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Google could care less about Reader

13 points by krogsgard 15y ago

Djehngo 15y ago
"Couldn't" as in the contraction of "Could not", carrying the implication that google is incapable of caring less about Reader than it currently does.
iuguy 15y ago
Integration is one of the biggest bugbears I have with Google plus. All of the tools I use to consume media support Facebook and Twitter, but none support Google plus. Last week I quit Facebook for G+, and while I put up with having to sign in and post manually, it would be an awful lot better if I could share from flipboard, zite, instapaper or even a bookmarklet.
- toyg 15y ago
  This is because Google Plus is so slick, it makes you forget that it's been online for less than two months. You're comparing the ecosystem of sites launched more than FIVE YEARS AGO with a brand new project. The minute they release the damn API (we're all clamouring for it, but how long did it take for FB to have an API?), every developer and his dog will scramble to support it anyway.
wccrawford 15y ago
I think they mean "couldn't" and the fact that one of their less popular apps doesn't support one of their newly-launched beta apps isn't a big surprise. I'm one of the people who desperately want this added, but I'm not freaking out over it and claiming Google doesn't care.
krogsgard 15y ago
My apologies on the poor phrasing. Yes, "couldn't" is what I should have said. But, I think you get the point.
jacobr 15y ago
Another interesting thing with Google Reader is that the mobile web app is ten times better than the native Android app. Wonder why they bother keeping both.
- ddw 15y ago
  Really? I love the native app, especially the new update they just released. I'm looking at the mobile web version and it's just a list of links to new posts.
anons2011 15y ago
>could care less wat
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joebadmo 15y ago
But they did add the new top navigation bar. And I'm sure adding Google+ to that list of send to items is not as simple as it sounds. Because Circles is the best new feature of G+, so there's at least one more step to sending something to G+ than there is to any of those other services. I'm hoping there's a deeper integration in store than just being able to add it from that list, though. The native "share item" link/button with keyboard shortcuts, hopefully. And also some sort of unification of Buzz and Reader with G+, so comments on all three are available on all three. (They should probably just kill Buzz altogether?) I like the G+ interface and all, but honestly Reader is a lot faster and denser and I'm able to get through a lot of information a lot faster. I'm sort of hoping eventually I won't actually have to go to G+ at all.

13 points by krogsgard 15y ago

"Couldn't" as in the contraction of "Could not", carrying the implication that google is incapable of caring less about Reader than it currently does.

iuguy 15y ago

Integration is one of the biggest bugbears I have with Google plus. All of the tools I use to consume media support Facebook and Twitter, but none support Google plus. Last week I quit Facebook for G+, and while I put up with having to sign in and post manually, it would be an awful lot better if I could share from flipboard, zite, instapaper or even a bookmarklet.

toyg 15y ago
This is because Google Plus is so slick, it makes you forget that it's been online for less than two months. You're comparing the ecosystem of sites launched more than FIVE YEARS AGO with a brand new project. The minute they release the damn API (we're all clamouring for it, but how long did it take for FB to have an API?), every developer and his dog will scramble to support it anyway.

wccrawford 15y ago

I think they mean "couldn't" and the fact that one of their less popular apps doesn't support one of their newly-launched beta apps isn't a big surprise. I'm one of the people who desperately want this added, but I'm not freaking out over it and claiming Google doesn't care.

krogsgard 15y ago

My apologies on the poor phrasing. Yes, "couldn't" is what I should have said. But, I think you get the point.

jacobr 15y ago

Another interesting thing with Google Reader is that the mobile web app is ten times better than the native Android app. Wonder why they bother keeping both.

ddw 15y ago
Really? I love the native app, especially the new update they just released. I'm looking at the mobile web version and it's just a list of links to new posts.

anons2011 15y ago

>could care less wat

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joebadmo 15y ago

But they did add the new top navigation bar. And I'm sure adding Google+ to that list of send to items is not as simple as it sounds. Because Circles is the best new feature of G+, so there's at least one more step to sending something to G+ than there is to any of those other services. I'm hoping there's a deeper integration in store than just being able to add it from that list, though. The native "share item" link/button with keyboard shortcuts, hopefully. And also some sort of unification of Buzz and Reader with G+, so comments on all three are available on all three. (They should probably just kill Buzz altogether?) I like the G+ interface and all, but honestly Reader is a lot faster and denser and I'm able to get through a lot of information a lot faster. I'm sort of hoping eventually I won't actually have to go to G+ at all.