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I don't really understand the purpose of this. How is it different from the subscribe bookmarklet provided by Google Reader?

by Inufu 14y ago

julien 14y ago
What if one does not use Google Reader?
- dylangs1030 14y ago
  That's a good enough answer, but then take it a step further. If your application and Google's cost the same, why use yours over Google Reader? Google is a powerful brand and it's free. What can SubToMe offer to gain users? I understand this is open source so you're not thinking about things like market share but just a helpful thought.
  - julien 14y ago
    Well, to be fair, they really don't have the same purpose. Say you're a blogger. You want to allow your users to subscribe to your content. Would you only allow those who use Google Reader to do so? Certainly not! SubToMe actually plugs nicely into Google Reader for the Google Reader users as well as it plays nicely for those who use BlogLovin'... etc.
    - onli 14y ago
      That is a good description. I didn't get the button from the page alone - follow seems like the wrong word for that. For me, that is a subscribe-button for a rss-feed. Which is a good thing i would like to use for my own blog, as in my eyes the browsers went crazy in removing their support for feeds. This seems very helpful.
      - julien 14y ago
        Well, again RSS is actually too big of a constraint. Say I list on my blog page the list of my social web profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Google+...). Rather than have button for each of them, the button could very well redirect the user to each of these services to allow them to follow me on there. I know it's tricky to understand, bit this button just does 'subscribe', without actually specifying to what (besides the page you're on), or using what reader/tool.
        lh7777 14y ago
        Cool; I really like this idea. A couple of suggestions to make it even better: 1. Add icons for the available services in addition to the names. 2. Add an "Other RSS" button that gives the user an easy way to copy and paste the feed URL into their app of choice in case it's not listed.

I don't really understand the purpose of this. How is it different from the subscribe bookmarklet provided by Google Reader?

by Inufu 14y ago

I don't really understand the purpose of this. How is it different from the subscribe bookmarklet provided by Google Reader?

julien 14y ago

What if one does not use Google Reader?

dylangs1030 14y ago
That's a good enough answer, but then take it a step further. If your application and Google's cost the same, why use yours over Google Reader? Google is a powerful brand and it's free. What can SubToMe offer to gain users? I understand this is open source so you're not thinking about things like market share but just a helpful thought.
- julien 14y ago
  Well, to be fair, they really don't have the same purpose. Say you're a blogger. You want to allow your users to subscribe to your content. Would you only allow those who use Google Reader to do so? Certainly not! SubToMe actually plugs nicely into Google Reader for the Google Reader users as well as it plays nicely for those who use BlogLovin'... etc.
  - onli 14y ago
    That is a good description. I didn't get the button from the page alone - follow seems like the wrong word for that. For me, that is a subscribe-button for a rss-feed. Which is a good thing i would like to use for my own blog, as in my eyes the browsers went crazy in removing their support for feeds. This seems very helpful.
    - julien 14y ago
      Well, again RSS is actually too big of a constraint. Say I list on my blog page the list of my social web profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Google+...). Rather than have button for each of them, the button could very well redirect the user to each of these services to allow them to follow me on there. I know it's tricky to understand, bit this button just does 'subscribe', without actually specifying to what (besides the page you're on), or using what reader/tool.
      - lh7777 14y ago
        Cool; I really like this idea. A couple of suggestions to make it even better: 1. Add icons for the available services in addition to the names. 2. Add an "Other RSS" button that gives the user an easy way to copy and paste the feed URL into their app of choice in case it's not listed.