Comments on: Helvetireader Puts a New Face on Google Reader

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:07:48 +0000

Here is a really good article with step by step instructions on http://simplestation.com/locomotion/using-helvetireader-fluid-app/
how to install Helvetireader and use it in a Fluid.app.

By: lodenmuse

lodenmuse — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:37:54 +0000

Me either… nothing, nada, zip, there’s like no really useful instructions. And I installed SIMBL and GreaseKit and all that crap for nothing.

By: Daniel Nguyen

Daniel Nguyen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:07:08 +0000

I gave up on the instructions; I couldn’t figure it out. I’ll deal with my generic Google Calendar, Mail, & Reader….. sigh. Even if I am a Helvetica Whore…. :

By: losbanditosanalogos

losbanditosanalogos — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:06:18 +0000

i cant get it to work… ive tryed everything. what marc tytus said, in fluid. nada. then with css. nada. ive even tryed shutting off adblock for safari. nothing again. i dont understand why its not working. i dont have the greaskit installed but fluid is supposed to have that… also when i add skin.user.js it installes it and renames it to helvetireader.user.js … what am i doing wrong?

By: Allan Libunao

Allan Libunao — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:50 +0000

@rajington

There’s already an updated version for the redesign, just update your user scripts.

By: rajington

rajington — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:00:59 +0000

damn, and just a few days before google reader did the redisgn… bad times.

By: Allan Libunao

Allan Libunao — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:04:05 +0000

@Marc Tytus

Thank you for your instructions! Worked like a charm!

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Productivity Power Links 12-02-08 « Geeks Guide To Productivity — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:21:13 +0000

[...] Pimp out Google Reader with Helvetireader…Jon Hicks from Hicks Design has released the Helvetireader skin for Google Reader. Helvetireader takes a minimalist approach, masking many of Google Readers abilities, creating a simple and very easy to read interface to Google’s excellent RSS feed reader. (via the apple blog) [...]

By: Brian Warren

Brian Warren — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:03 +0000

For Safari users, just do this:

Install GreaseKit: http://8-p.info/greasekit/

Then go to the helvetireader website and click on the “Install as a userscript” link. It’s really quite simple. That worked for me. And it installed it for Fluid that way too as GreaseKit installs for any Webkit-based browser.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:43 +0000

Thanks a lot, this one’s really good looking!