Comments on: Why Google Reader Needs To Shift From Quantity To Quality Of Features

By: Patty Reiser

Patty Reiser — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:56 +0000

Recently I switched from Google Reader to NewsFox (yes I am using Firefox).

One thing I really liked about NewsFox was the ability to organize my feeds and put them into category specific folders that I created. Something I was not able to do in Google Reader.

Wishing you a scent-sational day!
Patty Reiser

By: Patty Reiser

Patty Reiser — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:47:56 +0000

By: Corvida

Corvida — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:38:08 +0000

Thanks for the update Alex.

By: Alex Popescu

Alex Popescu — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:48:10 +0000

Please do read my comment. It is a *StumbleUpon* bug. Google Reader has nothing to do with it.

By: Corvida

Corvida — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:49:48 +0000

Thanks for the correction Paul. It seems it would've been too easy to pick up on this problem and issue a statement about it or a workaround from Google.

By: Corvida

Corvida — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:46:31 +0000

And Google couldn't test that out before releasing the feature to the public?

By: gxg

gxg — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:20:37 +0000

The pop-up from Sent-to was blocked in Opera also.
Maybe it works in Firefox because you already allowed Google Reader to open pop-ups.
I don't agree with your angry tone and don't see much of a problem with the issues you mentioned.

By: Sasha Kovaliov aka nlupus

Sasha Kovaliov aka nlupus — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:41:24 +0000

Corvida I had the same prob in Opera 10, till I switched off pop-up blocking for greader.

RSS reader companies are just awful. I was using Bloglines - they are stuck in 2004 or around and there beta version doesn't update feeds.

Switched to Newsgator - they are closing this month and suggesting to switch to Greader.

What the hell is going on?

By: Alex Popescu

Alex Popescu — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:38:01 +0000

I might be wrong, but I thought a tech blogger would know what a 301 error means.
Now let me explain it to you. A 301 is an HTTP status meaning Permanent redirect (i.e. the resource at the given URL was moved to a different location). The link in your screenshot is a Feedburner URL and it used to replace the original post link when using Feedburner. The reason Feedburner is doing this is for tracking purposes.
The problem you are seeing is in fact a StumbleUpon problem. GoogleReader is fetching a feed where the only URL available is the Feedburner URL. StumbleUpon should be able to figure out that a 301 is not an error but rather a redirect and they should be able to fetch the final URL.

Have fun continuing to blame Google Reader for others' fault,

./alex

PS: There are issues with GoogleReader but you haven't really covered any of those.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:47:17 +0000

You can fix #2 pretty easily....feel free to use it hosted on my server, or host it yourself (code @ http://www.copytaste.com/zb3ca0o1)

URL: http://www.sixteenseven.com/gReader/stumble.php...
Icon URL: http://stumbleupon.com/favicon.ico

The problem is actually not a "google reader address", the URL format is because RWW uses Feedburner. StumbleUpon should really be the one checking for that sort of thing as it is the end product.