Well, that just added another click to my morning routine (hadn't gotten that far, yet, this morning) but, geez, it's not the end of the world.
And I have a hard time believing RSS is on it's way out... Twitter and Facebook may offer alternatives, but I still prefer RSS Reader to forever clicking shortened urls and 'read more' links on either. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > More proof that RSS is on its way > out<http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/03/techcrunch-twitter-facebook-rss/>, > and the apocalypse is nigh: > Google<http://www.crunchbase.com/company/google>has seemingly > replaced<http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=1f1be370068cb531&hl=en>the > top link to its RSS reader product, Google > Reader <http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google-reader>, with a link to > ‘Photos’ (Picasa) at the top of the > Gmail<http://www.crunchbase.com/product/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 <http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/google-ceo-change/>. > > Sure, it’s a minor UI change, but that isn’t stopping users from going nuts > about > it<http://search.twitter.com/search?q=reader+gmail&result_type=recent>on > Twitter. > > A couple of choice tweets: > > > > > > Another user > posits<http://twitter.com/#%21/overflowhidden/statuses/28366368969592832>: > “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 <http://www.crunchbase.com/> > Google Reader <http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google-reader> > Gmail <http://www.crunchbase.com/product/gmail> > Information provided by CrunchBase <http://www.crunchbase.com/> > > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/266157/> > > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:2mJPEYqXBVI> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:-BTjWOF_DHI> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:D7DqB2pKExk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Techcrunch?a=rVtfiQLqwWI:JUTFwcWPFfc:qj6IDK7rITs> > > > <http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Techcrunch/%7E3/rVtfiQLqwWI/> > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rVtfiQLqwWI/<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Techcrunch/%7E3/rVtfiQLqwWI/> > > > > Sent with MobileRSS > HD<http://itunes.apple.com/app/mobilerss-hd-google-rss-news/id375300540?mt=8> > > -- > 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]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- Jennifer "Scraps" Walker Queen of the Helper Monkeys Better living through creativity... and cocktails! http://www.scrapsoflife.com/blog -- 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.
