{"id":11445,"date":"2008-12-08T02:52:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T23:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2008-12-08T02:52:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T23:52:44","slug":"google-reader-updated-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/08\/google-reader-updated-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reader updated interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Google updated the design and interface of the RSS feed aggregator &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/\">Google Reader<\/a>.\u00a0 Here is a really small screenshot of how it used to look (stolen shamelessly from Google Reader front page &#8211; it seems like they forgot to update it):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/08\/google-reader-updated-interface\/google_reader_before\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?fit=365%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"365,206\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google Reader\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?fit=365%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11446 aligncenter\" title=\"Google Reader\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?resize=365%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?w=365&amp;ssl=1 365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here is a really small screenshot of how it looks now (I made this one, you can make your own):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/08\/google-reader-updated-interface\/google_readerafter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_readerafter.png?fit=365%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"365,172\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google Reader\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_readerafter.png?fit=365%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11447 aligncenter\" title=\"Google Reader\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_readerafter.png?resize=365%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_readerafter.png?w=365&amp;ssl=1 365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_readerafter.png?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, the old interface was much better. Colors and borders helped to visually separate the sidebar from the main content area, as well as news items from each other.\u00a0 The new design is much &#8220;separated&#8221;.\u00a0 Also, there are a few minor quirks and bugs here and there, which will hopefully get fixed in the next few days.\u00a0 However, one thing is great about this new release &#8211; speed.\u00a0 The new Google Reader is much faster than the old one.\u00a0 Extra responsiveness can&#8217;t hurt, especialy thos of us who go through hundreds and thousands of posts in a fast paced manner.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Google updated the design and interface of the RSS feed aggregator &#8211; Google Reader.\u00a0 Here is a really small screenshot of how it used to look (stolen shamelessly from Google Reader front page &#8211; it seems like they forgot to update it): And here is a really small screenshot of how it looks now (I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/08\/google-reader-updated-interface\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Reader updated interface<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,1334],"tags":[1265,2069,2350,19,1172],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-web-work","tag-feeds","tag-google-reader","tag-rss","tag-tools","tag-web-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10271,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/07\/06\/google-reader-take-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":11445,"position":0},"title":"Google Reader: take 2","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"With my come back to GMail, I'm also trying other Google tools, because it's all about integration. 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