{"id":15857,"date":"2011-11-06T22:51:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T20:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15857"},"modified":"2011-11-06T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T20:52:33","slug":"brian-shih-on-the-new-google-reader-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/06\/brian-shih-on-the-new-google-reader-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Shih on the new Google Reader interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brianshih.com\/78073742\">Brian Shih<\/a>, an ex-project manager for Google Reader shares his thoughts on the new interface.  I agree a lot with him.  I also think that Google Reader should be integrated with Google+ and other Google projects, but the current version hurts that goal more than it helps it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>new sharing flow around the +1 button has actually made it harder to share. Where you used to be able to click one button, or hit shift-s to one-click share to your audience, you now need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click +1 (no keyboard shortcuts for you)<\/li>\n<li>Click the text box that appears that says &#8220;Share to G+&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Then choose your circle you want to share to (or let it default to public)<\/li>\n<li>Then click Share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep in mind that on top of requiring 3-4 times as many clicks, you also now must +1 a post publicly to share it, even if it&#8217;s shared to a private circle. That bears repeating. The next time you want to share some sexy halloween costumes with your private set of friends, you first must publicly +1 the post, which means it shows up on your profile, plus wherever the hell G+ decides to use +1 data.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While I&#8217;m not too much concerned about privacy, I too find the new sharing way more difficult, time-consuming, and confusing.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Brian Shih, an ex-project manager for Google Reader shares his thoughts on the new interface. I agree a lot with him. I also think that Google Reader should be integrated with Google+ and other Google projects, but the current version hurts that goal more than it helps it. new sharing flow around the +1 button &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/06\/brian-shih-on-the-new-google-reader-interface\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brian Shih on the new Google Reader 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":[1,62,1334],"tags":[2069,1158],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15857","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":11445,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/08\/google-reader-updated-interface\/","url_meta":{"origin":15857,"position":0},"title":"Google Reader updated interface","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Google updated the design and interface of the RSS feed aggregator - Google Reader.\u00a0 Here is a really small screenshot of how it used to look (stolen shamelessly from Google Reader front page - it seems like they forgot to update it): And here is a really small screenshot of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/google_reader_before.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10505,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/09\/29\/new-user-interface-for-google-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":15857,"position":1},"title":"New user interface for Google Reader","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 29, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't you just love competition? 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