<quote name="Scott Edwards" date="Sun, 12 Dec 2010 at 15:00 -0600"> > I've lost count how many feeds I have in Google Reader. That's > probably a good thing for me, because now I can skim headlines of > feeds instead of wading through ad ridden sites and page delays for > content I'm interested in. That, and Google takes care of the feed > indexing 24x7. > > There is one niche I'd like to optimize, the subscription process. > I'd like to preview the feed in Google Reader, right into: > > http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http://plug.org/rss.xml > > Normally I have to click the RSS icon in the address bar, select a > feed I want, then click add to Google Reader. Problem is, after I > preview how the feed is composed, now it's apparent to me if I really > want to keep it or not. Many unsubscribe requests occur here. Not > that optimal. If after clicking the rss icon in the address bar, and > clicking the feed, I was brought to the url I've shown above, I'd be > much happier. I could preview the feed at will, and subscribe if I > knew it was worth a future look. Some sites have dozens of feeds > depending on how granular they want to be with content. For example, > http://feeds.aps.org/ has more feeds than I know what to do with. > > I was pondering a bookmarklet when the "Add to Google Reader" button > shows up, but I'm hoping there's a better way. > > Thanks,
Hmm, I was thinking maybe a bookmarklet you could activate from the page itself, which would simply pull the alt ref out of the DOM, but that doesn't help you much with multiple feeds on a page... -- Von Fugal
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