{"id":11677,"date":"2009-07-22T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11677"},"modified":"2009-07-22T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:36:35","slug":"google-reader-too-user-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/google-reader-too-user-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reader : too user friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I think of Google Reader as a very user friendly application. It clean and simple and only shows you things which you need to see.\u00a0 Or does it any more?\u00a0 Here are the options that I see for each RSS item:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/google-reader-too-user-friendly\/google_reader_friendly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/google_reader_friendly.png?fit=472%2C64&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"472,64\" 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 item options\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/google_reader_friendly.png?fit=472%2C64&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11678\" title=\"Google Reader item options\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/google_reader_friendly.png?resize=472%2C64&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Reader item options\" width=\"472\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/google_reader_friendly.png?w=472&amp;ssl=1 472w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/google_reader_friendly.png?resize=300%2C40&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add comment<\/strong>.\u00a0 I can add comments to blogs posts and news and my friends can read those comments and reply and so on and so forth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add star<\/strong>.\u00a0 Star is like a bookmark.\u00a0 I can quickly find the starred articles with a single click.\u00a0 And I can also share my starred articles by selecting so in the Settings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Like<\/strong>.\u00a0 I can &#8220;like&#8221; the article.\u00a0 Other people can see that I liked it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share<\/strong>.\u00a0 Share it with other people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share with note<\/strong>.\u00a0 That&#8217;s like share and add comment in one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>.\u00a0 This one is easy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep unread<\/strong>.\u00a0 So that I can easily find it and read later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add tags<\/strong>.\u00a0 So that I can find it easily later and\/or share it via Settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am all for making sharing easy, but isn&#8217;t it too much?\u00a0 I see it as a huge overlap in functionality.\u00a0 Such huge that it gets confusing now.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the difference between the &#8220;star&#8221; and &#8220;like&#8221;?\u00a0 Do I &#8220;like&#8221; everything I &#8220;share&#8221;?\u00a0 Do I &#8220;like&#8221; everything I comment?\u00a0 Is it shared or &#8220;liked&#8221; if I just &#8220;Add comment&#8221;? How do I &#8220;star&#8221; or &#8220;share&#8221; everything I &#8220;like&#8221;? And so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>I think this should be simplified in one action per option:\u00a0 star, share, comment, email, tag.\u00a0 If you want to bookmark, you &#8220;star&#8221; it.\u00a0 If you want to share, you &#8220;share&#8221;.\u00a0 If you want to comment, you &#8220;comment&#8221;.\u00a0 If you want to star and share, then you actually click &#8220;star&#8221; and &#8220;share&#8221;.\u00a0 If you want to comment and share, then add your comment and click &#8220;share&#8221;.\u00a0 With boolean options everything comes back to the sane world &#8211; you either did it or not.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I think of Google Reader as a very user friendly application. It clean and simple and only shows you things which you need to see.\u00a0 Or does it any more?\u00a0 Here are the options that I see for each RSS item: Let&#8217;s see: Add comment.\u00a0 I can add comments to blogs posts and news and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/google-reader-too-user-friendly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Reader : too user friendly?<\/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":[1,62,1334],"tags":[2069,1158],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-google-reader","tag-user-interfaces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/11\/20\/google-reader-vs-bloglines\/","url_meta":{"origin":11677,"position":0},"title":"Google Reader vs. Bloglines","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 20, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"As you might know, Google has offered a new service to the Internet community - an RSS\/Atom aggregator called Google Reader. 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