Show HN: my weekend project, Good Old Google Reader

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by PixelRobot • 15 years ago

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PixelRobot3• 15 years ago

I thought some people would be interested in a way to get the data out of all those ugly JSON files where Google put all your old social data from Google Reader, so here's Good Old Google Reader. Still alpha, but this is what I've got so far. Any thoughts? I made most of it yesterday, so there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Zhenya• 15 years ago

Sure, I'd love to check this out!

Could you please run a demo with a link on your main page(did I miss it?) I don't think having users upload their info just to see a demo is good practice.

PixelRobot3• 15 years ago

I added a little preview of how the output looks like.

dazzawazza• 15 years ago

I submitted nothing to the landing page and got:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 703, in __call__
      handler.post(*groups)
    File "/base/data/home/apps/s~oldgreader/1.354495002931951805/main.py", line 25, in post
      blob_info = upload_files[0]
  IndexError: list index out of range

PixelRobot3• 15 years ago

Yes, It's a known bug. Thanks for reporting it anyway.

funksta2• 15 years ago

Does anyone know if there is a Greasemonkey script or user stylesheet that lets you get the old Google Reader UI back? I didn't use the sharing features much, but I hate the visual aspect of the new redesign.

sdfjkl• 15 years ago

I've had a shot at fixing the worst parts of the new UI (shrinking the massive button bars and bringing blue titles back). The instructions are for Safari, but the included CSS should work in any browser that can eat a user style sheet:

https://plus.google.com/114301087219148980063/posts/L96Nt6Dv...

funksta2• 15 years ago

Thanks, but it looks like we have different gripes. I've put my changes up in a gist as well; check it out to see if they help you too:

https://gist.github.com/1343945

ImprovedSilence• 15 years ago

I honestly don't miss the old design that much, but I direly miss the shared aspect of it. This looks interesting though, maybe I"ll give it a try, I'd like to move away from google stuff if I can these days...

RexRollman• 15 years ago

See, I'm the opposite; I dislike the new UI (even though I like what they've done with the redesign of Gmail).

bjmarte• 15 years ago

I switched from bloglines.com to google reader years ago. I went back and checked it out after the redesign disaster and it looks quite good. I think I'm switching back to that.

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