Google Reader - Discovery and Drag&Drop
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Google reader push out two new features yesterday. Apparently, both features would implemented by interns working at Google. Good job! I think the gourmet food, Segway and massage chair work their magic.
Discovery
This will help you discover new, interesting rss feeds based on what you have subscribed and your web history (I inactivated it as soon as I know about it).
So where do you find this “discover” button? It is just beside the “Add Subscription” link. You can also find it on the “Home” page, labelled “Top Recommendations”. Once you click thru, you will see a list of sites that you might be interested in. If you look carefully, you will see “x.xx posts per week” near the url. Interesting. I didn’t know Google keep track of how frequent you post.
The recommendations are okay. I know most of the sites, but for whatever reasons didn’t want to subscribed to them previously. One thing I hope to see is the title link to the site rather than to their feed. I usually like to surf a bit before subscribing.
Drag&Drop
Desktop application without drag&drop will feel very weird. So why is drag&drop so difficult to implement in web tools? Anyway, now you can organize your feeds by drag&droping into folders and reorganize the feed in any order you want. But from what I tested out, this function only within the feed sidebar.
That means you can’t drag your starred items or shared items in. Neither can you drag from the “Top Recommendations” into your folder. I hope they improve to implement the drag&drop site wide.
So is it a matter of time before drag&drop comes to Gmail, where it is needed the most?
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