Comments on: Open Letter: Eight Changes I’d Like to See from Google Reader http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cat Laine http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-546693 Cat Laine Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:29:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-546693 <p>Here here to number 6. I read about 77 blogs when writing for my non-profit and it drive me nuts that I can mark a chunk as read, instead of doing one or all.</p> <p>I also would love to be able to sort through starred items by date posted by author, date starred, blog, tag, and even title.</p> Here here to number 6. I read about 77 blogs when writing for my non-profit and it drive me nuts that I can mark a chunk as read, instead of doing one or all.

I also would love to be able to sort through starred items by date posted by author, date starred, blog, tag, and even title.

]]> By: Joe Stump http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-447086 Joe Stump Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:33:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-447086 <p>Have they added HTTP-Auth? My subscription to Daring Fireball is what keeps me from even investigating this service.</p> <p>--Joe</p> Have they added HTTP-Auth? My subscription to Daring Fireball is what keeps me from even investigating this service.

–Joe

]]> By: Google Reader, Using Shared Items For Link Blog & Blogroll | Laughing Squid http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-446723 Google Reader, Using Shared Items For Link Blog & Blogroll | Laughing Squid Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:54:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-446723 <p>[...] Lately I’ve been using Google Reader more and more. Google Reader is great online feed reader (RSS & Atom) that has improved quite a bit since it first launched a couple years ago and includes features like keyboard shotcuts, feed tagging and offline access via Google Gears. However it’s far from perfect. For instance it doesn’t have a search feature. Yeah, that’s right, it’s a Google app without a search feature. I’ve been told they are working on it and there is a work around using Greasmonkey. GigaOm’s Liz Gannes recently outlined 8 changes she would like to see in Reader. [...]</p> [...] Lately I’ve been using Google Reader more and more. Google Reader is great online feed reader (RSS & Atom) that has improved quite a bit since it first launched a couple years ago and includes features like keyboard shotcuts, feed tagging and offline access via Google Gears. However it’s far from perfect. For instance it doesn’t have a search feature. Yeah, that’s right, it’s a Google app without a search feature. I’ve been told they are working on it and there is a work around using Greasmonkey. GigaOm’s Liz Gannes recently outlined 8 changes she would like to see in Reader. [...]

]]> By: Coleman Foley http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-420592 Coleman Foley Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:11:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-420592 <p>Removing duplicate stories is a very good idea.</p> Removing duplicate stories is a very good idea.

]]> By: David Mackey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417714 David Mackey Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:21:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417714 <p>I tried Google Reader, and I really want to like it - but I don't like the way it center around tags instead of folders. Some things I love tags for, but at least give me the option to use folders any way I want.</p> I tried Google Reader, and I really want to like it – but I don’t like the way it center around tags instead of folders. Some things I love tags for, but at least give me the option to use folders any way I want.

]]> By: sp http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417537 sp Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:07:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417537 <p>As well as not going into settings to delete a feed from my reader. Just have a delete button beside the feed.</p> As well as not going into settings to delete a feed from my reader. Just have a delete button beside the feed.

]]> By: Coleman Foley http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417151 Coleman Foley Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:26:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-417151 <p>I vote for search and adding the links to other Google services that appear at the top of other Google services.</p> I vote for search and adding the links to other Google services that appear at the top of other Google services.

]]> By: Eran Abramson http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-416867 Eran Abramson Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:10:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-416867 <p>Here is a solution for search and more: http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/07/20/pimp-up-google-reader-with-15-firefox-hacks/" It provides a number of different hacks for Google Reader including a search, which I haven't used yet, notifier, delicious, integration with Gmail, and more. Check these out, I have been using some for a while. Note: for Firefox only</p> <p>Eran</p> Here is a solution for search and more: http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/07/20/pimp-up-google-reader-with-15-firefox-hacks/” It provides a number of different hacks for Google Reader including a search, which I haven’t used yet, notifier, delicious, integration with Gmail, and more. Check these out, I have been using some for a while. Note: for Firefox only

Eran

]]> By: trentini http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-416202 trentini Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:34:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-416202 <p>While all of the listed points would be welcomed improvements, the biggest pain for me at the moment is that when I go offline I cannot order my feeds in oldest-first.</p> <p>Drives me nuts!</p> While all of the listed points would be welcomed improvements, the biggest pain for me at the moment is that when I go offline I cannot order my feeds in oldest-first.

Drives me nuts!

]]> By: Raindeer http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-415405 Raindeer Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:02:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-415405 <p>My Google Wishlist (mostly in a company): In the end it comes down to google's mission, to make the worlds information accessible. There is an enormous amount of tacit knowledge stored in peoples bookmarks, rss-readers, read webpages, e-mail boxes etc. Microsoft gave us the office tools to make information, but failed us badly in making it accessible. Google is our one great hope in capitalizing on this. So Google give us Google Apps with:</p> <ul> <li>Google Reader with Google Apps for enterprises. This way it should be possible both to see what feeds your coworkers subscribe to, what is hot on those lists, share the most important articles with your coworkers etc. And for good measure it should include a company Digg/delicious function. </li> <li>desktop and company wide search</li> <li>Google Reader Enterprise version with sharing, searching, mining, statistics on what is most read, shared, dugg etc. </li> <li>in-company social network like pages to replace those tired phonebooks with myspace/orkut like pages. This can also provide clues on the projects we're in and therefore a web of relevance</li> <li>Google proxy sniffer (might be a privacy/security concern) that analyzes via the proxy what webpages are read most and therefore are important for our company.</li> <li>Google Wiki - Well they own Jotspot already, give it back to us and let every company grow it's own wiki or else we'll use socialtext, confluence and centraldesktop</li> <li>Google Grand central to be finally able to manage our internal telephone system including IM and let that be well integrated into our Calendar function, so that when somebody calls us, the system knows what to do and reach us properly</li> <li>Google Blackberry functions. For the love of me I don't understand why the Crackberry can only function in such a limited way... make it useful. </li> <li>Google IM... Buy Jabber.com and build the best incompany IM system, that can interact with other incompany IM systems just like e-mail systems can interact, without the need for a third party to be in the middle</li> <li>GMail/Calender etc Enterprise, without the need to host it at Google, but to be able to do this in company or at a third party. The apps are cool, but big companies never want to give everything to Google. They just want to give it to Suresh of Accenture in Bangalore.</li> <li>Google Spreadsheets that can actually integrate the data of the spreadsheet with the real world out there. So if I make a spreadsheet showing sales per region, I can push one button and get a map overview projected on Google Earth, integrate it with stats from the national bureau of statistics, or hook it up with data from Google Finance. Or that can actually animate the information in the spreadsheet just like the Gapminder software they bought of Prof. Hans Rosling. (Google him, he's brilliant)</li> <li>Google Document Management System, that actually allows us to manage documents in the way we want instead of in the way the idiots of hummingbird and documenta want us to do things. I don't want to fill in a gazillion fields to store one document. I want to make it, store it, retrieve it and share it, without everything becoming too hard. </li> </ul> <p>Sounds like a rather nice businessplan for the Google Apps division.</p> My Google Wishlist (mostly in a company): In the end it comes down to google’s mission, to make the worlds information accessible. There is an enormous amount of tacit knowledge stored in peoples bookmarks, rss-readers, read webpages, e-mail boxes etc. Microsoft gave us the office tools to make information, but failed us badly in making it accessible. Google is our one great hope in capitalizing on this. So Google give us Google Apps with:

  • Google Reader with Google Apps for enterprises. This way it should be possible both to see what feeds your coworkers subscribe to, what is hot on those lists, share the most important articles with your coworkers etc. And for good measure it should include a company Digg/delicious function.
  • desktop and company wide search
  • Google Reader Enterprise version with sharing, searching, mining, statistics on what is most read, shared, dugg etc.
  • in-company social network like pages to replace those tired phonebooks with myspace/orkut like pages. This can also provide clues on the projects we’re in and therefore a web of relevance
  • Google proxy sniffer (might be a privacy/security concern) that analyzes via the proxy what webpages are read most and therefore are important for our company.
  • Google Wiki – Well they own Jotspot already, give it back to us and let every company grow it’s own wiki or else we’ll use socialtext, confluence and centraldesktop
  • Google Grand central to be finally able to manage our internal telephone system including IM and let that be well integrated into our Calendar function, so that when somebody calls us, the system knows what to do and reach us properly
  • Google Blackberry functions. For the love of me I don’t understand why the Crackberry can only function in such a limited way… make it useful.
  • Google IM… Buy Jabber.com and build the best incompany IM system, that can interact with other incompany IM systems just like e-mail systems can interact, without the need for a third party to be in the middle
  • GMail/Calender etc Enterprise, without the need to host it at Google, but to be able to do this in company or at a third party. The apps are cool, but big companies never want to give everything to Google. They just want to give it to Suresh of Accenture in Bangalore.
  • Google Spreadsheets that can actually integrate the data of the spreadsheet with the real world out there. So if I make a spreadsheet showing sales per region, I can push one button and get a map overview projected on Google Earth, integrate it with stats from the national bureau of statistics, or hook it up with data from Google Finance. Or that can actually animate the information in the spreadsheet just like the Gapminder software they bought of Prof. Hans Rosling. (Google him, he’s brilliant)
  • Google Document Management System, that actually allows us to manage documents in the way we want instead of in the way the idiots of hummingbird and documenta want us to do things. I don’t want to fill in a gazillion fields to store one document. I want to make it, store it, retrieve it and share it, without everything becoming too hard.

Sounds like a rather nice businessplan for the Google Apps division.

]]> By: Ashish http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414892 Ashish Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:21:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414892 <p>have been thinking a lot on what u posted these days. have some initial food for though ready. I baically wish to imrpove usability. Have posted some thoughts on http://www.jatspeak.com/blog/?p=13</p> <p>and going to refine them in 2 days..</p> <p>i was expecting this pretty much early from google, but it seems smart is not always smart..</p> <p>Ashish</p> have been thinking a lot on what u posted these days. have some initial food for though ready. I baically wish to imrpove usability. Have posted some thoughts on http://www.jatspeak.com/blog/?p=13

and going to refine them in 2 days..

i was expecting this pretty much early from google, but it seems smart is not always smart..

Ashish

]]> By: Suvendu Sahoo http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414813 Suvendu Sahoo Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:42:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414813 <p>I look at a Blog (RSS) reader and blog writer tool as personal knowledge management tool. I am in the process of drafting a white paper - where the central idea is a combined tool i.e. Google Reader + Blogger = Personal KM tool. More at: http://suvendusahoo.wordpress.com/a-comprehensive-personal-knowledge-management-tool/</p> <p>This is in a draft stage - please leave your comments.</p> <p>thanks</p> <p>Suvendu Sahoo</p> I look at a Blog (RSS) reader and blog writer tool as personal knowledge management tool. I am in the process of drafting a white paper – where the central idea is a combined tool i.e. Google Reader + Blogger = Personal KM tool. More at: http://suvendusahoo.wordpress.com/a-comprehensive-personal-knowledge-management-tool/

This is in a draft stage – please leave your comments.

thanks

Suvendu Sahoo

]]> By: Graham http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414510 Graham Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:16:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414510 <p>I'm with Gayathri and others who mentioned it. Better folder management and renaming is a must. My own wishlist however would also include some way of aggregating posts and generating a single file of selected posts, such that these could be printed within a .doc file, as I do at present.</p> I’m with Gayathri and others who mentioned it. Better folder management and renaming is a must. My own wishlist however would also include some way of aggregating posts and generating a single file of selected posts, such that these could be printed within a .doc file, as I do at present.

]]> By: Andrew http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414449 Andrew Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:52:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-414449 <p>Yes, search. And I would like to be able to log on to Reader, and to all my Googlage, with my OpenID.</p> Yes, search. And I would like to be able to log on to Reader, and to all my Googlage, with my OpenID.

]]> By: Brandon http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-413705 Brandon Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:43:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-413705 <p>Excellent points, all of which need to be implemented.</p> <p>One of my pet peeves with the Google Reader system has been that of the "100+" unread items counter. 101? or 700? I hate not knowing the exact number. It may be trivial, but still annoying.</p> Excellent points, all of which need to be implemented.

One of my pet peeves with the Google Reader system has been that of the “100+” unread items counter. 101? or 700? I hate not knowing the exact number. It may be trivial, but still annoying.

]]> By: Rashid http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-412785 Rashid Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:42:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/02/open-letter-eight-changes-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader/#comment-412785 <p>I'd definitely like to see more integration overall with Google. I feel like all of my Google services are so separate it discourages me of utilizing Google to its maximum capabilities.</p> I’d definitely like to see more integration overall with Google. I feel like all of my Google services are so separate it discourages me of utilizing Google to its maximum capabilities.

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