Maybe someone can help me out here. I've read in several places that 'RSS is dead.' I use Google Reader every day. I love being able to peruse snippets from sites I like and read only what I want. Soooo if RSS is going the way of the dinosaur... What is the replacement? You can't tell me that the Reader concept isn't completely valid...can you?
On Jan 21, 8:45 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > More proof that RSS is on its way out, and the apocalypse is nigh: Google has > seemingly replaced the top link to its RSS reader product, Google Reader, > with a link to ‘Photos’ (Picasa) at the top of the Gmail web interface. To be > clear, the link is still there, it’s just hidden behind the ‘More ▼’ link now. > > Boy, that place has really started falling apart since Larry Page took over > as CEO. > > Sure, it’s a minor UI change, but that isn’t stopping users from going nuts > about it on Twitter. > > A couple of choice tweets: > > Another user posits: “Where the F**k is my link to Google Reader in > Gmail?!??! I’m sure they can see in Analytics that I use it every single day…” > > And therein lies the problem, I think. You can customize Gmail to a degree, > and – particularly for a free product – that’s really awesome, but you can’t > yet change the order of the top menu items – and that’s what’s getting users > riled up. > > Maybe Google will listen to this vocal subset of users, maybe they won’t. But > I think it may be better if we don’t wait to see what happens, and instead a > TechCrunch-reading developer immediately starts coding a browser extension > that puts the damn ‘Reader’ link back. Go! > > CrunchBase Information > Google Reader > Gmail > Information provided by CrunchBase > > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rVtfiQLqwWI/ > > Sent with MobileRSS HD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
