to try out Google Reader again to see how far it’s come, and the only way to really do that is through immersion…

and of course, now that I mention that OLDaily hasn’t been working for me, it decides to validate as proper RSS. I should have mentioned something earlier, so it would decide to start working again :-) It had been barfing on missing GUIDs and unescaped characters previously.

]]> By: Mihai Parparita http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83018 Mihai Parparita Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83018 Regarding the Firefox freeze issues that you saw, we just pushed a small bugfix release yesterday evening that fixes a similar-sounding issue. Please let us know if you still experience freezes. Mihai Parparita Google Reader Engineer Regarding the Firefox freeze issues that you saw, we just pushed a small bugfix release yesterday evening that fixes a similar-sounding issue. Please let us know if you still experience freezes.

Mihai Parparita
Google Reader Engineer

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83020 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83020 Mihai, thanks for the update. It definitely seemed more stable this morning, chewing through some very long sets of items (which is what caused Firefox to bork twice yesterday). Mihai, thanks for the update. It definitely seemed more stable this morning, chewing through some very long sets of items (which is what caused Firefox to bork twice yesterday).

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/02/06/trying-google-reader-again/#comment-83083 Chris L Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2013860876#comment-83083 I had discovered that but I think you came across the same thing I did-- GR just doesn't really understand the idea of tags for feeds in a way that is useful-- nothing like the stars in BB. I am totally hooked on BB, abandoning even my faithful (and paid for) FeedDemon. I still miss a few things in FD, but it seems likely they will be addressed relatively soon. The recent BlogBridge blog announcements about the BB service enhancements, re-blogging, and more publishing features are exciting! I had discovered that but I think you came across the same thing I did– GR just doesn’t really understand the idea of tags for feeds in a way that is useful– nothing like the stars in BB. I am totally hooked on BB, abandoning even my faithful (and paid for) FeedDemon. I still miss a few things in FD, but it seems likely they will be addressed relatively soon.

The recent BlogBridge blog announcements about the BB service enhancements, re-blogging, and more publishing features are exciting!

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